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/
Took a trip last year today (Feb, 8 2025) on the Reading and Northern Railroad’s first winter iron horse ramble in one of their gorgeous parlor cars. It was quite an experience travelling through the frozen landscapes on it! #steamtrain #polarexpress #jimthorpe #poconos #trainride
February 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Took a trip last year today (Feb, 8 2025) on the Reading and Northern Railroad’s first winter iron horse ramble in one of their gorgeous parlor cars. It was quite an experience travelling through the frozen landscapes on it! #steamtrain #polarexpress #jimthorpe #poconos #trainride
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Hello Bluesky, it is 8 in the morning and while looking for photos of the New York, Susquehanna & Western's GE B40-8s, I stumbled across James E. Kranefield's beautiful artwork developed for the company throughout the early 1990s and thought I would share these with the fine folks of this website.
February 1, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Hello Bluesky, it is 8 in the morning and while looking for photos of the New York, Susquehanna & Western's GE B40-8s, I stumbled across James E. Kranefield's beautiful artwork developed for the company throughout the early 1990s and thought I would share these with the fine folks of this website.
Sometimes, I like the run my trains without sound, and just have the clickity clack of the rails. This is an old Bachmann PRR K4 (4-6-2) No. 1361 that I haven’t run in a while, it has no speaker but I kinda forget how well it runs. At the end you get a good look at my switching layout. #modeltrains
February 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Sometimes, I like the run my trains without sound, and just have the clickity clack of the rails. This is an old Bachmann PRR K4 (4-6-2) No. 1361 that I haven’t run in a while, it has no speaker but I kinda forget how well it runs. At the end you get a good look at my switching layout. #modeltrains
A colorful down town, still have a few more pieces to go on and some touch up paint. Debating trying to put some accents on the painted parts with a paint pen.
February 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM
A colorful down town, still have a few more pieces to go on and some touch up paint. Debating trying to put some accents on the painted parts with a paint pen.
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SEPTA rolls out leased rail cars to ease Regional Rail overcrowding | @nbcphiladelphia.com - www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/s... #Philly #Philadelphia #trains #transit #MARC
SEPTA rolls out leased rail cars to ease Regional Rail overcrowding
On Monday, SEPTA added 10 rail cars, leased from Maryland's MARC mass transit system, to Regional Rail lines in an effort to ease overcrowding.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
SEPTA rolls out leased rail cars to ease Regional Rail overcrowding | @nbcphiladelphia.com - www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/s... #Philly #Philadelphia #trains #transit #MARC
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Slow freight showing off some of my newer cars.
February 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Slow freight showing off some of my newer cars.
New StackTalk podcast episode is now up! On it we talk about our experience with the Amherst Railroad Hobby show last week and making our T-Trak modules as part of the Upload Express Modelers! Listen here! railbrothers.net/2026/01/31/n... #modeltrains #stacktalk #podcast #uploadexpress
January 31, 2026 at 9:19 PM
New StackTalk podcast episode is now up! On it we talk about our experience with the Amherst Railroad Hobby show last week and making our T-Trak modules as part of the Upload Express Modelers! Listen here! railbrothers.net/2026/01/31/n... #modeltrains #stacktalk #podcast #uploadexpress
Annoyed with myself that I can’t find a new train to impulse buy. Lol.
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Annoyed with myself that I can’t find a new train to impulse buy. Lol.
I think this is pretty much painted, guess I’ll put it together tomorrow. #modelrailroads #modelbuilding #scenery
January 28, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I think this is pretty much painted, guess I’ll put it together tomorrow. #modelrailroads #modelbuilding #scenery
A view from the photo line! Reading and Northern 2102 (the railroad’s resident steam locomotive) accelerates across Kirby Ave on its way back to Nesquhonning, PA on August 23rd, 2025. #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #steamengine #lehighgorge #mountaintop
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
A view from the photo line! Reading and Northern 2102 (the railroad’s resident steam locomotive) accelerates across Kirby Ave on its way back to Nesquhonning, PA on August 23rd, 2025. #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #steamengine #lehighgorge #mountaintop
Check out this HO diesel locomotives with operating fans! Probably the coolest thing we came across at the Amhurst Railroad Hobby Show in the Springfield, MA this weekend. You can preorder them at Class One Model Works . I want the Conrail one. #modeltrains #modelrailroad #dieseltrain #modelrailway
January 27, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Check out this HO diesel locomotives with operating fans! Probably the coolest thing we came across at the Amhurst Railroad Hobby Show in the Springfield, MA this weekend. You can preorder them at Class One Model Works . I want the Conrail one. #modeltrains #modelrailroad #dieseltrain #modelrailway
These t trak modules are addicting. Thinking I want to make this Agway grain elevator that used to be in Bordentown until recently. Made a quick sketch of how it would go on a double. Note: photos not mine.
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
These t trak modules are addicting. Thinking I want to make this Agway grain elevator that used to be in Bordentown until recently. Made a quick sketch of how it would go on a double. Note: photos not mine.
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Anything but the metric system!
January 25, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Anything but the metric system!
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it's the American dream, literally and sincerely
this is the freedom I was taught we all had, even during the Bush era. that's what I was taught the 9/11 hijackers hated and objected to
this is the freedom I was taught we all had, even during the Bush era. that's what I was taught the 9/11 hijackers hated and objected to
I think "An openly gay interracial should be able to open carry to a free vaccination appointment before going to the farmer's market to barter for organic vegetables and weed" is the winning cultural message we need, honestly
January 26, 2026 at 12:47 AM
it's the American dream, literally and sincerely
this is the freedom I was taught we all had, even during the Bush era. that's what I was taught the 9/11 hijackers hated and objected to
this is the freedom I was taught we all had, even during the Bush era. that's what I was taught the 9/11 hijackers hated and objected to
The Upload Express Modelers together for the first time ever at the Amhurst Railroad Hobby Show! Showing you don’t need a huge area or a ton of money to have fun with model railroading #uploadexpress #modelrailroad #modeltrains #nscale #ttrak
January 25, 2026 at 2:46 AM
The Upload Express Modelers together for the first time ever at the Amhurst Railroad Hobby Show! Showing you don’t need a huge area or a ton of money to have fun with model railroading #uploadexpress #modelrailroad #modeltrains #nscale #ttrak
Riding next to the module for Amhurst railroad hobby show!
January 23, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Riding next to the module for Amhurst railroad hobby show!
Anyone going to the Amhurst Train Show this weekend? If you see me walking around, hit me up for a new Railbrothers Sticker!
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Anyone going to the Amhurst Train Show this weekend? If you see me walking around, hit me up for a new Railbrothers Sticker!
I think its time to take the car keys away from grandpa.
January 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I think its time to take the car keys away from grandpa.
Steam Train
Reading and Northern 2102.
Reading and Northern 2102.
January 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Steam Train
Reading and Northern 2102.
Reading and Northern 2102.
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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BREAKING: The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has rejected Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s initial merger application as “incomplete,” telling the two railroads that if they want to become North America’s largest railroad, they’ll need to try again railfan.com/stb-up-ns-me...
STB: UP-NS Meger Application is ‘Incomplete’
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has rejected Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s initial merger application as “incomplete."
railfan.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has rejected Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s initial merger application as “incomplete,” telling the two railroads that if they want to become North America’s largest railroad, they’ll need to try again railfan.com/stb-up-ns-me...
Adding some unkempt static grass to my Klawn Dyke t-trak module. Figured it would add a bit more interest to the grass. Stay to the end to see the results! #uploadexpress #nscale #modeltrains #modelrailroad #ttrak
January 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Adding some unkempt static grass to my Klawn Dyke t-trak module. Figured it would add a bit more interest to the grass. Stay to the end to see the results! #uploadexpress #nscale #modeltrains #modelrailroad #ttrak
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god really put U.S. Grant on earth to grind the Confederate Army to dust
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
god really put U.S. Grant on earth to grind the Confederate Army to dust