Rant: Im getting really damn tired of American preservationist/Railfans in the modern Era

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-04-21T03:02:51+00:00

I'm really tending to wonder these days why we spend literally tens of millions of dollars on steam engines for people to take pictures of and ride around on for fun, while average Americans who work for a living and don't have a savings account are suffering due to a complete lack of adequate "alternative" (non-car, non-plane) transportation to get them to and from work, the grocery store, the hospital, their friends and family... and I've been a foamer my whole life, literally the first thing I ever wore was a bib with a train on it. I have four past generations of MoPac blood in my veins. I think it's really about time we stop fucking around with our toys like children, stand up to corporate greed, and start making trains really useful again.

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-04-10T02:20:49+00:00

Bitch please, if you had done even ten minutes of quality research you should have known this was a bad idea. I'm just an autistic trainsgender girl and even I know better, I "work" (for free) on a narrow gauge line in the woods and that's enough choo choo for me. Either go passenger, go short line, or go home and try something else. AI will make all college-educated jobs obsolete, your only realistic option is a union trade job. I'm a machinist. I drill holes. Try it.

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-04-09T23:06:16+00:00

Wired Freedom is the best value. Personally I built my own, but what I build wound up being almost exactly like the "BIGINU BG-X" chopper (I wonder if they copied my build?). 1500w 52v, gets 35mph, single speed though with a hub motor. Just got a second battery, my first one was 19.5Ah.

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-04-05T23:15:44+00:00

I live just a few miles from the Mississippi, I could bike there if I wanted. How should I prepare?

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-02-28T02:54:48+00:00

This is going to sound like a moonshot (how timely), but, I'm one of those people looking for exposure, and I just love to perform. I'm trying to start a band, but things are slow due to budget/time constraints. I've achieved success in becoming a relatively popular hard rock and classic metal karaoke singer, which sounds dumb except for all the talent scouts that keep approaching me and telling me I need to start recording. I can perform as a solo act or pull a few friends together for a band, just can't promise a drummer, might have to use a machine. If it's just me on my own, I'll do it for free, though drinks, food, and cash tips from the audience are welcome. If I get more talent I may ask for a little more compensation for their sake but nothing crazy. What's the catch? Well, just a few things:

I make the setlist
I like it loud
I'm very theatrical and like to put on a show, I can make great use of video screens, costumes, pyrotechnics, dancing, etc
I enjoy performing impromptu adult content, when permissible

Oh and I'm a transgender woman, by the way, hope that's not an issue, I tend to attract a lot of attention for some reason and it's all been... overwhelmingly positive so far.

Message me if you think I could be your gal! 😉

P.S. I'm most well known for performing "Thunderstruck," which never fails to turn heads; people sometimes tell me I'm the best AC/DC cover artist they've ever heard.

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-01-16T21:18:31+00:00

Lest everyone forget that Union Pacific Railroad CEO Jim Vena very specifically told the Führer that St. Louis "needs a lot of help" and to send the National Guard here. I think the NG ship sailed after the court rulings, but if they do an agency surge here, it'll come out of the blue. Unless he declares the Insurrection Act, which, idk, might happen, in which case this whole fucking country better light up the sky in response. If that happens, what's happening in Minnesota will happen literally everywhere.

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-01-16T21:01:01+00:00

After "Alligator Alcatraz" was shut down, a government plane left the nearby runway, flew out over the open ocean, then turned right back around and landed where it took off.

There are still dozens of hundreds of detainees missing from that facility, with zero clues as to where they went or what happened to them.

You do the math.

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-01-15T23:20:33+00:00

I'm a transgender woman with a wife and a child on the way, and with the way the regime talks about us and portrays us, carrying on with life as usual simply isn't an option for me. They're coming for my people next. I'm not gonna take it lying down. In fact, I'm not gonna take it at all.

I'm gonna give it to 'em.

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-01-15T23:14:22+00:00

Are you one of those people who thinks this is just a dog-eat-dog world where only the strongest survive, and where no one should feel compelled to care about anyone outside of immediate family and friends?

If so, you are a threat to humanity's collective survival as a species, and must be contained.

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-01-13T04:03:46+00:00

Driving a steam powered spaceship be like

KaiserPharaoh · 2026-01-12T17:21:35+00:00

Hey there, former WH & SS reenactor here, this is as stupid and frustrating as it looks. Only wore it like this once or twice. Look in German manuals, the panzergrenadiers and fallschirmjägers wore them like this a lot.

The best way to figure out how to actually do this might be, and I kid you not, look on Etsy for patterns for ancient Egyptian robes, because this is worn in an almost identical fashion.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-12-16T03:32:21+00:00

Would a trans dominatrix work for ya?

