Railfanning, birding and fishing, what do they have in common? Lots of sitting around and waiting! Find out more about the fun of railfanning on StackTalk with the Railbrothers. Check out our linktree with where to listen! linktr.ee/railbrothers #railfanning #birding #fishing #railfan #railfans

One day, I'll make a coffee table train layout. Great Job!

Even though it may not look like it from our socials, steam trains are not the dominant train in America. Find out more about the different types of railfans on our podcast, StackTalk with the Railbrothers! Check out our linktr.ee/railbrothers for wherever to listen. #steamtrain #railfan #podcast

Reading and Northern’s Steam Locomotive 2102 glides across the new Lehigh River Bridge as it begins its journey up the Lehigh Gorge to Pittston, PA on an August morning. Filmed 8/23/25 #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #jimthorpe #readingandnorthern #poconos #steamengine

If you ever wanted to feel like you were living on a model railroad, you should have been at the Woodstown Central Railroad during a photo charter #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #dieseltrain #southjersey

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That feeling when you finally edit a bunch of photos you have been sitting on for a while. I guess I should post some?

Sounds like the Delaware RR has finished the restoration on their steam locomotive, Susquehanna 142, and should be heading up their pumpkin trains this October! Excited to see this locomotive out on the rails again. #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #steamengine #northjersey #delawareriver

Woodstown Central #9, a former US Army 0-6-0 steam locomotive built by Alco in 1942, charges past Marvin L Watson Memorial Park with a short freight train in tow. #southjersey #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #steamengine #freightrain

Trying out N-Scale model trains by building some T-Trak modules! Now the question is, what scenery should I put on these modules? #nscale #ttrak #modeltrains #modelrailroads #modelrailway #ngauge #katounitrack #uploadexpress

My contribution to The Loneliness Discourse is that we see D&D, Warhammer, etc, going mainstream because they‘re Third Space Provider Games so we should all talk more about such things to save America.

The incredible variety of an hour along the Hudson Line

Hey model railroad friends, here’s a fun fantasy scheme from a fellow club member

Diesels. #trains

N scale stuff built and acquired! Working on the Ttrak modules for the #uploadexpress #modelrailroad

A pair of chooches.

Woodstown Central #9, a 0-6-0 steam locomotive built by Alco in 1942 for the US Army, pulls a freight train along Swedesboro Rd during the Friends of Philadelphia Trolleys charter at the Woodstown Central Railroad. #steamtrain #steamlocomotive #steamengine #freighttrain #southjersey #railroads

Photo charter today at the Woodstown Central RR. Fun fact, all these locos operated in NJ during their operating lives! #railroad #trains

Making T-trak modules! Hopefully going to have a running n scale layout soon for the #uploadexpress! #nscale #modeltrains #modelrailroad

Worked a bit more on my scenery test bed, added ground cover, static grass and ballast. There are things to improve but I’m learning! I’ll see how it looks tomorrow when the glue dries. #modelrailroad #modeltrain #modelrailway

New model railroad open house added: Burlington County Model Railroad Club Open House November 29-30, 2025 Noon-5pm Burlington County Footlighters Playhouse Cinnaminson, New Jersey, USA

Open house season is coming, so I made a poster for my model railroad club's open houses. If you are anywhere near South Jersey, you should stop by this winter. #trainshow #modeltrain #modelrailroad #southjersey

Big Boy, Little Car. Ever chased a train in a convertible? It’s quite the experience! During our chase of R&N 2102 last month, we stopped by Steamtown and got some photos of our chase vehicle, a 2020 Miata, with both the UP Big Boy and Reading T1. #mazdamiata #steamtown #railfan #railfanning #bigboy

Was just going through my photos, and realized I didn’t post any photos from my trip to the Woodstown Central last spring. They were running #9, their 0-6-0 steam locomotive. Taken 4/18/25 #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #southjersey #steamengine #woodstown

New podcast is up! What kind of railfan are you? youtu.be/eQWWoe3x45w?...

More true than I realized when I made it.

