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Morgan 🚂
@spacemanfrompluto.bsky.social
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Unforgettable. Fine, fresh, fierce. I’ve got it on-lock.

NNRy employee. Follow to hear me talk about railroads, the 1980s, physical media, animation, public transit, Volkswagens, and that little blue talking train.

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I caught this one just in time today, right as the air lines were coming apart!
A photograph, taken 2025-09-20, featuring a locomotive and train sitting in a railroad yard in the Nevada High Desert. The locomotive, an SD-9R numbered 250, belongs to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum of Ely, Nevada. 250 wears a special red-white-and-blue livery, to commemorate the upcoming American Semiquincentennial; hence her number, “250”. Behind the locomotive are three brick-red ballast hopper cars, and an orange-yellow caboose. Further in the background are the coal and water towers of the East Ely yard complex, followed behind by a sagebrush-covered mountainside rising up from the valley floor.
September 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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🎶 I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky,
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher.
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need's this pair of wheels,
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's fire! 🎶
A photograph taken 2025-09-09, of an orange sunset over an orange caboose in a desert rail yard. The caboose, labeled “KENNECOTT”, sits at the end of a short train of rust-colored mineral hoppers, on a siding in the East Ely rail yard owned by the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. In the foreground before the caboose is an empty main line track, and in the background are the railway’s defunct water and coaling towers. The sunset paints the clouds with shades of blue, orange, yellow, and gray.
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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He ❤️looooves❤️ me

