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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers

@hioo01.bsky.social

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is a bald photographer / former theater technician, now I sell stuff to theatres. based out of Central NJ, He/Him. Also, I like trains and star trek. Is one half of the Rail Brothers. Link tree to Rail Brothers stuff: https://linktr.ee/railbrothers

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 1d

Reading and Northern’s Steam Locomotive 2102 glides across the new Lehigh River Bridge as it begins its journey up the Lehigh Gorge to Pittston, PA on an August morning. Filmed 8/23/25 #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #jimthorpe #readingandnorthern #poconos #steamengine

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 7d

Still remember that song. Usually like to watch this on Halloween.

Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 7d

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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OrangeJinty @orangejinty.bsky.social · 9d

fuck yeah baby great big baked potato fuck yeah

"Great Big Baked Potato"
as served on all NORTHERN PACIFIC Dining Cars

Dr. Harvey Wiley Says:
"You have one of the best illustrations of what can be done in feeding people along the right lines, with the right kind of food, in the dining car service of the Northern Pacific Railway. The food served and
its preparation should be a model for every railroad and hotel in America. Much of the food they serve comes from their own model farms and the way it is prepared should be copied by others who wish to serve the public with food that is healthful."
FORM 5255. 50м. 6-13

NORTHERN PACIFIC
YELLOWSTONE PARK LINE

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

That feeling when you finally edit a bunch of photos you have been sitting on for a while. I guess I should post some?

Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 11d

Sounds like the Delaware RR has finished the restoration on their steam locomotive, Susquehanna 142, and should be heading up their pumpkin trains this October! Excited to see this locomotive out on the rails again. #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #steamengine #northjersey #delawareriver

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 14d

Woodstown Central #9, a former US Army 0-6-0 steam locomotive built by Alco in 1942, charges past Marvin L Watson Memorial Park with a short freight train in tow. #southjersey #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #steamengine #freightrain

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 14d

I felt this way and now I have a T-trak module set that’s fits on my former dining room (now kids toy room) table…

Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 14d

That's really neat, also the barbie one is really creative.

Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 15d

Exactly, the plan is to have something done for the Springfield show in January so we can put them together there

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 15d

Ha! That’s fun.

Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 15d

Trying out N-Scale model trains by building some T-Trak modules! Now the question is, what scenery should I put on these modules? #nscale #ttrak #modeltrains #modelrailroads #modelrailway #ngauge #katounitrack #uploadexpress

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 15d

This is an excellent point, and game stores are fast becoming a go to third space. A group of us even set up our model trains at one from time to time.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 15d

My contribution to The Loneliness Discourse is that we see D&D, Warhammer, etc, going mainstream because they‘re Third Space Provider Games so we should all talk more about such things to save America.

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 15d

Them and model railroad shops, a ton of AI.

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Jeremy "Looking for Arrows" Zorek @jeremyzorek.bsky.social · 16d

The incredible variety of an hour along the Hudson Line

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 16d

Looks really good!

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 16d

We should start a go fund me to get the T1 trust to paint the new one this way.

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Elsie the Fall WeatherFox @weatherfox64.bsky.social · 17d

Hey model railroad friends, here’s a fun fantasy scheme from a fellow club member

A photo of an HO scale model of a Pennsylvania T1 steam locomotive- a streamlined 4-4-4-4 duplex drive locomotive, because the Standard Railroad of the World made up its own standards— that is painted in the maroon and white, with purple wheels, paint scheme that was the Auto Train of the 1970s.

A photo of the aforementioned Pennsy T1 pulling a long model consist of the Auto Train in the 1970s maroon and white livery.

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 16d

Thats a really good idea, might try that myself

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 16d

You can see if there is a model train show in your area. Or if model trains aren't your thing, you can try going to local train museums or tourist railroads and such.

Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 17d

The Woodstown central railroad in south Jersey.

Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 17d

Diesels. #trains

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 18d

N scale stuff built and acquired! Working on the Ttrak modules for the #uploadexpress #modelrailroad

T trak modules on the playroom (former dining room) table

Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 19d

More trains from today! Former Reading Railroad FP7s and US Army 0-6-0. iPhone shots of the Woodstown Central Railway #railroad #steamtrain #streamliner