CB&Q Fanatic 🏳️⚧️
@cbq-fanatic.bsky.social
Asset creator for Cities:Skylines.
1/2 trainposting 1/2 transposting
CB&Q, KCS, and Frisco fangirl.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
She/Her
Chicagoland
1/2 trainposting 1/2 transposting
CB&Q, KCS, and Frisco fangirl.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
She/Her
Chicagoland
Pinned
I made a KC Streetcar heritage paint scheme based off the old PCC cars.
Had to make adjustments here and there to conform to the the standards I could find between various existing liveries.
Had to make adjustments here and there to conform to the the standards I could find between various existing liveries.
Started on the passenger cars for a Frisco Firefly diesel Era consist. Added an additional baggage, coach, and a streamlined car for some additional visual interest as well.
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Started on the passenger cars for a Frisco Firefly diesel Era consist. Added an additional baggage, coach, and a streamlined car for some additional visual interest as well.
Wooo E8s all done
now just need to make a few heavyweight cars to mix into the consists
#CitiesSkylines
now just need to make a few heavyweight cars to mix into the consists
#CitiesSkylines
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Wooo E8s all done
now just need to make a few heavyweight cars to mix into the consists
#CitiesSkylines
now just need to make a few heavyweight cars to mix into the consists
#CitiesSkylines
There we go, think those were the last modeling items. Now to work on the additional texture maps.
#CitiesSkylines
#CitiesSkylines
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
There we go, think those were the last modeling items. Now to work on the additional texture maps.
#CitiesSkylines
#CitiesSkylines
I think all that is left is the underside tanks on either side of the fuel tank and the number boards
#CitiesSkylines
#CitiesSkylines
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I think all that is left is the underside tanks on either side of the fuel tank and the number boards
#CitiesSkylines
#CitiesSkylines
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It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's painful to read plans from a century ago that perfectly formulate how to build a world class transit system yet today we still need years of redundant studies to even build a bus lane
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Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
Such a shame that KC will be losing a 137 year old historic building all because the asshole owner refused to keep up with maintenance. Neglecting a property like this should be a crime honestly.
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Such a shame that KC will be losing a 137 year old historic building all because the asshole owner refused to keep up with maintenance. Neglecting a property like this should be a crime honestly.
What are we doing
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What are we doing
Oh yeah it's coming together
#CitiesSkylines
#CitiesSkylines
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Oh yeah it's coming together
#CitiesSkylines
#CitiesSkylines
Some overmodeled roof fans
#CitiesSkylines
#CitiesSkylines
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Some overmodeled roof fans
#CitiesSkylines
#CitiesSkylines
Managed to squeeze the original and simplified livery on the texture SO will be able to get a variety of versions made.
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Managed to squeeze the original and simplified livery on the texture SO will be able to get a variety of versions made.
I am very happy with the progress I made today. All the major stuff done now I get to work on the details.
The structural frame behind the vent is one thing I am looking forward to modeling after I find a decent reference.
#CitiesSkylines
The structural frame behind the vent is one thing I am looking forward to modeling after I find a decent reference.
#CitiesSkylines
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I am very happy with the progress I made today. All the major stuff done now I get to work on the details.
The structural frame behind the vent is one thing I am looking forward to modeling after I find a decent reference.
#CitiesSkylines
The structural frame behind the vent is one thing I am looking forward to modeling after I find a decent reference.
#CitiesSkylines
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Shop drawing of a terra cotta Schlitz belted globe insignia, likely destined to grace a tied house
📸 Northwestern Terra Cotta Collection, National Building Museum
📸 Northwestern Terra Cotta Collection, National Building Museum
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Shop drawing of a terra cotta Schlitz belted globe insignia, likely destined to grace a tied house
📸 Northwestern Terra Cotta Collection, National Building Museum
📸 Northwestern Terra Cotta Collection, National Building Museum
it's really coming along nicely
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
it's really coming along nicely
Very early new project on a new project #CitiesSkylines no texture work yet
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Very early new project on a new project #CitiesSkylines no texture work yet
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Anything short of calling for Schumer to be replaced is performative outrage designed to mollify you
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Anything short of calling for Schumer to be replaced is performative outrage designed to mollify you
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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I love steam comments.
Oh no, a rainbow on an older train, the absolute horror.
Oh no, a rainbow on an older train, the absolute horror.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I love steam comments.
Oh no, a rainbow on an older train, the absolute horror.
Oh no, a rainbow on an older train, the absolute horror.
Absolutely insane, go from holding the cards to now being responsible for the last 40 days of shutdown for a "hopefully"
Democratic Senator Shaheen says "Hopefully the Republicans may hear us."
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Absolutely insane, go from holding the cards to now being responsible for the last 40 days of shutdown for a "hopefully"
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
If this is why dems caved they are beyond saving. Fucking over 20 million Americans to keep their organizing tool for the midterms. Honestly makes them feel more evil than the GOP here.
Ezra Klein, having spoken to a "dozen or so House and Senate Democrats" over the weekend, says at least some of them worried extending the ACA subsidies would take them off the table as a political issue and wanted Republicans to keep the filibuster.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If this is why dems caved they are beyond saving. Fucking over 20 million Americans to keep their organizing tool for the midterms. Honestly makes them feel more evil than the GOP here.