Interurban Era
@interurbanera.bsky.social
I make chill scale modeling videos
+ Build custom model railroads for clients
https://lnk.bio/InterurbanEra
+ 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!
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!
It's kind of the one two punch for me with the "three sheets to the wind" logo.
I had this scheme ruined for me after going to a recreational vehicle show at the fair a while back. Too many swooshes, looks cheap.
I had this scheme ruined for me after going to a recreational vehicle show at the fair a while back. Too many swooshes, looks cheap.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's kind of the one two punch for me with the "three sheets to the wind" logo.
I had this scheme ruined for me after going to a recreational vehicle show at the fair a while back. Too many swooshes, looks cheap.
I had this scheme ruined for me after going to a recreational vehicle show at the fair a while back. Too many swooshes, looks cheap.
Confusing everyone by cultivating a light accent and saying that "you divide your time between Oakland and Aukland."
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Confusing everyone by cultivating a light accent and saying that "you divide your time between Oakland and Aukland."
Pondering the Oakland - Aukland cultural pipeline...
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Pondering the Oakland - Aukland cultural pipeline...
Meanwhile: solid Rock island inspiration nets a decent result:
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Meanwhile: solid Rock island inspiration nets a decent result:
A second generation EMD is the perfect blank canvas to see if any paint scheme is actually a good design, and.....chat, this ain't it.
Imagine stocking light blue, dark blue and dark blue-gray when one of those colors would suffice. FFS.
Imagine stocking light blue, dark blue and dark blue-gray when one of those colors would suffice. FFS.
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A second generation EMD is the perfect blank canvas to see if any paint scheme is actually a good design, and.....chat, this ain't it.
Imagine stocking light blue, dark blue and dark blue-gray when one of those colors would suffice. FFS.
Imagine stocking light blue, dark blue and dark blue-gray when one of those colors would suffice. FFS.
Have a watercolor of one of the concepts for the ALTA F45 I did a while back.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Have a watercolor of one of the concepts for the ALTA F45 I did a while back.
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god the Nevada Northern is just something else, can't wait to get back
Freight hogs
Moments after emerging from the East Ely engine house, Nevada Northern sister locomotives #s 93 and 81 pour out their frosty, cold steam plumes in early morning sun. This image was captured during a ...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
god the Nevada Northern is just something else, can't wait to get back
The only "innovation" Adobe has made in a decade is inserting ads for its other products and features inside already paid programs.
The true end stage of capitalism, paying FOR ads. 😵
The true end stage of capitalism, paying FOR ads. 😵
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The only "innovation" Adobe has made in a decade is inserting ads for its other products and features inside already paid programs.
The true end stage of capitalism, paying FOR ads. 😵
The true end stage of capitalism, paying FOR ads. 😵
I could think of one railroad in particular I'd love to commission you to do that for...
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I could think of one railroad in particular I'd love to commission you to do that for...
Really incredible 1940 tempra paint & gouache illustration done by EMD industrial designer Paul Meyer of the EMD FT demonstrator scheme.
What an INDREDIBLE illustration style too, the reflections and highlights are especially beautiful.
What an INDREDIBLE illustration style too, the reflections and highlights are especially beautiful.
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Really incredible 1940 tempra paint & gouache illustration done by EMD industrial designer Paul Meyer of the EMD FT demonstrator scheme.
What an INDREDIBLE illustration style too, the reflections and highlights are especially beautiful.
What an INDREDIBLE illustration style too, the reflections and highlights are especially beautiful.
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Began weathering models full time at 16, burned out at 23. Went to Italy for an industrial design apprenticeship, came back, went to college for it, did well. Graduated and worked at an abusive hardware startup. Quit. Got cold called to build a train layout, now build layouts and love it!
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Began weathering models full time at 16, burned out at 23. Went to Italy for an industrial design apprenticeship, came back, went to college for it, did well. Graduated and worked at an abusive hardware startup. Quit. Got cold called to build a train layout, now build layouts and love it!
