On train porn
Aug. 6th, 2005 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmazeI spent most of today wandering around; it turned out to be a really nice day to drive from Malden to Sudbury by back roads, and also a nice day to do work outside. The first morning stop was at Charles Ro Supply Company in Malden. I don't go there that often, but now that I've got a little more context on model railroad stuff, it's clearer that they have a little of everything, possibly with a pretty good selection in G scale, but that means not very many interesting things (largely engines and few-fiddly-bits track and building kits) in N scale.
Right, train porn. So the front corner of the store had a TV, and they were playing a "PCCs in Boston" video (for all I know that might have been the title). And thus the realization: train porn video does nothing for me. Seeing PCCs on Comm Ave, and on the Highland Branch, and on the Tremont St grade, is all well and good for the first thirty seconds, but then it's time to turn the page and move on to the next thing. I know where to find the Boston PCC train porn in the Rotch Library, even, which includes more exciting things like "overturned PCC on the A line", mysteriously not appearing in the video.
Right, train porn. So the front corner of the store had a TV, and they were playing a "PCCs in Boston" video (for all I know that might have been the title). And thus the realization: train porn video does nothing for me. Seeing PCCs on Comm Ave, and on the Highland Branch, and on the Tremont St grade, is all well and good for the first thirty seconds, but then it's time to turn the page and move on to the next thing. I know where to find the Boston PCC train porn in the Rotch Library, even, which includes more exciting things like "overturned PCC on the A line", mysteriously not appearing in the video.
