Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl)
@1863-project.bsky.social
Archivist (at a railroad museum) and ferroequinologist who draws, plays video games, cries over baseball, and spends her spare time trying to drive every steam locomotive she can get on the throttle of. @autismgaming.com founder. #ActuallyAutistic
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Wow, a lot of new folks following me, so I suppose I should introduce myself! Hi, I'm Steph, an #actuallyautistic archivist. I work in a railroad museum which is stereotypical but also a dream job. I love getting involved with heritage rail when I can.
Defying RFK Jr. by vaccinating my child
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Defying RFK Jr. by vaccinating my child
Ah, I see the long game here. They're cursing him. Clever. (/j)
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ah, I see the long game here. They're cursing him. Clever. (/j)
This was literally a plot point in the first Dortmunder book published in 1970
Police have recovered a James Bond-inspired Faberge pendant after six days of waiting for it to exit a suspect's gastrointestinal tract.
Police recover a swallowed Fabergé pendant after a 6-day wait for it to reappear
Police have recovered a James Bond-inspired Fabergé pendant after six days of waiting for it to exit a suspect's gastrointestinal tract.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This was literally a plot point in the first Dortmunder book published in 1970
I know some of you have to be Phillies fans - can you help this person out?
This is a total stab in the dark for my #phillies fan friends out there.
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I know some of you have to be Phillies fans - can you help this person out?
You know what? Fine. If Sean Duffy wants to deregulate fuel and "bring back the 1970s station wagon," I get to use older vehicles too. Give me the damn steam locomotive, let's go.
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
You know what? Fine. If Sean Duffy wants to deregulate fuel and "bring back the 1970s station wagon," I get to use older vehicles too. Give me the damn steam locomotive, let's go.
...literally nobody asked for that back. Are you going to start using unleaded fuel too, whilst you're at it?
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
...literally nobody asked for that back. Are you going to start using unleaded fuel too, whilst you're at it?
I am so, so tired of the fact that we as a society decided at some point that it was okay to talk loudly on our phones on public transit without headphones. I did not want to be part of your conversation and yet here I am.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I am so, so tired of the fact that we as a society decided at some point that it was okay to talk loudly on our phones on public transit without headphones. I did not want to be part of your conversation and yet here I am.
Ah, yes, the great outdoors of...Hoboken Terminal, where I was (checks notes) ...photographing trains...
Am I a wildlife photographer now?
Am I a wildlife photographer now?
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ah, yes, the great outdoors of...Hoboken Terminal, where I was (checks notes) ...photographing trains...
Am I a wildlife photographer now?
Am I a wildlife photographer now?
Just blocked someone on Tumblr who agreed with me.
Why did I block them if we agreed?
They used the r-word to mean "stupid."
It's 2025. You all know this is ableist. Why are so many of you still unironically using this word when so many of us have been fighting to end that? Do we not matter?
Why did I block them if we agreed?
They used the r-word to mean "stupid."
It's 2025. You all know this is ableist. Why are so many of you still unironically using this word when so many of us have been fighting to end that? Do we not matter?
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just blocked someone on Tumblr who agreed with me.
Why did I block them if we agreed?
They used the r-word to mean "stupid."
It's 2025. You all know this is ableist. Why are so many of you still unironically using this word when so many of us have been fighting to end that? Do we not matter?
Why did I block them if we agreed?
They used the r-word to mean "stupid."
It's 2025. You all know this is ableist. Why are so many of you still unironically using this word when so many of us have been fighting to end that? Do we not matter?
This is your reminder to not throw garbage on train tracks, especially if said train primarily operates underground. You could be the source of a fire that injures or kills someone. Just don't do it, use the trash can on the platform or take it with you to throw out elsewhere.
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is your reminder to not throw garbage on train tracks, especially if said train primarily operates underground. You could be the source of a fire that injures or kills someone. Just don't do it, use the trash can on the platform or take it with you to throw out elsewhere.
Okay, sounds like it's all okay. Phew.
[A] [C] trains are running with delays in both directions after FDNY extinguished a debris fire at Fulton St.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Okay, sounds like it's all okay. Phew.
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Downtown [A] run local from 59 St-Columbus Circle to W 4 St-Wash Sq, then via [F] line to Jay St-MetroTech while we investigate a report of smoke at Fulton St.
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Downtown [A] run local from 59 St-Columbus Circle to W 4 St-Wash Sq, then via [F] line to Jay St-MetroTech while we investigate a report of smoke at Fulton St.
Waited for the A or C at Fulton Street for 10 minutes or so...and then smoke started coming out of the tunnel so I bailed and ran to the R at Cortlandt. Hopefully everything and everyone is okay. Something's going on.
