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Billy Brown of the Rail Brothers

@hioo01.bsky.social

is a bald photographer / former theater technician, now I sell stuff to theatres. based out of Central NJ, He/Him. Also, I like trains and star trek. Is one half of the Rail Brothers. Check out our website for Rail Brothers stuff: https://railbrothers.net/

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Yeah, I’m always a fan of a coal trestle like that, I know they used to be everywhere (at least in the north east)

05.03.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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USATC S100 Class - Wikipedia

Yeah, I’ve always thought it looks pretty close to the US Army S100 class used in WWII en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USATC_S...

05.03.2026 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Playing around on the inglenook layout tonight. #modelrailroad

05.03.2026 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m not helping, but….

05.03.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are happy to be helping again with the @modeltrainpeople’s Train-A-Thon this year. This time it is in support of the @peytonchildrens! Tune in at 10 pm and 10 am for some live streaming by the Railbrothers! #trainathon #childrenshospital #modeltrains #modelrailroads #livestream

04.03.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that a Trenton makes reference?

02.03.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congress must immediately reconvene to vote on a War Powers Resolution and end Trump’s reckless, unilateral march toward another endless war.

The American people must also be LOUD in their opposition. The public wants peace, not more chaos abroad. Your voice is powerful.

28.02.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
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a cartoon man is smiling and says `` it 's all coming together . '' ALT: a cartoon man is smiling and says `` it 's all coming together . ''

When you're new home has giant basement to put a giant train layout in.

27.02.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Riverline with snow!

27.02.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t even realize there were canopy’s at Union Station, when I’ve taken trains there we were just in the basement!

27.02.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Where was this list like 15 years ago? Totally picked up a pack of those mini brushes after reading this.

26.02.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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30th street vibes #philly #septa #transit #trains #station

26.02.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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She fucking nailed it. πŸ˜†

25.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9088    πŸ” 1562    πŸ’¬ 212    πŸ“Œ 106

Railroader is also a fun one. Has the feel of doing a model railroad operation session.

25.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Brill Bullet being launched out of a bullet bill cannon

Brill Bullet being launched out of a bullet bill cannon

Bullet Brill

24.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Several model trains painted into pride flags. Trans and lesbian flags dominate

Several model trains painted into pride flags. Trans and lesbian flags dominate

Look at them!

23.02.2026 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
🏁 MARCH MADNESS: The Ultimate Union Station Tournament! Stacktalk season 3 ep 2
YouTube video by Rail Brothers 🏁 MARCH MADNESS: The Ultimate Union Station Tournament! Stacktalk season 3 ep 2

Here it is with video (highly recommneded for this one): youtu.be/7Ev_ydMHc3g

23.02.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Stacktalk podcast episode is up! This time we go through a list of over 180 Union Stations in the US and Canada to determine which will make the cut for our upcoming Union Station March Madness Bracket! See if your favorite Union Station made the cut: railbrothers.net/2026/02/23/n...

23.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last weekend of open house dates at my model railroad club for the winter. Next open house will be Thanks Giving weekend.

20.02.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The answer was fiddle with the track plan more, by flipping the curving track to the otherside, I got the max track length I think I could for this set up, which can fit 3 cars on each spur.

20.02.2026 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Steam train.

Woodstown Central #9, Taken 12/20/24.

19.02.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now… what’s next? Work in the bridge module? Paint the grain elevator? Start experimenting with water stuff?

18.02.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep

18.02.2026 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can do it!

17.02.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Got my Agway double set up now, main lines are secured, testing out the spurs before I glue them down. #nscale #modelrailroad #ttrak

17.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

It snowed last night, I looked out the window at first confused, like. We did that already, we shoveled, we swepped. it’s supposed to be melting now. Why is there white stuff on my car? I guess the ground hog was right.

16.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More of y'all should get into model trains

16.02.2026 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1

That stinks, sounds like it was an awesome layout.

16.02.2026 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Live steam group sounds pretty neat!

16.02.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooo, this looks like just what I need! Been looking to convert an old 0-4-0 camelback to dcc.

16.02.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0