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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

We're getting steamed up for the last weekend of the Garden State Model Railway Club's annual spring shows! This weekend the club is running nothing but steam-powered model trains! If you are in Northern NJ and/or the greater NY Metro area, come stop by! gardenstatetrainclub.org 🚂

Six HO scale steam locomotives (Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844, Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611, Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 #759, Pennsylvania Railroad 2-10-0 #4390, NYSW 2-8-2 #142, and Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 #265) fill the Albatross Yard Roundhouse, awaiting orders, on the Garden State Northern, the HO scale Model Railroad of the Garden State Model Railway Club.

A trio of HO Scale steam locomotives (Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 #3710, ATSF 4-8-4 #3751, and New York Central 4-8-4 #6020) sit under the Albatross Yard Coaling tower on the Garden State Northern, the HO scale Model Railroad of the Garden State Model Railway Club.

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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This weekend, the Garden State Model Railway Club will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Conrail! We'll be running HO scale trains featuring the "Big Blue" and its predecessor railroads. If you are in Northern NJ and/or the greater NY Metro area, come stop by! gardenstatetrainclub.org 🚂

A manifest freight train with Conrail motive power on-point (GE C39-8 #6012 and EMD SD40 #6290) highballs Westbound along the Garden State Northern's mainline, in an area called the "River Scene".
The Garden State Northern is the HO Scale model railroad of the Garden State Model Railway Club in North Haledon, NJ.

Conrail EMD SD40-2 #6364 and GE B40-8 #5066 head a Westbound freight train thru Walterville on the Garden State Northern, the HO scale model railroad of the Garden State Model Railway Club

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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The (model) Circus Train comes to town! Have some clips from last year of John Rezuke's traveling HO scale Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus train on the Garden State Model Railway Club's layout. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVKk... 🚂🎪

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The Ringling Circus Train Visits the GSN again (2025)

YouTube video by Garden State Model Railway Club

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Fennec @fennectherailfur.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Highballin the freight

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Bryan @elwick70.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Joseph Binder, 1950

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ぽち @poti1990.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

描いてるうちに楽しくなってきてしまって、設定にはそこまで必要のない周辺の建物まで描き込み始めるといういつものやらかし... 仕方がない、楽しいんだから...

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BP-TETSU @bp-tetsu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

最近Ｚゲージの投稿が多いのでたまにはNゲージのジオラマでも…😅www #鉄道ジオラマ #鉄道模型 #Nゲージ

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Rockyrailroad @rockyrailroad578.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Reminded me, I found this kitbashed "R3" motor online and it brings me much joy Was tempted to paint it in New Haven colors or an earlier NYC scheme, but, whoever made this did such a nice job, I'd hate to mess it up

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

When you turn your camera a bit too far on the photo line. Woodstown Central Railroad steam locomotive #9 passes the photo line during the Friends of Philadelphia Trolleys Charter last year on September 21st.

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Gracie Spoingus @nitro.borzoi.gay · 11/03/2026

tip for anyone searching for interurban information, LOOK IN THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. they are almost all scanned in on internet archive, hathi trust, and the smithsonian website.

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Tegan 🏳️‍⚧️ @spitfire.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I forgot to post this yesterday. Jennies have now been coaled and weathered.

Two coal jennies with weathering and coal loads

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Small, but perfectly formed. This Marquette & Huron Mountain caboose would be the perfect prototype freelance shortline's cabin.

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Tegan 🏳️‍⚧️ @spitfire.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

My K-3q had a run around the club on Friday. Her top speed is lower than Id like but that would require a full rebuild to change.

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Jeremy "Looking for Arrows" Zorek @jeremyzorek.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Absolutely beautiful out this evening

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Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Polish state rail operator PKP Intercity is launching a series of special "unhurried" weekend journeys along picturesque routes in restored 1980s carriages with historical locomotives to celebrate its anniversary.

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Polish rail operator launches special "unhurried" weekend trips in 1980s trains

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Spoor/Jiles @spoorbutnotweg.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

So I visited the Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos yesterday, & I took a decent amount of photos. Anyways, here's a thread of the pictures I took! 1/? 🧵 #Train #SteamLocomotive #Railroad #Railway #Mexico

NdeM No. 3034, a 4-8-4 "Niágara" type locomotive. It was built in 1946 by Baldwin.

NdeM No. 1150, a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive. I forgot when this locomotive was built.

FCM No. 40, a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type locomotive. Built by Baldwin (iIrc) in 1881.

NdeM No. 601, a 2-4-2T type locomotive. I have no idea when this guy was built.

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BP-TETSU @bp-tetsu.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

購入したDE10が届いたので少しウェザリングして走行テスト中💪😄 Ｚゲージは指の上に乗せてもこの通り！小さくて可愛らしいです😊www #鉄道ジオラマ #鉄道模型 #Zゲージ #ロクハン

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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Real patriots ride the train.

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Tegan 🏳️‍⚧️ @spitfire.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

They just keep multiplying! One more to go and gods am I sick of them. 16-18 decals per.