(he hates me but he let me take his picture)
A photograph of an orange tabby cat sitting “loafed” on top of the wood platform deck of a depot in East Ely, Nevada; behind the cat is a maroon box car owned by the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, with lettering stenciled in white reading, “N.N. 1024” and below, “capy. 8000”, “ld. lmt. 99500”, “lt. wt. 36500”, and “Boxes Repacked E.E.N.N.”
September 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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I love that they’ve really committed to the idea that, in 1830, the GWR designed a locomotive a hundred years more advanced than contemporary designs, builds it at their rival’s factory in Crewe, and only builds one. Said train is stolen, and nobody thinks to build more for a hundred years.
A screenshot from the Harry Potter Wikia page on Fandom, with the following text highlighted — “In 1830, the Ministry of Magic conducted a large-scale operation involving one hundred and sixty-seven Memory Charms, as well as the biggest Concealment Charm ever performed in Britain” A screenshot of the Wikipedia article for the Great Western Railway’s “4900 Hall Class” locomotive, with the factory and build dates highlighted separately within red circles
July 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Man, I love small cars
A nighttime photo of a compact VW Passat station wagon, parked in a parking lot, in-between two large four-door Ford pickup trucks
June 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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God is real
A photograph taken at an American Cancer Society Discovery Shop thrift store in Redding, California — the subject is a vintage, mint-in-box ERTL die-cast toy of the character, Skarloey, from the “Thomas and Friends” franchise.
June 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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More trees and also more tracks!
A Google StreetView perspective from 2023, of the vantage shown in the parent photo above
May 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Forsooth!
A 1/87 HO scale model locomotive of CDTX 90225
May 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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A meme based on the animated children’s television series, “Dexter’s Laboratory”, using a frame where Dexter tearfully proclaims to a poster of Albert Einstein taped to the inside of his locker door, “I have failed you.” In the meme, the poster of Einstein has been replaced with a photo of Caltrans CDTX F40PH NPCU No. 90225, “Sacramento”
May 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Me at six years old, casually reppin’ my favorite movie of all time (a/o 2003)
A photograph, taken 2003-11-02, at the Fresno-Yosemite International Airport in Fresno, California. The photo depicts a family of six posed in front of an airplane belonging to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE), a North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco twin-turboprop light observation aircraft. To the left of the group is a young boy, myself, wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of characters from the 2000 childrens’ film, “Thomas and the Magic Railroad”. A close-up shot of the same photograph. Fine detail is at this distance, but the two characters on the boy’s shirt are distinctly early-‘00s era promotional artwork of Thomas and Lady Promotional artwork of Lady, from “Thomas and the Magic Railroad”, as seen on the boy’s shirt Promotional artwork of Thomas, from “Thomas and Friends”, as seen on the boy’s shirt
May 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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May 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I’m a Cuties man, myself
A photograph, taken 2025-05-05, alongside State Route 99 (“Highway 99”) in Delano, California. The photo depicts a Union Pacific freight train travelling southbound as it passes the Wonderful® Halos warehouse facility, featuring the “World’s Largest Box Of Oranges” — in reality, a packing plant building modified to appear as a blue box of Halos clementines from the outside. The freight train is headed by two Union Pacific EMD GP40 diesel-electric locomotives, both painted in the railroad’s standard “Armour Yellow” livery of yellow and gray with red detailing, and “UNION PACIFIC” painted along the broad sides in red lettering. The two engines haul a train of covered grain hoppers, some two-dozen cars long, though only the first two hoppers can be seen in the photo.
May 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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If this city was a woman, I’d kiss her!
A photograph taken on 2025-05-11 in San Francisco, California, of a San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF MUNI) Powell & Mason cable car. The car, MUNI number 10, descends the hill on Powell toward Market Street, directly in front of the Westin Hotel. No. 10 runs mostly empty, with only a few seated passengers and yet fewer standees on the sides. The car is painted in a burgundy and light blue paint scheme, with white accents and varnished wood throughout. A sign atop the car reads “Powell & Market Sts.”, and below atop the frames is the marker of the SF MUNI. A photograph taken on 2025-05-11 in San Francisco, California, of a San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF MUNI) F-Market & Wharves PCC streetcar. The car, MUNI number 1058, travels down the center of the palm-lined bayside Embarcadero street, with roll signs indicating this car is bound for 12th and Noe streets, the end-of-line stop in San Francisco’s Castro district. No. 1058 is painted in a heritage scheme honoring the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), replicating the agency’s “Green Hornet” livery of Mercury Green, Croydon Cream, and Swampholly Orange” — a livery the CTA adopted in the era immediately following World War II. A photograph taken on 2025-05-11 in San Francisco, California, of a San Francisco Municipal Railway (SF MUNI) F-Market & Wharves PCC streetcar. The car, MUNI number 1052, travels down the center of the palm-lined bayside Embarcadero street, with roll signs indicating this car is bound for Fisherman’s Wharf. No. 1052 is painted in a heritage scheme honoring the defunct Los Angles Railways (LARy) transit agency, replicating their original two-tone yellow livery. Unlike MUNI’s standard-gauge PCC streetcars, the LARy was a narrow-gauge operation.
May 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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In the final reproduced episode for S1, the ground doesn’t collapse until Thomas is already on top of the mine.

The mine caves in because it can’t stand Thomas’s weight, unlike in the pilot where Thomas seems to affect the mine’s integrity from some distance away.
May 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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In the Pilot, the ground under the track caves in before Thomas has reached the mine.

Though it’s *super* convincing, very well done — and reminds me a lot of the mine collapse from “Put-Upon Percy” in S5 — it’s not really Thomas who causes the cave in, at least directly. It sort of just… *happens*
May 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Whenever this happens to me, my joyous relief is always undercut by my self-conscious anxiety
May 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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This one was my favorite shot of the night — I wanted to re-create the angle from the scene in the film, where it really *hits* Marty that he’s stuck in 1955.

