Tachyon Eddy
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Tachyon Eddy
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· Oct 18
I'm not saying the fictional model railroad's lore isn't getting all encompassing but I could see doing a whole photographic chronology.
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Electric Car Company - Blue Ford Ranger Conversion Part 3
YouTube video by DAKpenguin
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November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Ive been working on ways to keep flat things flat and glossy things glossy.
And dirty things dirty and clean things clean.
#scalemodels
#histscalemodels
And dirty things dirty and clean things clean.
#scalemodels
#histscalemodels
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Ive been working on ways to keep flat things flat and glossy things glossy.
And dirty things dirty and clean things clean.
#scalemodels
#histscalemodels
And dirty things dirty and clean things clean.
#scalemodels
#histscalemodels
Slated for 2029, the new Romancecar 7-car trainset features observation directly out the front and rear with the driver tucked up top. The Odakyu Line's 100th anniversary is in 2027 so think how far the rolling stock has come. prtimes.jp/main/html/rd...
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Slated for 2029, the new Romancecar 7-car trainset features observation directly out the front and rear with the driver tucked up top. The Odakyu Line's 100th anniversary is in 2027 so think how far the rolling stock has come. prtimes.jp/main/html/rd...
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☄️Out of this world. 🔆A bit of warmth and light for the darker days.
The medieval St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield, Romney Marsh—once part of a thriving village, now isolated by time and circumstance.
The medieval St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield, Romney Marsh—once part of a thriving village, now isolated by time and circumstance.
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
☄️Out of this world. 🔆A bit of warmth and light for the darker days.
The medieval St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield, Romney Marsh—once part of a thriving village, now isolated by time and circumstance.
The medieval St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield, Romney Marsh—once part of a thriving village, now isolated by time and circumstance.
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San Diego has 2x the population of Helsinki and about 270 people died in traffic related fatalities in 2024
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
San Diego has 2x the population of Helsinki and about 270 people died in traffic related fatalities in 2024
What would it be like if you put a laugh track over classic scifi TV shows?
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What would it be like if you put a laugh track over classic scifi TV shows?
One more model railroading question: I could cut the mainline oval here (at the bottom) and use flex track or trimmed pieces, but would this be too tight a turn?
Picture that bottom diagonal as an S bending all the way down to the image of the turnout. Would that add a lot to this layout?
Picture that bottom diagonal as an S bending all the way down to the image of the turnout. Would that add a lot to this layout?
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
One more model railroading question: I could cut the mainline oval here (at the bottom) and use flex track or trimmed pieces, but would this be too tight a turn?
Picture that bottom diagonal as an S bending all the way down to the image of the turnout. Would that add a lot to this layout?
Picture that bottom diagonal as an S bending all the way down to the image of the turnout. Would that add a lot to this layout?
Comparing the layout to the various shunting puzzles to see how they can be set up.
Transum is only of the nice sites you can find for shunting puzzles; www.transum.org/software/shu...
Transum is only of the nice sites you can find for shunting puzzles; www.transum.org/software/shu...
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Comparing the layout to the various shunting puzzles to see how they can be set up.
Transum is only of the nice sites you can find for shunting puzzles; www.transum.org/software/shu...
Transum is only of the nice sites you can find for shunting puzzles; www.transum.org/software/shu...
You may want to take some screenshots or notes on this one. Pro-level model railroading. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiHl...
November 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
You may want to take some screenshots or notes on this one. Pro-level model railroading. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiHl...
Correcting stereotypes about model railroading www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDrM...
Young People Don't Want Model Anymore... (And why that's wrong.)
YouTube video by Paul Stamp's Finger Lakes Railway
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Correcting stereotypes about model railroading www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDrM...
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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie was known as The Little Giant. For years, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie box cars carried the slogan “Serves The Steel Centers.” Customtrains.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie was known as The Little Giant. For years, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie box cars carried the slogan “Serves The Steel Centers.” Customtrains.org
If you're decorating your home, consider all the railroad liveries that worked so hard to come up with colors that go well together. Get one of Andy's posters in the color scheme you like and base the room off of it. Lemon lime Reading Lines living room perhaps?
These Reading Lines locomotives move trains at Allentown. Reading Lines was known for its slogan “Bee Line Service. 🚂🐝 customtrains.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you're decorating your home, consider all the railroad liveries that worked so hard to come up with colors that go well together. Get one of Andy's posters in the color scheme you like and base the room off of it. Lemon lime Reading Lines living room perhaps?