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らつた @ratuta.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

あと数話。お付き合いいただけると幸いです。

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Brian Danger Hicks @ckape.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I hate when model railroaders keep squeezing in more track and more bridges into a scene. So unprototypical. (Lead, SD)

A black and white picture from around 1900. It shows a short passenger train at a station going away from the viewer, just behind and above there is another train passenger climbing up a bridge about 20 feet (6 meters) above. Further in the background a mind train crosses a high metal trestle.

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Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Learn a lot of important things watching Hyce's videos.

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Goat thing @goatedretsof.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Night photos from last night

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CIHstudios @cihstudios.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The Alta California Railway meets Nacionales De Mexico at Guadalajara, commissioned by @interurbanera.bsky.social . (Not gonna lie, this has to be one of the best things I've ever done) If any of you model railroad guys want a portrait of your finest (or grubbiest) motive power, drop us a line!

Nocturnal scene of the depot at Guadalajara, Mexico with two passenger trains.

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Railhog Productions 🇺🇸🦅 @crossofbayonne.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

#1980s #NYSW #Trains #History NYSW 4002 emerging from the western portal of the Edgewater tunnel in 1980, The Edgewater branch of the Susquehanna was used to transport coal and other supplies to New York City via the New Jersey docks

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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers @hioo01.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Playing around on the inglenook layout tonight. #modelrailroad

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Here, enjoy some GOOD news: A lovely, fun, and easy kitbash that'll hopefully inspire you to do something similar on your layout as a patched leaser locomotive! www.patreon.com/posts/sneak-...

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Sneak Preview: A fun and easy Chepe repaint: Ex-EL H-16-44 | Interurban Era

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Tegan 🏳️‍⚧️ @spitfire.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

A meeting for the ages. Modern Amtrak passes my AmSteam.

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New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

#DidYouKnow City Island in the #Bronx once had its own #monorail? When the monorail opened in 1910, it was the only monorail in the United States. It ran from Bartow Station (a now long-forgotten ruin inside Pelham Bay Park) to Marshall's Corner, and over a bridge to the tip of City Island.

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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Now we're getting somewhere!

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Railfan & Railroad Magazine @railfanandrailroad.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Reading Company 4-8-4 2100 successfully passed a steam test observed by the Federal Railroad Administration on February 26 and 27 in Cleveland, Ohio. railfan.com/reading-2100...

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Reading 2100 Passes FRA Steam Test

Reading Company 4-8-4 2100 successfully passed a steam test observed by the Federal Railroad Administration on February 26 and 27 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 02/03/2026

MBTA “New York Central” heritage unit at Providence and Apponaug? Check!

A train with a jade green locomotive in what’s called lightning strip paint, with a red oval New York Central herald on its nose, under wires alongside a highway

A train with a jade green locomotive in what’s called lightning strip paint, with number 1036 in large numbers at the back, under wires alongside a highway, as the train goes away

A commuter train goes over a bridge over a body of water. It’s led by a locomotive painted green, with a lightning stripe on the side, and lettered New York Central.

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Tegan 🏳️‍⚧️ @spitfire.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The AmSteam is running! This time without any hiccups.

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Arlo @arlostrains.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

don’t talk to me or my son ever again

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Motorman Reymond @beatlewolf.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Hung out at my friend Patrick’s G gauge layout today and he had a small portable smoke machine and… things got out of hand fast. Why does this actually look good?? #modeltrains #gardenrailroading

Emma Nevada creeps the smog next to an errant moose on Patrick Reedy’s Piso Mojado Railway.

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Clayton @clintonchives.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A few years ago I managed to get hold of the fantastic book on American shortlines called Mixed Train Daily, decided to make a bit of a love letter to it based on my save in Railroader... #trains

Two images, made to look like old book pages, the text is a history of my fictional Railroad the Tuckasegee River Railroad, I've edited screenshots to look like black and white photos.

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metalheadrailfan 🔞 @metalheadrailfan.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Santa Fe All The Way Modular Layout at the Lawrence, KS model train show

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Talyllyn Railway @talyllyn.co.uk · 01/03/2026

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David’s Day! Llun/Photo: Charlotte Williams #HeartOfGold

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

anyway they're amazing up there, I had an unbelievably good time. both these shots are from the first weekend my wife and I had together riding the train (as "roommates" before we were dating lol)

NPR 924 (0-6-0) chuffs through a level crossing with the Twin Peaks mountain in the background

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James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

For your train video viewing pleasure this evening... Pentrex's "Amtrak X2000 Demonstration". www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITpQ... 🚂

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Amtrak X2000 Demonstration

YouTube video by World Of Railfanning

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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

It is just wild that the time taken to travel between Tokyo and Osaka was: 1930: 9 hours with steam 1958: 6 hours with electrics 1964: 4 hours with the Shinkansen Today, it's under 2h30.

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JRUrbaneNetwork @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

A two track private light railway (basically a late 1800s LRT) became the busy quadruple track JR-Higashi Chuo Corridor we see today. Showing how continuous focused incremental upgrades over decades can really build out a system.

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