A good friend of mine framed it just right, and grabbed the shot for me!
A screenshot from the 1985 film, “Back to the Future”, depicting the film’s main character, Marty McFly, standing in front of the famous clock tower.
May 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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“It’s called ‘dabbing’, Doc — I guess you’re not ready for that, yet… but your kids are gonna love it!”
A photograph taken on the evening of 2025-05-04 in the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, depicting a young man “dabbing” beside an old man in front of a large clock face. The young man, myself, is dressed in cosplay as Marty McFly, while the old man is dressed in performance as Doctor “Doc” Emmett L. Brown — the characters are from the 1985 film, “Back to the Future”. In the photo, we stand in front of a replica of the face clock tower as seen in the film. I am dressed in Marty’s “life preserver” outfit, while Doc is dressed in the character’s “Institute of Future Technology” outfit as seen in the defunct Back to the Future Ride, previously found at Universal parks in Hollywood, Orlando, and Tokyo.
May 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Universal put on an environmental recreation of the film’s climax — it was *heavy*!
May 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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The poster pose!

I wanted to be crucified on the clock face, à la the Church of the Rock’s 2015 Easter play — thanks, Jenny Nicholson! — but when Doc showed up, I couldn’t bring myself to do it 🙃
A photograph taken on the evening of 2025-05-04 in the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, depicting a young man standing beside an old man in front of a large clock face. The young man, myself, is dressed in cosplay as Marty McFly, while the old man is dressed in performance as Doctor “Doc” Emmett L. Brown — the characters are from the 1985 film, “Back to the Future”. In the photo, we stand in front of a replica of the face clock tower as seen in the film. I am dressed in Marty’s “life preserver” outfit, while Doc is dressed in the character’s “Institute of Future Technology” outfit as seen in the defunct Back to the Future Ride, previously found at Universal parks in Hollywood, Orlando, and Tokyo.
May 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Me before meeting Lorraine: “yeah she’s cute I guess, but I wouldn’t get all Oedipal for her”

Me after meeting Lorraine: “Marty McFly is a stronger man than I”
A photograph taken on the evening of 2025-05-04 in the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot, depicting a young man and woman standing beside each other. The man, myself, is dressed in cosplay as Marty McFly, and the woman is dressed in performance as Lorraine Baines — both characters are from the 1985 film, “Back to the Future”. In the photo, I wear Marty McFly’s ‘80s-era “life preserver” down vest outfit, while Lorraine wears her ‘50s-era “Enchantment Under the Sea Dance” dress. You’re my mom— sorry, mommy— sorry, mommy, sorry—
May 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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It’s the clock tower — but not *the* Clock Tower.

Universal’s backlot is still an active filming location for television and film, and the studio wants Courthouse Square to resemble Anytown, USA. Hard to maintain suspension of disbelief if Agent Carter steps into 1985 Hill Valley!
A photograph taken on the evening of 2025-05-04 in the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot, depicting a young man, myself, dressed in cosplay as Marty McFly from the 1985 film, “Back to the Future”. In the photo, I stand in the Courthouse Square set, beneath the clock tower standing above me. The clock tower’s appearance has been modified since the production of “Back to the Future”, and now only bears a passing resemblance to the one seen in the film.
May 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I’ve a feeling I’m not in 1985 anymore…
A photograph taken on the evening of 2025-05-04 in the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot, depicting a young man, myself, dressed in cosplay as Marty McFly from the 1985 film, “Back to the Future”. In the photo, I stand in the Courthouse Square set, with the clock tower standing some hundred yards behind me. The clock tower’s appearance has been modified since the production of “Back to the Future”, and now only bears a passing resemblance to the one seen in the film.
May 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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If I’m Lyon, I’m McFlyin’
A photograph taken on the evening of 2025-05-04 in the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot, depicting a young man, myself, dressed in cosplay as Marty McFly from the 1985 film, “Back to the Future”. In the photo, affront a projected backdrop, I stand beside the “Lyon Estates” monument prop, which was seen in the film alongside its mirrored twin marking the entrance to Marty’s neighborhood.
May 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Idk how Marty walked two miles in this shit bc I could barely keep it together after a couple minutes
A photograph taken on the evening of 2025-05-04 in the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot, depicting a young man, myself, dressed in cosplay as Marty McFly from the 1985 film, “Back to the Future”. In the photo, I stand beside a white picket fence and a sign reading, “Hill Valley, 2 Miles”.
May 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM