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Ansel 🥥🌴

@anselsusername

1 year

for when this site goes under, i'm officially elsewhere

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Thinking about this rn

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Thinking abt this rn

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This picture goes hard

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First time on @wmata . It’s like BART but better in every way, I’m amazed to say the least.

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Amazing art on an old @Amtrak west coast timetable.

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@north0fnorth Only thing I know it for is being the cover of a couple albums I like

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If there's one photographer that inspires me, it's Richard Stienhiemer. On a freight train, in the dead of night, or in sub-zero-degree weather, he took some of the most unique and daring photos in the history of rail photography. (1/)

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I think DC union might be the prettiest station I’ve ever been in

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I love light rail

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bruh

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So today I learned that @SFBART heavily considered making the A and B cars have interchangeable front ends, so that new passenger or cab units could be made at will. The giant claw is really funny to me

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A lost era of railroading

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Pulling a wire to request a stop so so much more fun/satisfying than pushing a button

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Thinking about this rn

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You’re approaching me?

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weird to think these were only 14 years apart

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key system 1215 is the train of all time

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Today I learned Lockheed Martin still occasionally uses a 1940s 35 ton Plymouth switcher engine at their Sunnyvale factory

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Connection at Alstom got me an exclusive look at the new avelia liberty first class car. Please do not share.

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Some day, maybe we will once again have a train service from the Bay Area to Sacramento (and beyond) that's electric, fast, luxurious, and has very frequent stops along the line.

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@JUNlPER @PopCrave @elonmusk Idea: get the entirety of the platform to start referring to Elon musk as “her” and watch him throw a fit

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@postoctobrist I love browsing the nasa image library and looking at all the high res film scans. Between the ektachrome colors and the hasselblad zeiss optics, they’re some of the most incredible photos you’ll see

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He was known as the "Ansel Adams of railroad photography". He mainly focused on the American West, and his photos also captured cultural aspects of the region at the time. His photos were in @TrainsMagazine over 400 times from 1948 to 2001. He sadly passed away in 2001.

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Bro is NOT in San Francisco 😭🙏

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MTS 1017 at the @BAERA_WRM

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Nothing beats this.

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4 months

Man we used to build so much cool shit

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2 years

Well, it looks like this is probably it for twitter. Thanks to everyone who was here. Met so many great people. I'll miss y'all and this site. @ansell @sfba .social on Mastodon. #RIPTwitter . Hasta la vista, baby.

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Kinda surreal having this here. @SFBART @BAERA_WRM

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@laurenfitz016 Foamers enrage me sometimes

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Got the photos developed from the @milesintransit1 SF meetup (Portra 800)

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Welp, there goes a piece of railroading history. I hope no one was hurt in the fire.

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BREAKING: the BART bus has been spotted in service on the MBTA orange line replacement

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one of the most unique photos (and one of my favorite) in bay area railroading, the @toots4ncry moves their equipment through the now abandoned Richmond belt line through point San Pablo to the location they are currently at

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A few shots from the @SFBART 's last legacy car run. Thank you to everyone who was there, that was an amazing experience!

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All east bay in the shop today

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Visiting Durham, NC so I had to see the infamous can opener bridge (aka 11’8” bridge)

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Forgot to post this from last weekend Probably the longest train we’ve had at the museum in hot min lol

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2 years

Finally got the film developed from my Trip to San Diego, here are some of the better transit-related photos :)

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Hmmm, I wonder who's ROW the California Forever's CEO is walking on. Wonder if he got permission from the railroad.

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11 months

If yall ever wondered what a @SFBART truck from a legacy car looks like this is it

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The L Tavaral is looking a little different here

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6 months

I feel disgusting just having this in my house

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Still so weird to me that that thing is mechanically the same as this

Western Railway Museum

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Before there were Bridge Units, the Key System had the "Akron"! Composed of units #650 and #662 , the Emeryville Shops debuted it on May 15th, 1932 as an articulated prototype for Bay Bridge trains. It was successful and would eventually be rebuilt into the first Bridge Units!

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Oakland to San Jose on bike. 55 mi of industrial roads, salt flats, and suburbs. Amtrak back to Oakland.

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2 years

It's so fucking infuriating that the massive class-one railroads take such poor care of their equipment and track that shit like this happens. 50-70 train cars of carcinogenic vinyl chlorine on fire with the smoke heading towards Pittsburgh, PA. Fucking ridiculous.

