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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 06/10/2026

Hello from the birthplace of SimCity (which explains some things)

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 24/09/2026

Ugh, I like it more than I thought I would...

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 16/09/2026

It's finally time for the ACE 3000

An illustration of a 1970s looking locomotive with a car body similar to an F45, however it has steam locomotive running gear.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 09/09/2026

Free ice cream for labor day? @afscme.bsky.social really is the union that works for me.

A Mister Softee ice cream truck parked in Oakland with a line outside of it

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 11/08/2026

Just like James Cameron intended

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 08/08/2026

"I'm imagining he's a BART train that wished to be a human" - 120 likes. I'm never going on camera again.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 25/07/2026

Ok I stand corrected - the paper signage in cases is up to date (though someone left a layer on they shouldn't have...)

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 25/07/2026

And despite the name having been changed 8 months ago, there's no sign of the "Gold Runner" branding anywhere here at the station - the old San Joaquins signage is everywhere.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 25/07/2026

We have arrived in Bakersfield and have been blessed with an older set of California Cars and an F59PHI locomotive instead of their replacements - the infamously unreliable and uncomfortable Venture cars and Charger locomotives. Still no cafe car though - it's going to be a long 7 hours to Oakland.

A tired old Amtrak California train with the original 1994 equipment - an EMD F59PHI locomotive and a matching set of double deck coaches.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 25/07/2026

More companies should be named like this.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 25/07/2026

Hey wait that's not a train. This bodes poorly.

A large coach bus labeled "Amtrak" underneath a bright blue Southern California sky with palm trees in the background

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 14/07/2026

Don't trust that AI slop - they have far more (perhaps too many?) directors: Cathrin Banks, for example, is in fact a Class III railroad CEO. Andrew Davis runs a MOW company. Joe Davis seems to be a higher-up at the Maryland Transit Administration. It's not all railroaders but they're there.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 14/07/2026

That dog appears to be the photo negative of my parents' Nell, so I'll suggest Len.

A black mutt dog holding a ball with a human teeth pattern, making it look like she's smiling wide, sort of...

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 26/06/2026

I think the cone is the SFO control tower? Specifically traced from this photo:

A rendering (or very render-esque photo) of the sleek new SFO control tower against a clean gradient sunset sky.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 09/06/2026

Lashed up all plausible cars for an extra long holiday San Francisco Zephyr this weekend as I get more and more finished and in service. I think it's looking pretty good!

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 19/05/2026

Some upgrades have arrived for my HO scale 1975 San Francisco Zephyr in the form of 3 new sleepers and a new baggage car, all weathered by the talented @interurbanera.bsky.social. The sleepers have custom painted and lit interiors including window shades and anti-fall bars over the hall windows.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 10/05/2026

Happy National Train Day! Today I drove 250 miles for fun.

A dark green 1958 MG A sports car parked in a lot filled with other British cars - both vintage and modern.

A lineup of British cars waiting at a stop sign in California Wine Country. A large hill dominates the background.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 05/05/2026

Turns out this is pretty damn close to one of the original concepts from @vanshnookenraggen.com for this project - maybe someday I'll have an original thought.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 05/05/2026

Slightly widened and shortened to remove some blank space - being able to do this obviously depends on the info and exit directions.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 05/05/2026

Still a little awkward but here's how I'd do it.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 05/05/2026

Though having this sign have the "exit" bar with empty space plus multiple icons in the grey central section feels odd. I'd stick the exit identifier in the white area to link those two even closer.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 11/04/2026

Amtrak carting out the original Superliner coach for my little trip today - you can even still read the ghost of "smoking coach" on the side from when the baggage compartment was refitted into a smoker's lounge.

An Amtrak Superliner railcar numbered 31000 - the very first coach.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 06/04/2026

Live look at the Bluesky data center today:

A Homestar Runner cartoon featuring Strong Bad looking at a line of 90s-looking beige tower computers. One computer is smoking and has a green garden hose coming out of one of the disk drives.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 27/03/2026

Maximum legal size for trucks without a special license under the Sathe administration/regime

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 25/03/2026

This is my grandfather at work back in the 80s. He was a test pilot at Grumman starting from the LEM and continuing all the way up until the late 90s. You may know him from his work as the Apollo suit test dummy, or helping launch the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 12/03/2026

The way James Cameron imagined.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 17/02/2026

And the key for some of the shorthand:

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 17/02/2026

Ok! Finally got a chance to grab photos from Frailey's "Zephyrs, Chiefs, and other Orphans" and sadly it doesn't have consists for '72 specifically, so here's what I have:

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 17/02/2026

Actually - I was wrong on the diner! It's BN 455 - a Pullman lounge/diner rebuilt from a counter/diner/lounge.

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 13/02/2026

Thanks to the Food Machinery Corporation for the hallway from my airplane this evening.

A metal placard reading "Jetway Passenger Boarding Bridge, Mfg. By FMC"

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 31/12/2025

On the eve of the MetroCard's (kind of) retirement, I present to you all the first OMNY Card design prototype.

The famous New York City MTA MetroCard with text modified to say "OMNYCard".

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 29/12/2025

Last day of the running season yesterday means I just *had* to stretch out my '75 SF Zephyr consist as much as possible. Should have a few more cars (and fewer stand ins!) when the Museum reopens in the spring, too!

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 15/12/2025

RESTORE IT AND RUN IT ON THE MAIN LINE

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 14/12/2025

Don't worry, American Airlines - I'm always ready to GgoAAAANSUhEUgAABHoAAAEkCAIA

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bsquiklehausen @bsquiklehausen.com · 14/11/2025

Remember these little sandbox excavator things? Those were the best.

A silver metal contraption sitting in a large sandbox. The contraption has a red seat on the rear and two handles in the front. The handles are each attached to a metal bar, both connected to a scoop. Moving the handles relative to each other and to the seat controls the scoop's angle and position, allowing the device to dig in a radius around its mounting point. This one has done quite a bit of digging already, as evidenced by a ring of sand removed from the sandbox for its entire reach.

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