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Waited for the A or C at Fulton Street for 10 minutes or so...and then smoke started coming out of the tunnel so I bailed and ran to the R at Cortlandt. Hopefully everything and everyone is okay. Something's going on.
Got to drive (a car) today and it really just makes me feel like nothing else. I don't think anything feels better to me than driving something, anything. It comes so weirdly naturally to me no matter the vehicle or how long I've been away.
I love driving so much.
I love driving so much.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Got to drive (a car) today and it really just makes me feel like nothing else. I don't think anything feels better to me than driving something, anything. It comes so weirdly naturally to me no matter the vehicle or how long I've been away.
I love driving so much.
I love driving so much.
"Asked over the weekend, the president said he did not know what part of the body the scan had been conducted on, but clarified that it “wasn’t on the brain.”"
How do you not know what tests are being run?
How do you not know what tests are being run?
Trump underwent MRI scan for cardiovascular and abdomen checks, White House reveals
Trump underwent MRI scan for cardiovascular and abdomen checks, White House reveals
Donald Trump underwent an MRI scan for cardiovascular and abdomen checks, the White House has revealed.
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Asked over the weekend, the president said he did not know what part of the body the scan had been conducted on, but clarified that it “wasn’t on the brain.”"
How do you not know what tests are being run?
How do you not know what tests are being run?
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The Chicago Bears foot ball club have been blessed by the power of Big Chungus bsky.app/profile/thea...
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Chicago Bears foot ball club have been blessed by the power of Big Chungus bsky.app/profile/thea...
I am a normal woman, I insist as I log the location of a Metro-North heritage locomotive I saw through the window of a bedroom in author Washington Irving's house Sunnyside
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I am a normal woman, I insist as I log the location of a Metro-North heritage locomotive I saw through the window of a bedroom in author Washington Irving's house Sunnyside
Really Useful World Eaters is still my favorite mod of all time. It's so stupidly funny.
"I will do this no matter how many legal threats, actual threats, black vans with the Mattel logo on them, or severed Barbie heads are mailed to me," said Trainwiz, who created the infamous 2013 Thomas the Tank Engine mod for Skyrim and has now made one for Morrowind. https://bit.ly/3KbMeKU
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Really Useful World Eaters is still my favorite mod of all time. It's so stupidly funny.
Every time I see a weird internet fight between purity culture people all I can think about is the Reign of Terror portion of the French Revolution, especially how the National Convention and Committee for Public Safety essentially tore themselves apart
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Every time I see a weird internet fight between purity culture people all I can think about is the Reign of Terror portion of the French Revolution, especially how the National Convention and Committee for Public Safety essentially tore themselves apart
Today on Tumblr a 14-year-old told me I was something-coded and said I should join their something RP.
I am 36 years old, and I am not anything-coded because I am not fictional, I am a real person.
Don't talk to real people like that. It's messed up.
I am 36 years old, and I am not anything-coded because I am not fictional, I am a real person.
Don't talk to real people like that. It's messed up.
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Today on Tumblr a 14-year-old told me I was something-coded and said I should join their something RP.
I am 36 years old, and I am not anything-coded because I am not fictional, I am a real person.
Don't talk to real people like that. It's messed up.
I am 36 years old, and I am not anything-coded because I am not fictional, I am a real person.
Don't talk to real people like that. It's messed up.
Read/watched LOTR -> watched stuff LOTR cast was in -> really, REALLY liked Sharpe (Sean Bean miraculously doesn't die) -> went to Gettysburg College for degree in military history/Civil War Era Studies -> thesis professor said I should look into archives -> am now archivist with Master's degree
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Read/watched LOTR -> watched stuff LOTR cast was in -> really, REALLY liked Sharpe (Sean Bean miraculously doesn't die) -> went to Gettysburg College for degree in military history/Civil War Era Studies -> thesis professor said I should look into archives -> am now archivist with Master's degree
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We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
I'm so tired. I'm so, so tired of being considered the worse option over literally being dead. There are people who think I would be better if I was dead instead of being me. It is exhausting to go through your entire life like this and know that every person you tell could want that.
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I'm so tired. I'm so, so tired of being considered the worse option over literally being dead. There are people who think I would be better if I was dead instead of being me. It is exhausting to go through your entire life like this and know that every person you tell could want that.
Except it is an evidence-based claim and they think it's better to be dead than be like me.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Except it is an evidence-based claim and they think it's better to be dead than be like me.
A shame I can't put "preeminent expert on rail travel in the Pokemon video game franchise" on a resume because at this point I think that is who I am
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A shame I can't put "preeminent expert on rail travel in the Pokemon video game franchise" on a resume because at this point I think that is who I am