More info on CA’s DROP Act

Boyes will be Boyes... www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fbn...

Lil’ Caltrain.

Saturns are getting very rare, at least around here. This one lives in Berkeley, CA.

Airport parking (sort of: this Milbrae transit center where many people park when flying out of SFO): Japanese market Toyota “from Montana”.

When was the last time you saw not one but two Fisker Karma?

@nitro.borzoi.gay here’s the bollards made of old rail I mentioned a while back.

What about this for your next car @tamerlaneblog.bsky.social ?

I built a very narrow (1.5”) shelf along the wall and I glued some reinforcing strips to a L shaped piece of foam core. What am I building? All will be revealed tomorrow night…

Oldest vehicle spotted on my commute today.

One perk of working for a company that has an office in Switzerland is that we get chocolate when our colleagues come here on business trips…

If you see this monster, post a monster. This is the Ae 8/14 from 1931. More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB_Ae_... youtu.be/EHD6vV7mLac?...

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/ @bubotomy.bsky.social this might interest you.

Age yourself with gaming... An who can forget the music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFlC...

I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with trains that carry both freight and passengers. What about a funicular that does it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c_Z...

For the Onion fans

I like how some Japanese model railroaders with very limited space represent mainline trains by cutting them down to single truck length. I think it would be fun to experiment with the same concept but based on North American prototypes... www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKNE...

This headline makes it sound like Jeff Lane daily drives his museum’s propeller car…

Who Robbed the Louvre? Right(ish) answers only en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars%C3%...

Here’s something you don’t see every day: an old Subaru Legacy sedan which first came to California sometime between 1987 and 1993, based on its license plate number.

I’m not in Australia, but I did spot an emu this morning.

Here’s an Android tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S6) formatting a floppy.

The only sport event I'm interested in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwrh...

Ruin a book with a car: Murder on the Orient Chevy Express

Captain Sisko be like: Nog is this true?

This, my friends, is not a mere Subaru Tribeca. It is a B9 Tribeca. #weirdcarbs

New (sub)project: making some couplers. They are 1:8 scale models of the ones used by Arthur Heywood on his 15” gauge railways. I have two pairs of them that were commercially made many years ago to use as a pattern. They are white metal whereas I’m making six more by machining brass

This might be of interest to @techconnectify.bsky.social

This is (most likely) going to be a good quality model. I have a few months to think about it as it’s expected by next April… www.plazajapan.com/4949727703329/

It’s been a while since I spotted a Geo/Chevy Metro, especially one in duché nice condition! #weirdcarbs

There are these signs all over my neighborhood. I can’t figure out which part of a turboencabulator this is.

Why are you following me? My posts are so boring…

This post is for one person. You know who you are.

@tamerlaneblog.bsky.social these would go well with your ketchup collection: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHV0...

@rossz28.bsky.social do you speak French?

I am soldering very small rectangles of brass (6x4.5x0.5 mm) onto equally small brass rods (2mm diameter) in order to make oil flaps for my model rail cars wheel bearings.

Make a band food: Dépêche à la mode

Slightly diminish a band: The Rolling Pebbles.

The screwing from my previous post was done to install some steel plates with threaded holes which allows for quick install and removal of a small vise.

I am glad that modern compact power tools are available. Driving these two screws took a few seconds. Doing the same by hand would have been much much longer!

Say hello to the purple Prius.

Let’s see how many different gauges of tracks I can setup at once…

Using my lathe as a tumbler to hopefully save me the hassle of filling the edges on 36 tiny parts. Note: the video is in slow motion which causes the LED lights to flicker/flash.

An interesting look at a unique metro line: Lyon's line C which uses a rack rail to overcome a maximum incline of 17%. The video is in French with English subtitles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzmB...

This weekend’s project: modifying the harbor of my Proxxon mini table saw so I can use 0.5 mm thick blades that have a 22 mm mounting hole in addition to the original blades that are thicker and have a 10 mm center hole.

An old Dodge in a parking structure (hence the terrible light). I have no idea what model or year it is. #weirdcarbs

Brown JDM diesel van. It’s a Nissan Caravan #weirdcarbs

Age verification? I grew up with a black and white TV set. It had no remote.

Our neighborhood RX7 lives! It’s been in its garage for a very long time to the point that I was worried something was seriously wrong with it… #weirdcarbs