Is always fun to model the ALTA in the 60s with rebuilt first generation diesels alongside the last of steam
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Is always fun to model the ALTA in the 60s with rebuilt first generation diesels alongside the last of steam
Look no further than the 19th century rate wars for a reason why.
Also the amount of track mileage and network capacity removed following each merger since 1948 or so has broadly made the US network as a whole worse.
These railroads still think they can cut their way to profitablity.
Also the amount of track mileage and network capacity removed following each merger since 1948 or so has broadly made the US network as a whole worse.
These railroads still think they can cut their way to profitablity.
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Look no further than the 19th century rate wars for a reason why.
Also the amount of track mileage and network capacity removed following each merger since 1948 or so has broadly made the US network as a whole worse.
These railroads still think they can cut their way to profitablity.
Also the amount of track mileage and network capacity removed following each merger since 1948 or so has broadly made the US network as a whole worse.
These railroads still think they can cut their way to profitablity.
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A pair of boxcars await unloading along the Best Feeds feed mill in Strum, Wisconsin circa 1959.
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A pair of boxcars await unloading along the Best Feeds feed mill in Strum, Wisconsin circa 1959.
Yeah, that works too. I could easily imagine doing both to make it genuinely enjoyable to live/work/ bike/ walk/ ride the train.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Yeah, that works too. I could easily imagine doing both to make it genuinely enjoyable to live/work/ bike/ walk/ ride the train.
Oh my goodness! Yessss! I'm so glad you did. It made my day, to say the least. 😊
Also happy that you're on BSKY too, that makes it even more fun.
Also happy that you're on BSKY too, that makes it even more fun.
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Oh my goodness! Yessss! I'm so glad you did. It made my day, to say the least. 😊
Also happy that you're on BSKY too, that makes it even more fun.
Also happy that you're on BSKY too, that makes it even more fun.
My new (half joking) stance for densification for LA and San Jose is to demolish 70% of the low density postwar stuff, plant fruit trees in their place and build a string of dense Burnaby BC style towers connected by automated metros in the remaining space.
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My new (half joking) stance for densification for LA and San Jose is to demolish 70% of the low density postwar stuff, plant fruit trees in their place and build a string of dense Burnaby BC style towers connected by automated metros in the remaining space.
I was very pleasantly surprised and delighted today when someone spotted me on a Muni platform and said "Are you interurban era? I love your channel!"
Thanks again, fellow enthusiast! It always humbles me that people admire my work.
Thanks again, fellow enthusiast! It always humbles me that people admire my work.
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I was very pleasantly surprised and delighted today when someone spotted me on a Muni platform and said "Are you interurban era? I love your channel!"
Thanks again, fellow enthusiast! It always humbles me that people admire my work.
Thanks again, fellow enthusiast! It always humbles me that people admire my work.
The Brill 15" AP round
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Brill 15" AP round
Oh, that's just the city dwellers version of ID'ing locomotives by prime mover and horn type. Same depth level, different flavor.
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Oh, that's just the city dwellers version of ID'ing locomotives by prime mover and horn type. Same depth level, different flavor.
Put the movie on, pause and mute. Then start the album and hit play. It syncs up nicely to what's on screen. Another accidental discovery by a friend of mine, and it works!
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Put the movie on, pause and mute. Then start the album and hit play. It syncs up nicely to what's on screen. Another accidental discovery by a friend of mine, and it works!
If you mash it up with Aphex Twins' ambient works album, it perfectly syncs, no substances required.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you mash it up with Aphex Twins' ambient works album, it perfectly syncs, no substances required.
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Looking for a lift.
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Looking for a lift.
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@usili.bsky.social reminded me of the portable B-52 simulator the Air Force built in some old Pullman cars back in the early 1960s, and this is another one of my “someday I want to model this” projects
www.fairchild.af.mil/News/Article...
www.fairchild.af.mil/News/Article...
www.fairchild.af.mil
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@usili.bsky.social reminded me of the portable B-52 simulator the Air Force built in some old Pullman cars back in the early 1960s, and this is another one of my “someday I want to model this” projects
www.fairchild.af.mil/News/Article...
www.fairchild.af.mil/News/Article...
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