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ansell.bsky.social

Volunteer at Western Railway Museum. not named after the photographer he/him 17 @anselsusername on the bird app oakland --> cal poly pomona '29

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I would love to talk to the person (people?) living on this island in the delta - so isolated yet so close to civilization. they must have very fascinating stories.

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WRM stuff from yesterday

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the fbi needs to choose a fucking typeface

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When Donald Trump said "it's all computer," he was actually talking about the challenges railroad museums face in preserving modern equipment for future generations.

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With due regrets I am in LA

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nothing i love more than 90s electric cars

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I'm generally ok with the british spelling of words, like labor -> labour. but analogue? it adds a whole 2 new letters. two!! fuck all the way off.

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Thinking about this zany bus conversion I saw in Costa Rica last summer

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After the @wtyppod.bsky.social episode on the Marlboro Unlimited I was inspired to buy myself some of the vintage Marlboro sweepstakes merch- it doesn’t even smell like cigarettes!

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Cut the tomatoes too thick but besides that I’ve mastered homemade sandwiches I think

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I own a payphone now! It’s missing most of the internals but I’m working on aquiring the parts I need to make it a fully functioning payphone I can use as a landline

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Haven’t put on the detail parts yet but this still looks incredible @bart.gov

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Bet yall haven’t seen this in a while huh

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more WRM stuff from this past weekend

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It’s been 35 days and my heart is still broken. I will never understand how so many could be so easily duped. I miss the joy. I miss the laughter. I miss the music. I miss the hope. I miss Tim Walz’ dad-isms.

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Lil local history trivia I rediscovered the other day. Vietnam war protesters in Berkeley use to swarm ATSF troop trains in an attempt to stop them (with limited success, stopping a train is hard)

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Unused BART wall paper design from 60s preliminary vehicle specifications book, would be cool if @bart.gov used this as in a heritage unit of some sort 🤔

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Another day spent at the WRM instead of doing my homework

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SF Bay Ferry “Delphinus” at the Annual Lighted Yacht Parade tonight!

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7.3 south of eureka the nwp line continues to get tormented years after it stopped running LMAO

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trains and stuff

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Ever wondered how a Wig-Wag signal works? Those 2 blocks on top have coils, there’s 2 sets of them on each side. They get magnetized back and forth, magnetization is controlled by the contact in the middle below. The contact it touches at peak tilt activates the light.