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Interurban Era

@interurbanera.bsky.social

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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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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 3h

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.

Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 3h

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 7h

The IT isn't, but the Alton Granite & St. Louis, who ordered the car, certainly is.

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 7h

Really deep dive on a plucky interurban line very few people have probably heard of:

hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2025/10/h101...

The Yellow Hammer: An Illustrated History of Illinois Terminal 101

The Yellow Hammer An Illustrated History of Illinois Terminal 101 by Frank Hicks Foreword When traction fans think of Illinois interurban li...

hickscarworks.blogspot.com

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 8h

This would be such a choice video series, I might just have to try this.

Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 8h

"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 · 9h

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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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 20h

Beautifully done! Very "old Republic" paintjob

Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

I suppose we could call this one an e-chanty! 🖥️ 🚢

*Ducks*

(It's pretty excellent)

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

New era of shanties has arrived @erinbiba.bsky.social

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Drifter Wulfsky @dwulfsky.bsky.social · 1d

*Chef Kiss* This is fantastic. You love to see it!

Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 2d

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner.
Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"

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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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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

Binturong! They're so cute.
Or a Llama?
Or a stoat?

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Steve Sloan Trains @stevesloantrains.bsky.social · 1d

Southern Pacific subsidiary Cotton Belt (SSW) 3644 was in Indio, CA with an SP GP30 on an unknown date in May 1972.
SSW 3644 was an EMD GP9, SP Class EF418C-1.
Photo by: Steve Sloan

#train #trains #railroads #railroading #southernpacific #emd #trainspotting #film #filmphotography

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

Oh that's GOUDA!

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

🎶 sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am I to not eat Brie; snacked the world and the seven seas, every slice is in need of spreading 🎶

Behold, an entire pound of French brie. It's delicate, extremely buttery and just the lightest bit tangy, far better than any I've had before. Wow. 🧀

Look at this chonker! Beautiful. Delicious. Buttery.

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 2d

"Man who walks out at intermission for Waiting for Godot" is almost performance art in of itself.

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d

1890s: Engine crew posing with yard switcher No. 108 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad in front of the Washburn-Crosby Mills. At the time, Minneapolis was the world capital of flour and lumber production.

small 0-4-0 steam engine with 3 men standing in front and the engineer and fireman standing on the footplate. The many old stone mills are in teh background. Hennepin County Library.

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The Northwest Railway Museum - Snoqualmie - North Bend, WA @trainmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

Are you an educator or part of a home-school group in the Puget Sound area looking for a field trip opportunity? Contact our education team to arrange either a Trackside or School Train field trip! Now booking for 2026 field trips!
#TrainMuseum #NRM #education #fieldtrips #schools #Snoqualmie

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! That makes sense. So probably mostly for photography or inspecting things that are color dependent like printed media?

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

So what's the point? Does it produce a unique quality of light or special function or is it just an electrical engineer flex?

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

How is it? Been curious about it for a while.

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SpotGideon @shepf.art · 1d

I didn't realize Caltrain wasn't getting any compensation for sending power back into the grid during EMU braking, kind of a no-brainer decision!

Was always silly to me that diesel-electric locomotives do regen braking too, but that energy is turned to waste heat

youtu.be/zGVqkFO9tPA?...

Caltrain getting paid as electrified trains give back to the grid

YouTube video by KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA

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Tegan 🏳️‍⚧️ @spitfire.bsky.social · 2d

The coach got trucks and underframe along with the other end vestibule.
And this time I went with 4 wheel trucks just like my previous narrow vestibule car.

Coach with 4 wheel trucks, trussrods, and underframe tanks.

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 1d

We.could call them "the house of Lorde Edgerton" 🤣

Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 2d

The hotel room analogy you wrote about is spot on.

"Cheap and cheerful" is something that needs to return in our era of "tripping on a rake" economic policy we're all being held hostage to.

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