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My HO scale models of Burlington Northern (BN) 6621 and 7502 were pulling a double stack train at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers model railroad in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA, on Saturday, March 22, 2025. BN 6621 is a Athearn Genesis HO F45 model and the 7502 is a Scale Trains SD40-2B model.
The real BN 6621 was an EMD F45. It was built in 1970, serial number 36348. It was retired in 1985 and scrapped.
#train #trains #railroads #Niles #modelrailroading #hoscaletrains

Cab Hop at Niles
My HO scale models of Burlington Northern (BN) 6621 and 7502 were at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers model railroad in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA, on Saturday, March 22, 2025. BN 6621 is a Athearn Genesis HO F45 model and the 7502 is a Scale Trains SD40-2B model.
The real BN 6621 was an EMD F45. It was built in 1970, serial number 36348. It was retired in 1985 and scrapped.
#train #trains #railroads #Niles #modelrailroading #hoscaletrains

#California / #CA picks of the day:

➡️ @ucsc - Official account for University of California, Santa Cruz

➡️ @alamedapost - Non-profit news service for #Alameda

➡️ @dnalounge - Award-winning nightclub in #SanFrancisco, founded 1985

➡️ @somafm - Listener-supported online radio station based in San Francisco

➡️ @media (blog) & @WaterAuditCA (main) - Advocating for restoring California’s high-impact watershed ecosystems

➡️ @Essanay - Silent film museum in #Niles

🧵 1/5

"On the morning of December 2nd at 5:00am we #sabotaged various strategically located train lines in Northern #California: in #Pittsburgh, #Oakland, #Niles, #Bahia, and #Lodi. We used a tactic shared by natives and accomplices of the Wet'Suwet'en tribe in so called #Canada. We took large gauge copper wire and wrapped it around both rails of the same train track. Doing this completed the low voltage current running thru the rails notifying the train operator that the track is occupied and cannot be used until the obstruction is found and removed. This method for stopping train traffic yields the lowest possibility for derailment, and thus the least likely to cause harm to human or animal life. We did this in #solidarity with the ongoing resistance to #genocide being waged against #Palestinians by the so called state of #Israel." :antifa_100:

indybay.org/newsitems/2023/12/

IndybayAnarchists Sabotage Train Lines in Northern California in Solidarity with Palestine : IndybayThis action was taken in response to a larger call coming out of the Bay Area to protest against the continued bombing of Gaza and the violation of the Ceasefire by Israel.

Former Western Pacific (WP) caboose 467 at the Niles Depot facing the Union Pacific Niles Sub mainline in Fremont, CA, on Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Reportedly: WP 467 was built in in 1973 by the International Car Co. After the UP merger it became a UP Class CA-16 caboose. It was stored at Council Bluffs, Iowa, from 1985. It was donated in 1988 to Niles Depot Historical Foundation, and delivered there in 1989.
#trains #railroads #railroading #WP #caboose #Niles #FremontCA