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muffled soviet sounds

Having a separate company managing infrastructure and another running trains famously worked out sooooo well in one rainy European island… At the very least privatization isn’t on the table according to the article, but I still think this is a dumb as rocks idea pbs.twimg.com/media/EqTld_...

Finally got my new passenger equipment out on the club layout tonight. I wanted to confirm everything tracked nicely through a few weird spots on the layout that sometimes derails our other Amtrak equipment, but so far so good! Not digging the cool white lights in the WalthersProto PC 10-6 though…

Those who Denver South Park and Pacific…

Camera:Eastar 120F Film:Foampan 100 This roll gets a spoingus stamp of 'just ok'

AI is the “asbestos of the internet”

And a monumental improvement over the unusual "twin number plate" the previous builder did. (RH photo) NOW it's looking much more realistic.

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David sent me some photos of his beautiful brass Big Boy and Yellowstone posed on the layout after I left yesterday, can’t wait to see these actually run very soon!

I had a very successful first weekend working on my Canadian clients layout, finally laying track! We went from bare Mianne benchwork to having most the locomotive facility yard laid and the first switch motor in and mine area plateau started. Off to a pretty solid start!

Diesel shed update: still having a bad time 👍

Working on the Walthers modern diesel house for my Canadian clients layout today. I’ll be honest I don’t think all the extra parts and work are worth it just to have elevated rails over the pits

Got a little weathering and replaced the couplers on the Rio Grande caboose today, looks even better now. Just need to get a few figures on the inside at some point

I picked up my long anticipated @rapidotrains.bsky.social D&RGW caboose from my local train store before club tonight and wow, what a gorgeous model. Rapido has absolutely knocked it out of the park with these. Every detail is flawless, printing crisp and rolls like glass. Now to get the FT’s out!

Own a piece of SRTE equipment! Selling reefer 5 as it will not longer fit my new roster numbering scheme+ I want to paint more reefers in the new “beam scheme”. $60 obo + Ship. *This is O Scale*,couplers can be changed back to lobster claws at buyers request, or to two rail scale wheels from Hi rail

Wip frame for what will be a Southern Railway Aux water tender, this is a commissioned project from my friend which will run with his brass PS4. Onto building the tank shortly.

Further progress on the fireless CAD design...

In the early 20th Century, the United States had a vast network of electric interurban trains, built by Black workers, a rare opportunity for good jobs in a racist time. Today too, electrification could bring opportunity - let's make it happen! #BlackHistoryMonth planomagazine.com/african-amer...

There is power in a Union, you love to see it

maybe California should be spending the money on actual electric freight infrastructure and not funding cryptofascists, just a thought

WIP HO scale Porter 0-6-0 fireless steam loco shell kit. This will fit the very easy to obtain and smooth running bachmann USRA 0-6-0, which also has correct walschaerts valve gear and spool valve cylinders. Should have these available sometime in March.

At the partial behest of my friends and because I think it will be fun, I am producing HO scale boxcar kits lettered for my freelanced Interurban road you can buy, yes you! Read the post below for more details and if you're interested in purchasing one please DM me for details.

The Rainbow Amtrak train grows another car… Picked up this nice WalthersProto PC 10-6 with lights while in NYC. Honestly a really nicely tooled and made model. Today I weathered it and applied the name/number decals, really pleased with the result, PC sucked but their green cars sure looked nice!

At the partial behest of my friends and because I think it will be fun, I am producing HO scale boxcar kits lettered for my freelanced Interurban road you can buy, yes you! Read the post below for more details and if you're interested in purchasing one please DM me for details.

Golden snake with gold eyes and a super super-duper long tail, welcome to the war on cars.

Two G trains coming and going from Smith-9th Sts

Started today off with a visit to the NYC Transit Museum, absolutely love this place and glad I got to go back finally.

Oh hey this place seems familiar

Who up modeling trains on the train

We’re here today in familiar settings

Turning from International Blvd, a midday Key System A-line train enters 1st Ave, heading through Oakland to SF. From 1941 to 1950, A-Line trains ran all the way to Havenscourt in East Oakland! This was cut back to 12th & Oak St. following reconstruction of the 12th St. Dam into a partial freeway.

Shot an entire roll of 120 and a bunch of digital

Motive power of the Alta California Railway in the late 1940s, commissioned by @interurbanera.bsky.social .

Here’s one of my most recent projects, C&S 6! This was a full repaint and detail job of a LGB C&S Cooke mogul. I’ve owned this model for years now and have always wanted to find the time to improve it. More details in the thread below⬇️

Further freight car livery shenanigans...

Further freight car livery shenanigans...

There and back again… SRT&E layout is finally back up after sitting in the living room all week, time to move onto other things for moment!

i’m just so tired of donald trump man

Lately I've been playing around with ideas to finally do proper boxcars for my freelanced interurban line, so not everything is a car from another road. I think I've finally stumbled on something I really like thats not just roman on oxide red

I purchased a Rapido Slumbercoach at Amherst for a great price that had some less than satisfactory “shit spray” weathering on it. Today I improved and redid most of it, as well as added Tightlock Type H passenger car couplers. Very pleased with how it looks now, it’s authentically 70’s Amtrak!

Saturday was a great and important reminder that Model Railroading is Fun! It's great to see the hobby so alive and vibrant!

Can confidently say the snow is one full surfliner and half a California car deep

Anything but the metric system!