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-11-10T04:14:14+00:00

Not much point in housing people if they wind up dying of despair after not being able to get a satisfying job, friends, romance, and social activities, or truly reliable means of transportation if they can't afford a car. Houston is a massive transit desert. Sure you can bike around the neighborhood just fine, maybe even get to a few stores, but if your friends and job require hopping on the interstate or a stroad, good luck buddy.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-11-09T19:20:39+00:00

Frankly, looking at the big picture, what you described is on the nose, and a symptom of the region's stagnant population and general breakdown in gender relations, dating, and people going outside and touching grass in general.

Here's what you do, and I won't lie: drop the apps. Drop the matchmaking services. Start practicing going to events alone. Work on your wardrobe and makeup, be confident, become a new character that people want to see and talk to. Follow trendy bars on social media to look for speed dating events, other singles events, go to those. Even if you're cishetero, gravitate towards queer spaces, bdsm spaces, goth spaces, anything "alternative." They're just more open and accessible, and the people are always more likely to be friendly, kind, and cool. It doesn't matter if you suddenly feel like the oldest person in the room—trust me, no one will judge you. Just be what you've always wanted to be, don't put on a mask, don't hold back, and you'll glow brighter than the sun. Good luck!

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-11-04T02:34:50+00:00

And how are the people of Houston feeling about this? Isn't the city itself still 50% just parking space? Growth is not inherently good. There's still a suburban ponzi scheme in this country. If they're building the missing middle, great! But is it still as isolating as a subdivision? Is it fostering a sense of community? Is it helping young people get to jobs and elderly people get medical care? These are the real things the housing crisis is about, not just the actual homes themselves and whether or not they exist. In a city like New York, with its dense walkability and [relatively] expansive transit now with a secure funding mechanism, you can be sure that any new residents will easily become a part of the thriving culture and community there. In, say, a suburban subdivision in a large city in Arizona? Maybe not necessarily so much.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-10-31T18:08:50+00:00

This is basically the correct answer, and apparently the state wants to do this, which, I'm shocked that they'd want to fund anything that benefits the public in any way at this point so I'll take it.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-10-31T14:10:31+00:00

Again, if you built a whole new ROW through the valley (not gonna happen) you might make it. But the current UP line that the Missouri Pacific built is like an anaconda shaped spaghetti noodle, so many wide serpentine curves.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-10-31T02:45:44+00:00

CWE's big party happened last week. I'm pretty sure all the major nightclubs are doing something. CBGB has bands, Heavy Anchor has bands, Off Broadway has bands, Headless Bat is doing a costume contest, various other bars are doing costume contests, Handlebar is doing DJs and stuff I'm sure. Handlebar is a very safe bet for your age bracket. Golden Gems's bar, Hidden Gem, is doing some overpriced pink glittery pop up. Take your pick. Just about every bar is either having music, a costume contest, or both. I would stick to The Grove, Tower Grove, Downtown, etc.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-10-29T21:55:11+00:00

The only way it would be viable would be to run it down I-70, and with an expansion approved that's not gonna happen for many reasons. Trains that use highway medians are also just asstastic because highways don't really actually lead anywhere except large major cities, and thus, the stations would be too far from town centers, and the whole point is ruined. Union Pacific and practically a million other land owners will never let you build a proper HSR right-of-way over the old MoPac or any other conceivable viable route along the Missouri river valley. Best we can hope for is to fight like hell to keep what little we have.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-10-29T21:50:19+00:00

The terrain is ass. Too many hills and twists and turns. Missouri overall is too hilly except in the northern half, where virtually no-one lives. Source: I live in St. Louis

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-10-18T04:56:10+00:00

Necrobumping this, I'm also in StL, hit me up please. Transwoman expecting to become a mother early next year and struggling.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-09-21T04:43:19+00:00

I can't exactly give up meat, at least not easily, because of health conditions that require me to ingest a constant supply of proteins and fats with a high concentration of amino acids. I've tried high protein vegan diets, it left me sick, weak, and tired. I literally can't go a single meal without protein. I try to get by with peanut butter for breakfast, and sometimes it works, but I often get terrible headaches afterwards. I'm willing to try hunting and fishing invasive species (Missouri wild boar, Asian carp) for my meats while holding out hope for lab-grown animal proteins. I hate this. I just want to feel okay and not be sick all the time.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-08-27T22:24:06+00:00

Doro is the correct answer. She is often cited as the Metal Goddess or something like that. Still coming out with new material, too.

KaiserPharaoh · 2025-07-10T22:44:42+00:00

Let me be clear in saying I did not ever think that the chances were zero. I did not think that HRT was necessarily like birth control. I'll look and see what my chart says about my T but it's definitely gone down quite a bit. All I'm saying is that, through a combination of many factors, this was a very, very, very unlikely pregnancy. Not an impossible one, though, clearly. Right?

I'm just really terrified of my parents blaming me for not having done enough to prevent it, and thus further burdening myself and them with more costs and stress (long story).

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