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Interurban Era

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I make chill scale modeling videos + Build custom model railroads for clients https://lnk.bio/InterurbanEra

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello! I'm Interurban Era

Here's what I do:

+ Build model railroad layouts professionally
+ Make modelbuilding videos on Youtube
+ Design paint schemes for vehicles
+ Kitbash models
+ Illustrate
+ Play games
+ Learn about history & share it here

Follow me if that's the kinds of things you enjoy!

A trio of Brass Suydam models of Interuban Electric Railway cars owned by the Southern Pacific in HO scale (1/87) which I'm rebuilding at the moment. They're running on my own model railroad, the Alat California.

An ALCO RS-1 I kitbashed poses in front of Mexican vernacular homes on my layout set near Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico in 1968. Check out the little bicycle on the locomotive's walkway.

Work in progress show of the redwood forest & hand painted backdrop I'm doing for one of my clients. This layout is called Anchor Bay, and is set in Northern California in 1948.

I have my own railroad I've been building models and writing lore for years: the Alta California Railway, which connects Guadalajara with Oakland California from 1927-199X. I model the late 1960s.

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Matti has a Boo-ty 👻 @mrbtx.bsky.social · 19h

positing that all trans lesbians are at least model trains-curious

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 2d

New episode catching us up on what I've been building for the last year on anchor bay.

This episode we build some beautiful redwood trees and giant stumps.

youtu.be/JADz5ASyYbY

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 21h

Scrapped streetcars for Buses

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 23h

Super thrilled to do some period correct railroad ephemera together, it'll be so beautiful!

Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

Has anybody ridden this line?

Kominato Line - Wikipedia share.google/VFizoy0hbv0R...

Kominato Line - Wikipedia

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

That's correct! It's a safety method known as pointing and calling. Pointing and calling - Wikipedia share.google/YZTogHE81wrI...

Pointing and calling - Wikipedia

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Gunnar Bergfalke @gbergfalke.bsky.social · 1d

"As tight curves are likely to be a big issue on micro layouts,
most designs patternd after real places are built on shelves …
Take a look at some of the ingenious solutions to this problem
in this section, dedicated to layouts designed to fit on shelves …"
www.carendt.com/micro-layout...

Standard Gauge Lines - Carendt.com

As tight curves are likely to be a big issue on micro layouts, most designs patternd after real places are built on shelves — where curvature of the track is not an issue, but length of run is! Take a...

www.carendt.com

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · Oct 2

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A 1/87 HO Scale model of a "Birney Safety Car" made by Bachmann trains.

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

It was so heartfelt and authentic. It's so wonderful to see the variety of roles he did and his twisty journey through life. The genuine appreciation for who he was really got me.

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Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 1d

Today's historic pic: Exactly 40 years ago today, a 7-car DEB set with power car HPF951 trailing, running the Canberra Monaro Express, heads towards Canberra from Queanbeyan, NSW, October 12 1985. This train would then return from Canberra then run down to Cooma on the track at lower left.

A 7-car streamlined DEB set diesel multiple unit passenger train in Candy livery runs away from us on the rightmost of a pair of standard gauge railway tracks at the throat of a provincial railway yard. The rear car of the set, which has a curved end, is displaying the road number 951 in white numerals on its nose and is displaying a circular white taildisc. A siding track branches from the nearer of the two main lines in the lower foreground. The tracks are passing through a small cutting with a steep edge rising on the left and a shallower cut on the right leading up to an industrial facility upon which stand a number of tall white storage tanks.

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Matti has a Boo-ty 👻 @mrbtx.bsky.social · 1d

incredible old truck photo (with guy in cuffed jeans under the tractor) @snipy.bsky.social

International K-Series Hay Hauler - 1951

A big International K-Series tractor is hauling a flatbed trailer with an impressive load of hay bales in this view from late Summer of the year 1951. This particular vintage slide did have some info...

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

Come on.....we need American LRC to return! Buy the cars and run it with an FPA-4! PROFIT.

Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

How did this fallout shelter sign spotting thing begin? ☢️

Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 2d

New episode catching us up on what I've been building for the last year on anchor bay.

This episode we build some beautiful redwood trees and giant stumps.

youtu.be/JADz5ASyYbY

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 2d

This is exquisite! I wish I had all of those components laying around. X-wing seems like the perfect game to really test the edge of the flight envelope for a sim rig too.

Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 2d

Incredibly charming!

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Gunnar Bergfalke @gbergfalke.bsky.social · 2d

A 1971 International roadrail catenary maintenance vehicle in museum in Ängelholm, Sweden, which I visited a few years ago.

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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 2d

Forget mounting antlers or eagles on top of a steam locomotive headlight.

Crabs are where it's at. 🦀

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A brass crab named "Crabitha", mounted atop the headlight of NYSW 142, a 2-8-2 steam locomotive.

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 2d

"explain it to me like I'm five beers in" would be a funny as hell way to teach someone how to model railroad.

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 2d

Damnable targeted ads, don't serve me up the ultimate flight sim rig when I couldn't possibly afford more than a mop handle duct taped to an old Atari joystick and an old seat from a 60s Ford.

Probably the most elaborate video game controller you could buy off the shelf.

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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 2d

an ex was a field archaeologist and her job consisted of sitting in the shade at construction sites for 8 hrs while workers hollered at her inappropriately until they found something in the ground and she would walk over and touch it with her tongue and say "this is a rock" and go back to the shade.