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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 9h

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

thinking about Barchester again

photo of Robert Mountenay's Barchester layout in HO, modeling a PRR branchline town in Western PA in the 40/50s

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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 1d

Very cool! If one of these were rolling by in a consist, it wouldn't even register as something out of the ordinary to me.

I'm amazed that there are three of these things preserved!

Burlington Northern “Bopper” freight car, another set of experimental cars that had both side doors and roof hatches. They could be used as both covered hoppers or boxcars, hence the name “Boppers” for these box/hopper cars. Prototype No. 800000 sits between sister cars 800004 and 800001 at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota, on June 10, 2016. Photo by Mike Danneman.

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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 1d

Wacky yet neat combination Boxcar and Covered Hopper!

More info on the two cars used by the Milwaukee Road and BC Rail in joint service in the attached image!

Scan from a book (probably a Morning Sun book?) giving some information on the Combination boxcar/wood chip hopper used by the Milwaukee Road and BC Rail.

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Nate B @warpedhorizon.bsky.social · 2d

Going to try to get in the habit of sharing one classic photo per week. Starting off with the strangest double-header I've ever seen- Union Pacific 4-6-2 #2866 and 4-12-2 #9011 pull an 81 car freight near Archer WY on VJ day, September 2 1945. digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1...

A black and white image of two steam locomotives pulling a freight train. The front locomotive is a small passenger loco, with tall drivers. The locomotive behind it is a much bigger freight loco, with a much larger boiler and tender. Behind them is a string of gondolas at the front of a long freight train stretching to the horizon. The photo was taken in in the foothills of Wyoming, on what seems to be a clear day.

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Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social · 2d

Paulinkskill Viaduct in New Jersey. Part of the Lackawanna Cutoff. "When completed in 1910, it was the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world." Soon to reopened for trains.

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Brian's Ghostly Visage @priorplanning.life · 2d

...you know, the scrolls of Vectron, written by Vectron in the first age of Vectron?

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Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com · 3d

Oh wow, this looks stunning.

Kudos to the people at MTA for this concept.

Can't wait to get out there!

Two lines, "but, the 2 and the G never meet"

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Matti has a Boo-ty 👻 @mrbtx.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible atmosphere in these LNWR Deans Gate videos

A Trip to Deansgate

YouTube video by LNWR Crook Street

www.youtube.com

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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 3d

You need to do the thing and make this kitbash into a 1:1 scale reality.

A HO Scale fictional kitbash of a double-ended MILW Skytop car.

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ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 4d

Weather in Port Arend is pretty hard on equipment -- the engine on Saturday and the same engine 48 hours later:

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Tom Marshall @buggleskellytom.bsky.social · 4d

Join me at 6pm on YouTube...

youtu.be/r0XzBOK3as8?...

Making a Tiny Scottish Diorama - Peco Rail200 Competition

YouTube video by Tom Marshall - Buggleskelly Station

youtu.be

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 4d

This year, MTA Arts & Design is celebrating 40 years of delivering transformative art experiences across the MTA system.

Since 1985, the artworks produced by Arts & Design have been a visible expression of MTA’s commitment to enhancing stations and trains for our riders.

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Chris Campo @prseashorelines.bsky.social · 8d

Fresh out of the shops 4202

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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 4d

Have a vintage model railroad weathering video from the 1980s, hosted by Allen Keller and featuring the late, great Malcolm Furlow:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpb4...

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(lol'ing at the thumbnail for this video)

[VHS] Weathering Railroad Models with Malcolm Furlow

YouTube video by Conventional Railroader

www.youtube.com

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 5d

Fun figures and fine details from Jack Burgess' Yosemite Valley Railroad.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 6d

peace

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Shannon Ellery Hubbell @brundlefly.bsky.social · 6d

This recreation of the diner from the classic 1942 oil painting "Nighthawks" is an HO scale (1:87) model. Dusty the uncooperative cat is not. #modeltrains #classicart #cats www.youtube.com/watch?v=43NC...

Installing The Edward Hopper Nighthawks Diner on River Road | Boomer Diorama # 327

YouTube video by Boomer Diorama | Model Railroad

www.youtube.com

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Old Coal @ne-railwayartist.bsky.social · 6d

Double headed service on the NYMR; the Ivatt leading doing its best impression of a Norfolk and Western Y6...

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Tegan 🏳️‍⚧️ @spitfire.bsky.social · 7d

Metro North Open House in New Haven, CT.

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Charlie @charliefrom215.bsky.social · 7d

A few shots from the MNRR Open house today

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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 8d

Mexican grade crossings are fucking psychotic! But they saved the little perrito!

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 8d

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

Looking straight out of a model railroad. Woodstown Central #9, a 1942 Alco 0-6-0 steam locomotive pulls a small freight past the pond at Mannington Mills

Notching up the throttle, the pair of ex Reading FP7s charges across the small bridge just south of Woodstown.

A local freight headed by Steam Locomotive #9 waits on the spur for the FP7s to come through with the passenger train.

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Scandinavian101 @scandinavian101.bsky.social · 8d

Im sick rn, so all i had energy for was this quick fanart of the ALTA railroad. Its an amazing modelling project by @interurbanera.bsky.social

If u dont know it, you should totally check it out!

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CrystalLakeRailroad @crystallakerr.bsky.social · 7d

I really enjoyed this show mainly for the nice vendor I met. They were very kind and we talked about custom models and kits we both have worked on for a while. They were selling some kits and custom models they had built so I picked up the two locos. They gave me a free kit too.
#modelrailroad

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