my stupid stupid brain had to draw this

Couple photos from the first weekend of my clubs open house. My two trains being my S-1 on a milk and mail as well as a short freight pulled by my G-8.

A couple of new projects I want to tackle long term. A set of G1 and G3 pacifics from the Reading. Obviously these are in rough shape, especially the G3. But they do seem in ok shape mechanically.

A normal train to close out the open house today with @spitfire.bsky.social

Is there a good place to look for NdeM steam history, or find blueprints for their locos? Have a desire to build a QR-1 class Niagara in HO and not a clue where to start other than just referencing pics of them on google.

4 tush pushes in a row must be so agonizing to watch as an opponent. Just evil laughing from that sequence

Werewolves vs pumpkin carving

Metro North Open House in New Haven, CT.

A few shots from the MNRR Open house today

Last night saw the new baggage cars get a run in.

Autumn is here

This generic acetaminophen had an Amtrak ACS-64, four Amfleet 1 cars, a Conrail EMD GP15-1, and some Conrail rolling stock in it. The problem is more serious than I thought.

Genuinely the hardest thing about transitioning right now for me is the fact that I already had limited options for clothes due to my height, and now those options continue to dwindle to effectively nothing. Nothing fucking fits right without extreme alteration. Ahhhhhhh

Oh car of the rooftop, what is your wisdom?

Job application cycle: Apply to job Apply to job Apply to job (100+ times later) Apply to job Surely this next application will be the one Surely Ill get a call back this time

This is what happens when you let the urges win

Every single Philly politician should be frothing at the mouth for increasing the population by any means necessary. Its clear Harrisburg will never give us our due when it comes down to it. Force them to listen with another million Philadelphians to blot out the Pittmans of the world into obscurity

A very normal train.

Laser hurts. Ouchie!

The Eagles may never lose again

Why does it feel like all clothes are wide and tall. Cant find anything thats just tall, especially in womens clothing. Every option just would make me feel like Im walking around in a massive bag

Watching suburbanites that never use public transportation literally wrestling with the subway doors is the funniest thing ever.

i believe that at 18 every american should be entered into a draft, not for military service, but for one year of mandatory retail or restaurant work

For the big nerds and Foamers, We continue the History of American Railroading Electrification (and how we fumbled it), this time focusing on the WW2 to 1970s era thumbnail and poster art for this done by @scandinavian101.bsky.social Check out the video here:

Before/after on the W1 after soaking for a bit. The extra bits are still soaking

One of these seems a bit different from the other.

Mamdani: "[Congestion pricing] is an opportunity to reshape the streetscape of the central business district of Manhattan. We have an opportunity here to do immense amounts of pedestrianization for the entire congestion pricing zone..."

A very rough project Im starting. An old NJCB W1 with a ton missing. Will need a ton of work but I am hoping to turn it into a MILW painted engine. Gonna fully redo internals and DCC it. Hopefully add some more fun features like operating pantos, and cab interior.

The G-8 has been finished. She sounds a lot louder now and is running pretty well. She even managed to push 14 club cars up the hump yard grade which Ill call a success for the driver spring adjustment.

Nothing more frustrating than seeing a model that should be less than $50 up on ebay in bulk for $100+ per.

People were chasing this train by land air and sea today, also probably my only good picture from today.

I just learned that Pennsylvania subsidizes horse racing to the tune of $200M per year. That's very close to SEPTA's shortfall ($213M). Senate Republicans need to explain why they think that $ is better spent on horse racing. wwww.septa.org/fundingcrisis/ www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania...

Fascists dont exist in my model railroad.

Finding a bit of lost potential in these roll signs. Rhawn for those that do not know was supposed to be the terminus for many different Roosevelt Boulevard subway plans. Definitely feels like a bit of hauntology given the train these signs were taken from never got to run to Rhawn ever.

Target acquired

Reading through some of the old CA-NV HSR counter proposals and somehow the fucking map appears. I love how cocaine this is.

Sir a 3rd roll sign has hit the garage for restoration

My final post of 2102 for now

A small thread of my 2102 videos from yesterday. First up is 2102 leaving Port Clinton in the morning.

An unexpected surprise from yesterday. Didnt expect to catch the RBMN F units.

2102 video from the Tamaqua Tunnel

2102 passing through the Tamaqua Tunnel on todays Ramble

huge fan of the 70 year old german guy who uploaded this 360 degree interactive panorama of inside a corn flakes bag. it's in the corn flakes article on

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Dang, tickets for the birds are already insane

Timonium Train Show take money.

Gonna be a wild year as #modelrailroad groups run by boomers and people who voted for this to happen have to find increasingly convoluted ways to "not talk about politics" when said politics will be driving their hobby into a crater and out of existence. They'll have to "vaguely" whine about prices.

I cannot be trusted with an eclectic mix of rolling stock.