Andy Fletcher has all kinds of train-related artwork that are also great learning tools for learning locomotives. The lines are crisp and the colors deep and perfect, a step beyond what you might expect. His posters are worth a nice frame!
Have a great breakfast with Cotton Belt with my Railroad placemats. Customtrains.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Andy Fletcher has all kinds of train-related artwork that are also great learning tools for learning locomotives. The lines are crisp and the colors deep and perfect, a step beyond what you might expect. His posters are worth a nice frame!
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10 of the best train journeys in Australia
(The Sunday Times - UK)
The T1 to Emu Plains misses out again.
www.thetimes.com/article/159f...
(The Sunday Times - UK)
The T1 to Emu Plains misses out again.
www.thetimes.com/article/159f...
10 of the best train journeys in Australia
From historic railway day trips to transcontinental adventures, we reveal the best train journeys in Australia.
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
10 of the best train journeys in Australia
(The Sunday Times - UK)
The T1 to Emu Plains misses out again.
www.thetimes.com/article/159f...
(The Sunday Times - UK)
The T1 to Emu Plains misses out again.
www.thetimes.com/article/159f...
Neat video where you can see the sparks from a thin layer of ice on the catenary wire.
Overnight freezing rain meant ice on the catenary — but the O-Train was ready. We filmed an O-Train Line 1 LRV at Cyrville clearing the wire with its pantograph, throwing off visible sparks as it shaved off the ice layer. A neat look at real-world winter operations on an overhead-powered system.
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Neat video where you can see the sparks from a thin layer of ice on the catenary wire.
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Train ride from Glattbrugg, Switzerland to Singen, Germany, in winter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRuXsr5GzX0&t=2832
#trains #webcam #switzerland #germany
#trains #webcam #switzerland #germany
November 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Train ride from Glattbrugg, Switzerland to Singen, Germany, in winter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRuXsr5GzX0&t=2832
#trains #webcam #switzerland #germany
#trains #webcam #switzerland #germany
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November 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A good page about railroad turnouts. railsystem.net/turnouts/
Turnouts |
railsystem.net
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A good page about railroad turnouts. railsystem.net/turnouts/
The original "sky mall", the "sky store" Kokūzō is known for connecting us with ideas and paths to good fortune. "Wisdom as boundless as outer space"
and on the final day of his prayers, the Bodhisattva Kokūzō bestowed upon him the knowledge of urushi production
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The original "sky mall", the "sky store" Kokūzō is known for connecting us with ideas and paths to good fortune. "Wisdom as boundless as outer space"
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Matsuo Bashō’s haiku, “If you speak, your lips grow cold in the autumn wind,” captures the feeling of regret or loneliness that follows when we say something too directly.
A moment of honesty can feel as cold and sharp as the autumn air.
A moment of honesty can feel as cold and sharp as the autumn air.
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Matsuo Bashō’s haiku, “If you speak, your lips grow cold in the autumn wind,” captures the feeling of regret or loneliness that follows when we say something too directly.
A moment of honesty can feel as cold and sharp as the autumn air.
A moment of honesty can feel as cold and sharp as the autumn air.
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"And when a steering wheel is endowed with the master’s extraordinary craftsmanship, it begins to feel not merely traditional, but like a helm that encompasses the entire span of human endeavor—a rudder guiding a long, enduring flow of time itself."
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"And when a steering wheel is endowed with the master’s extraordinary craftsmanship, it begins to feel not merely traditional, but like a helm that encompasses the entire span of human endeavor—a rudder guiding a long, enduring flow of time itself."
Yes you read that correctly: "urushi lacquered steering wheel" 👀
I’m currently exhibiting my urushi lacquered steering wheel at the ongoing show at Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, and a man who saw it shared a wonderful comment about it on X.
x.com/ihdyk/status...
x.com/ihdyk/status...
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Yes you read that correctly: "urushi lacquered steering wheel" 👀
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Japan has far fewer bears than North America — yet far more fatal encounters. Why are the nation’s bears so uniquely dangerous? 👉 ebx.sh/rrYlla
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Japan has far fewer bears than North America — yet far more fatal encounters. Why are the nation’s bears so uniquely dangerous? 👉 ebx.sh/rrYlla
YouTube TV/Movies: you can use CC auto-translate to pretend you're learning a different language by rewatching old favorites.
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
YouTube TV/Movies: you can use CC auto-translate to pretend you're learning a different language by rewatching old favorites.