#stex golden spike

[golden-spike]

I think trains should try silly new paint schemes/liveries for fun. My friends and boyfriend tried to place many many stars and stripes on me. It was very fun.

[moonkit60633]

Ah yes! Another quick doodle request-

Doodle request-….god damn it

I got carried away

Here you are @golden-spike!

[handjes-draaien]

My personal experience with gb and golden spike

So, I used to be in a server. Not theirs, another one.

After greaseball and golden spike continued to headcanon 2024 London greaseball (a CANON LESBIAN) as liking men and redesigned her as a “flamboyant gay male” just so they could imagine themselves with her.

Now, for some context: I am autistic and have quite high support needs. Due to my autism I have very poor control over my emotions. I am prone to meltdowns. I’ve always had very severe emotional issues. This is not an excuse, it’s an explanation.

Greaseball and golden continued to say all this erasure I mentioned before. I calmly reminded them of ldn24!gb canon identity. They kept on doing it, which really made it seem like they were purposely winding me up.

I have a meltdown. I start freaking out in this server swearing and what not. My sister Rusty offers an explanation as at that moment behind the screen I was crying and was almost physically sick.

Gb and golden didn’t listen. They continued to wind me up. This had a massive toll on my mental health. I left the server.

That’s my story with them. To ANYONE affected by these nasty people, I hear you, see you and love you.

[loving-laurence]

Before I was not a person who would often post, however I do not care anymore and if someone wants to victimize themselves because of what I say then so be it. I'm 17 years old I'm not the most mature when it comes to anything but it makes me so SICK that people refuse to hold kerkopes/golden spike/ greaseball accountable for their actions. News flash: just because you cry victim does not make you one. Fuck off and take some accountability for making minors uncomfortable, I can't stress it ENOUGH how icky it made us feel when you talked about

"looking under ur feet to check for wheels" and said "he looks like he works well" to a drawing of my alter or the fuckass goodnight poem you sent us after I tried apologizing for potentially doing something to you before I knew of you. Do you NOT understand that doing that to kids isn't okay or are you going to hide behind the fact that you're traumatized?

You make me sick thinking about you and I don't think you understand the amount of times I'd get triggered just thinking about you and the actions that were similar to what happened to me over the internet when I was 15 years old.

And I BARELY even knew you and can understand your actions. NO kerkopes you are not the victim you think you are and people are not trying to make things up about you because those are people you HURT. the people facing YOUR ABUSE. How dare you as a 32 year old even try at your old age. Do not try to give us the excuse "I'm 2?" because I will actually lose it. You're bodily in your 30's And other than that take some system accountability. don't think that the "we should make our own Stex tag and stay there because the main one is toxic with accusations about me" will go unnoticed either

that is the exact definition of isolation. You're an abuser kerkopes. apologize to the people you hurt without trying to cry victim or blaming it on someone or something, AND don't bring up the things the people that endured your abuse and what they did in the past because that is sickening.

It's not fandom drama, you abused people.

What do you have to say?

[that0neartist]

🌸I ALSO FINALLY FINISHED @golden-spike (YET ANOTHER COOL GUY! PLEASE GO CHECK HIM OUT) AND I REALLY

🌸Really hope you love it, Golden!

[son-of-starlight]

Golden Spike had been observing the steam engine for days since his arrival from the race. His emotions had been running high which was unlike him. Only now did his emotions settle for a few moments. He skated over to the steam engine and bent down to grab onto his wrist. He raised the steam engines arm high and turned it as if searching.

How? This was impossible. This shunter was now different. It made no sense. "Did it hurt?"

Rusty looked up at the large diesel with what looked to be rather tired eyes, he had certainly made a jump in height now, as he wasn't as tiny compared to Golden Spike...that wasn't to say he entirely matched him though, he was still about 3 feet short of the diesel's height. He still had to look up. It took him a moment to respond, but he knew it was better to say something than to keep an engine like Golden waiting. Though Rusty did appear a little confused, and tilted his head to the side a bit in response to the other engine's words, blinking up at Golden Spike, "...did...did what hurt? What you just did? I-if so...no, that didn't."

[perri-the-caboose]

The centennial raised an eyebrow as he mentally held a clipboard to write up or pull up her file. Every piece of rolling stock that came through had one. Hundreds of thousands of files constantly being updated and maintained. All saved with multiple redundancy fail safes. No file ever went missing. Never for long.