Breaking News

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🚨BREAKING: Train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

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After traveling around Europe and Seattle for a month, here’s my Top 5 transit systems, a 🧵

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Visalia Electric #502 basking in the golden sunlight last Saturday evening

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Can we rename MacArthur BART station after someone who didn’t want to nuke southeast/east Asia to end the Korean War

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Another day another WRM

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11 months

If any one is wondering yes you have to board in the street and yes cars are blocking it from the sidewalk and yes they can legally park there. This is also the first stop eastbound on the N Judah.

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Quick joyride on 1003

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Original Santa Fe semaphore going through its cycle. It will eventually be part of the currently work in progress Signal Garden where people will be able to interact with real authentic railroad signals and crossing signals.

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A 1957 photo of the Sacramento Northern ROW in Oakland I colorized with @Photoshop 's Neural Filters

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In 1990, BN bought 10 F-14s from the USN. At the Hillyard Shops, they converted them into BN-14s to Intercept SP trains that were making more profit than them. (1/2)

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Back at the museum yesterday after being away for a month

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@wanderingyankee The famous “Flying Scotsman” locomotive (pictured above) from the UK went on tour in the US during the 70s.

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Sitting on the floor at Penn station but at least we solved homelessness

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Riding on a single 1895 truck, it’s a bit bouncy, but former @SFMTA_Muni rail grinder 0109 has been restored to running order at the Western Railway Museum! Video credit: sactracks on IG

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Fort Seward California, when it was an active station on the NWP (c.late 50s) vs now

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I sometimes wonder what the bay area would look like if the tech boom never happened, like would the non-tech industry still die off leaving it as a rustbelt-like post-industrial shell?

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I've never seen this unique @SFMTA_Muni livery before, but I like how it's like a MOW version of the sunset scheme

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P&SR 63 sits in the late evening sun today.

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After sitting for 3 years, former @sdmts U2 #1017 has been brought back into working service!

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2 years

what transit system map most resembles the loss meme

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I had a visceral reaction to seeing the Paris metro for the first time bc I completely forgot it was rubber tire it was such a shock to me

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@_alpaljpeg Foamers when they see the most generic locomotive of all time get scrapped (it is their personal 9/11)

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Getting in those volunteer hours 💪

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6 months

If we’re gonna use the Salesforce transit center then just shut down 4th and king?? It’s a mid station and would be a dumb redundancy.

RAIL Magazine

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FTA project sheet for the San Francisco Portal tunnel project to the Salesforce @TransitCenterSF available at Not much to add to others’ cost comments, but a single option alignment between two fixed, downtown locations is the most expensive thing possible

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Was biking past a scrapyard in Richmond and saw these

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#NationalWedgeDay . taken by me on 6x6 Kodak Gold 200.

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Portland Traction 4001 at the Western Railway Museum during the showcase weekend. Taken on expired Ektachrome 64.

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Scenes from around the @BAERA_WRM today

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Ok I kinda take that back I forgot how cool they are

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Planning a trip for tmrw and why tf isn’t there normal transit on Embarcadero? I love the muni PCCs but I’d like to not be on a crowded tourist mover for commuting. ig I could take the ferry but that’s time consuming. If PCCs off Embarcadero means better transit, then so be it.

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@InterurbanE 5th answer: SN GE Steeple Cab

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Got scans back from my first time developing film at home!! I really like how they turned out. The film used is Kodak Tri-X 400. I really like how coarse the grain is, and how contrasty they turned out. All photos were shot @ the Western Railway Museum showcase weekend.

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does anyone know where the oakland zoo aero train is now

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Following my discovery of some abandoned track on the west coast of Costa Rica, I found a small heritage station with a 3 foot gauge traction locomotive on display!

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In 1993, BART bought 12 C-5 Galaxies from the USAF. They did this so that when the yellow line had maintenance issues, they could still serve passengers. The C-5s were rebuilt at the Richmond Shops. the rebuilds were called B-5s.

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Some photos from the speeder ride on the @BAERA_WRM ’s rarely traveled north end. Canon 5D MkIII, 50mm f/1.8

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Happy new years you dorks

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Portland Traction #4001 on a rainy day sunset

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Another day at the museum

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Finally got to see our new car in person today

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SN 654. Canon AE-1, Kodak Tri-X 400.

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A journey on the museums north end!

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1 year

@BFryback The gladiator pit

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@bsquikle good seeing you out at the WRM you make a good motorman

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3 months

I’m back in NYC 🫡

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3 months

Took a daytrip to Philly, thanks @alanthefisher for giving me a tour of the city!

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2 years

Feels good to be back

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WRM says trans rights

Western Railway Museum

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During pride month, we honor railroad preservationist Julie Johnson. While she is known for her work at the IRM, she was also a benefactor of the WRM, helping fund our second substation! She continues to be an inspiration to other trans folk in the railroading community.