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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Can’t forget my friend @mayoneighss.bsky.social who I also meet at mff.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

A big thank you to @magicthefurry.bsky.social for making this for me. I feel honored to be your first commission.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Hey folks it’s been a while. Sorry for the inactivity, been very busy with life. I went to my first furry convention at MFF a few weeks back, it was awesome. I promise I will try and be a bit more active here.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Should I share some nsfw of my horse fursona? I want your guys opinion?

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Hello my fellow equines, I have a telegram now, please feel free to add me. :3

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Being a volunteer has it’s advantages, here is a short video I took yesterday. Be sure to come on out to IRM to see our Shay in action.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Wow it’s been a while since I posted here, anyway I’ve been busy at my museum doing various things, our Shay passed its steam test last weekend. Be sure to come on out and see it.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Looking forward to this years Happy Holiday Railway. (Part 2)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Looking forward to this years Happy Holiday Railway. (Part 1)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Looking forward to our upcoming Christmas Event coming up at the Illinois Railway Museum. Be sure to get your tickets

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Wish they would allow me to share my longer videos as my best ones are more than 60 seconds long. Oh well here is a little video I took of a brass engine I purchase. Unfortunately the grey NYC cars are not mine

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Whilst I’m disappointed with the election results today, at least I got my love of trains to distract me from whatever is going to happen in these next 4 years.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Again I apologize for the lake of activity, I’ve been very busy with volunteering at my museum and with life, I will try and be more active here when I can

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 05/08/2024

I apologize for my inactivity, I’ve been very busy with my full time job and volunteering at my train museum but I’m still alive. I will try to be a bit more active on here when I can, meanwhile, here is a photo I took yesterday since we were having our vintage car show at my museum.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

Built in 1935, this is a “butter dish” milk car, so called because of its unusual Art Deco-inspired shape. It was designed for hauling fresh milk inside of large glass-lined tanks. After the transportation of milk had switched to over-the-road trucking, this car was used to transport glue products.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

Also from last weeks Saturday switching out of barn 3 was our Chicago Great Western X38 is a Russell snow plow built for clearing snow off of the railroad tracks. It is not powered, but rather was designed to be pushed by a locomotive. The shape allows it to push snow off to either side of the track

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

On Saturday, some stuff was moved outside of barn 3 as some track work needs to be done, one of the pieces of equipment brought out is #7, built by Baldwin in 1926 for the Public Service Co., of Northern Illinois at Waukegan, IL. It was the first steam locomotive donated to the museum in 1961.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

Here is a unique one, this 1947 Dodge 4-door sedan was equipped with special wheels that rode on the tracks. It was used by Milwaukee Road officials to travel along the railroad. This car is a precursor to today’s “highrail” pickup truck, widely used by American railroads. It was retired in 1961.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

Had a fun time working with our C&NW Wrecker Crane on Saturday at the museum.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

Our Illinois Central 2-6-0 3719 is starting to look much better now than when it first came into the shop.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Here are my thoughts on this years Super Bowl…. Let’s GO CUBS!!!

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Couldn’t go to the museum today so I went to my museum yesterday after work to work on some model trains.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Also our museum got a new passenger car back on Saturday. Milwaukee Road “Buffeteria” dining car 126 built in Milwaukee in 1948. Originally the car was a streamlined 48-seat diner with a full kitchen. In 1964, the railroad rebuilt car 126 and two others as “Buffeteria” dining cars.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

So sorry for the delayed response on my mom but she got back from the hospital on Friday night and is back home now and she is better now. Thanks everyone for your concerns.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

Just found out my mom is in the hospital right now In the emergency room. 😞

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

The day after on Sunday I finally got around to making a new YouTube video. This is from our Steam Into Fall event from last year. Hope you all enjoy it. youtu.be/ltevZ3BmzN8?...

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Illinois Railway Museum Steam In Fall 2023 HD 1080p

This is the first of a series of "Delayed" Videos that I took last year in 2023 at the Illinois Railway Museum. To Start off here is a video showcasing one m...

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Sorry for the long absence everyone, the bad winter weather has kept me away from the museum but on Saturday I finally managed to head out to IRM. My first task of 2024 was cleaning superheater units in the smokebox of 1630. It’s a dirty job but I love doing it.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

@calypsozebra.bsky.social hey do you use discord? You want to chat on discord? My discord username is Matt3985. :)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

With all the recent snow we had recently. I decided to share these photos I took of our cosmetically restored Union Pacific Rotary Snowplow in its natural environment… Snow!!! Although it’s currently not operational it’s still an impressive sight after a lot of hard work we put into it.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 9)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 8)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 7)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 6)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 5)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 4)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 3)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 2)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yesterday was the last day of our Happy Holiday Railway Event, here are some photos I took during the event (Part 1)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

And here are the NSFW versions of our Pony OC’s in AI made by my new friend on Discord.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

A new friend of mine on discord, decided to make these for both myself and my girlfriend in AI of our pony OC’S, it came out looking absolutely beautiful. Here is the SFW version.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Ever wondered what’s it like to ride on board a steam locomotive from a crew perspective, well please watch this video I uploaded to my Facebook page (since I can’t share it here at the moment). www.facebook.com/100078245286...

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At the request of Andrew... - Matthew Charles Gustafson

At the request of Andrew Ossler, I decided to share this clip of the first trip we did that Sunday evening with Brian Davies at the throttle Elena Marchal.

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Today was our 3rd weekend of our Happy Holiday Railway event. We got one more weekend left to go. I even ran into @spikeymcfox.bsky.social again (Part 17)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Today was our 3rd weekend of our Happy Holiday Railway event. We got one more weekend left to go. I even ran into @spikeymcfox.bsky.social again (Part 16)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Today was our 3rd weekend of our Happy Holiday Railway event. We got one more weekend left to go. I even ran into @spikeymcfox.bsky.social again (Part 15)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Today was our 3rd weekend of our Happy Holiday Railway event. We got one more weekend left to go. I even ran into @spikeymcfox.bsky.social again (Part 14)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Today was our 3rd weekend of our Happy Holiday Railway event. We got one more weekend left to go. I even ran into @spikeymcfox.bsky.social again (Part 13)

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Matt3985 @railhorse476.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Today was our 3rd weekend of our Happy Holiday Railway event. We got one more weekend left to go. I even ran into @spikeymcfox.bsky.social again (Part 12)

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