Excited to be part of the Upload Express Modelers! We will be filling your feeds with our N-Scale T-Trak builds over the next few months to show it’s not hard to get started in model railroading, and you don’t even need much space at all. #modeltrains #modelrailroading

A scene on Susquehanna St: R&N 2102 heads back through White Haven, PA on its most recent iron horse ramble. Taken 8/23/25. #steamtrain #steamlocomotive #steamengine #lehighgorge #readingandnorthern #blackandwhitephotography

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Reading and Northern’s 4-8-4 steam locomotive number 2102 puts on quite a show as crests the top of the grade with a train at Solomons Gap. It’s returning from Pittston, PA during last weekends Iron Horse Ramble (8/23/25). #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #steamengine #pittston #nepa #railroad

Video from last weekend’s Reading and Northern 2102 chase. I’m pretty proud of the pacing shot at around 18:45 into the video. I guess pacing from a convertable has its benifits! youtu.be/cSexkkFQVro #steamtrain #steamlocomotive #readingandnorthern #nepa #railroads

Kind of impressed with this battery powered playmobil train. I think I may need to convert all the garden trains to battery. #gardenrailroad #modelrailroad #toytrain #playmobil

Either the bots are out in droves or there are just a lot of ignorant people parroting talking points on the new Acela videos on the other platforms.

A little horn show from the new NextGen Acela, on the after noon of 8/28/25, their first day in revenue service. This will be this sets first Eastbound (northbound?) revenue trip on the corridor, as it started its day in Boston. #acela #amtrak #highspeedrail #princeton #nec #newjersey

Calling all #RailSky members: our friends in #Japan need help. Sign to save this lovely steamer. We should no longer be scrapping steam, anywhere in the world, in 2025! chng.it/H2W75LDBNV

Model railroading updated: Made my first scrap load out of spare parts for a gondola. I’m at least vaguely happy with it. I also sanded and painted my ballast and road crossing test piece, hopefully can try ballasting and scenicing that soon. #modelrailroad #modeltrain

More New Acela from yesterday, here is the westbound passing the Princeton Dinky at Princeton Junction, under the old signal bridge. #amtrak #acela #railroad #highspeedrail #princeton

Got to catch the first revenue runs of the NextGen Acela trains this morning at Princeton Junction. Both northbound and sounthbound runs! #acela #avelia #acelanextgen #amtrak #highspeedrail #nec #princeton #trains

Popular spot today, wonder why? 😁 #acela

Absolutely heartbreaking and totally unnecessary... Once you cut transit service, it's always harder to bring it back. I feel for all those who will now face hardships getting to school, work, medical care and many other aspects of life. Even people who don't ride transit will be impacted.

Reading and Northern 2102 has just left Pittston and makes the turn toward Phoenix Street where it thunders through this tree tunnel as it begins its return to Nesquehoning, PA. Photographed 8/23/25. #steamtrain #steamlocomotive #steamengine #readingandnorthern

Reading and Northern’s steam locomotive number 2102 blasts out of White Haven tunnel with a train bound for Pittston, PA with a thunderous roar, past a line of rail fans. #steamtrain #steamlocomotive #trainerds #railfans #northeastpa

Playing around with trying to make a grade crossing. The goal is for it to be a gravel/dirt crossing, used sculptamold. Now to wait for it to dry. #modeltrains

Where the F40 still prowls the rails. A Metra train pulls into La Grange Road station with METX 112 in the lead. #metra #passengertrain #commutertrain #transit

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What scale model trains does Captain Picard play with? N-guage

One of my favorite times trackside last year was sunrise at Metra's Highlands station on its famed "Racetrack." For @railfanandrailroad.bsky.social's annual Traction & Transit issue, I put together an essay about it. Check it out in the new issue shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/rfr...

My string of boxcars grows.

When in Chicago, am I right? A Metra train pushes back under Roosevelt Blvd into Union Station, Chicago, with the iconic skyline in the background. The train is pushed by METX 187, an F40PHM-2 locomotive built in 1991 by EMD. #metra #chicago #trains #transit #diesellocomotive

Well, after having two flights cancelled last night out of Chicago, I finally made it home today, got a flight to Harrisburg, took the Keystone to Philly, then Septa to the airport to get my car. That’s right, planes, trains and automobiles.