Writing

Writing is central to Jim’s work. It documents achievements and provides information to guide clients and to inform readers. Research, organization, organizing, applying appropriate techniques in a changing world.

Writing Overview

Writing Skill: an Overview Writing represents a central organizing skill in all of Jim Alexander’s work. Assembling information, asking questions, pursuing logic, organizing cogent presentation, considering the audience — these find their way into articles, memos, PowerPoint presentations and web sites. Links to some some writing samples are below. New Section Recently Added: Other Topics

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History and Research

History and Research Jim has done extensive research and writing, much focused on American railroad history. For a number of years, he served as Associate Editor of Milepost, the Journal of the Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. His articles have also been published in magazines such as Trains and Pennsylvania Heritage. Here are

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Presentations

Presentations Typically as a result of producing heavily researched historical documents, Jim periodically offers presentations to historical and other local groups. These generally involve heavily illustrated PowerPoint content. Several currently available are listed here. Contact us for information about these. On occasion, we prepare special versions of  our general research programs to focus on local

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