He seemed to have not only an intense gaze but a judgemental one too. His voice was deep, smooth, and dark. "A green caboose. How quaint." He knew caboose cars were mostly at the end of freight trains. They were highly respected once. Their presence at the end of a train had once given every freight car a sense of security. Up until a certain red chessie system caboose ruined it and caused every railcar and railroad to begin abandoning their cabooses for an End of Train Device. Why would they not? It was considered safer and less likely to cause damage to goods. Less likely to maim or wreck perfectly good rolling stock. Less likely to go rouge. Less likely to kill. He wasn't afraid. There was not a single thing this caboose could do to him that he could not defend himself against as one of the largest diesels in the world. "Company, Number, and Name?"

The caboose blinked up at the larger engine The much much larger engine, given how much she’s shrunken in on herself. She’s dealt with larger stock, even big diesels! But this one was huge and basically glaring at her. She supposed a shudder and tried not to meet his eyes, least she earn more of his ire. “C-“ her voice cracked, she cleared her throat and kept going “Coast Railway, Number 6443, Periwinkle the Green Caboose.” She paused for a moment before adding “But i jog by Perri- I’m green not blue-“ Her awkward joke does not land and she just folds in on herself further, eyes staring holes into the ground

[s0r3wach1gauy0]

All I'mma say is I've certainly had Experiences with their systems and my friends did too, like pretty upsetting ones so I absolutely believe the victims in this situation. I'm sorry that they hurt you and it's not okay :(

Yeah this was my reaction to reading the tea that dropped

[golden-spike]

Shitpost based on a meme

[princeelectra]

Just here to say...

I love you all.

I've never seen a community, a fandom like that before. You guys embraced me, like you would have embraced everyone, liked me for who I am... You didn't judge my problems, my strange english, my mistakes... No!

A community full of systems, full of neurodivergent people, full of all types of diversity... And all just feels right! Because everyone is so respectful and so kind... <3

Charley, Violet, Asher, Finley, Becca, Lemon, Gigan, Wolf, Petra, Greaseball, Golden Spike, Steamroller, pealeii, Razor... Just to say some of you guys

YOU. ARE. EVERYTHING. TO. ME.

I couldn't be happier in living amongst people so happy and joyful like you guys are. Thank you, StEx Community. <3

[handjes-draaien]

Genuinely? Think I’m going to leave the fandom. It’s simply not enjoyable for me anymore because of the likes of kerk, golden spike, and greaseball.

Thx a lot u three!!!/sarc

[stexnationaltraindayzine]

INTEREST CHECK RESULTS

IThank you to everyone who completed the zine’s Interest Check! Here’s a summary of the results with some answers to your questions!

Most who are interested would be interested as artists and consumers, 4 are interested in writing and 2 are interested in applying as moderators. I will have moderator apps posted very soon.

For digital merch, the three top choices were posters, mini comics, and wallpapers.

More or less every character has been mentioned for wanting to be seen in the zine, so the artists will have plenty to choose from. We will make sure that there is a relatively evenly distributed representation.

For specific historical events you’ve listed; the Golden Spike’s marking the ending of the transcontinental railroads construction, the phasing out of cabooses, dieselized tracks being converted for electrification, and the refurbishing and rerunning of the UP 4014 Big Boy steam locomotive.

The question of pairings was a pretty resounding yes, so some ship work will be allowed in the zine.

OCs will also be allowed in the zine with some conditions:

OCs must clearly represent real railroad organizations that DO NOT have representation in Stex canon already these would include:

-Atkinson, Topeka, and Santa Fe

-Amtrak

-Baltimore and Ohio

-British Rail

-Chesapeake and Ohio

-Chessie System

-Deuche Bahn

-Great Western Railway

-ItaliaRail

-Kansas City Southern

-The Pennsylvania Railroad

-Pullman

-Rock Island

-RussianRailways

-Shinkansen

-Societe nationale de chemins de fer francais/French National Railway Company

-Union Pacific

As for what people don’t want to see in the zine, these will definitely NOT be included:

-Anything political or controversial from a human rights perspective

-NSFW

-Overly involved meta

I will also address these points that were brought up

-Post 2018 designs: I am leaving this up to the discretion of the creators to whether or not they want to incorporate post 2018 designs /characters. There will be a number of vetting processes when it comes to idea proposals so we get enough variety, but we don’t want there to be too much of a limit for the contributors.

-Real trains: That’s kind of the point of the zine seeing as it is for National Train Day. Contributors aren’t required to portray real rolling stock in their pieces, but some amount of research and appreciation for the history of trains is helpful for the prompt, which is National Train Day.

To address your questions/comments:

“I just hope the mods, whoever they may be are unbiased” We will do our best! As long as you are following the rules it should be smooth sailing for anyone involved.

“ will characters be distributed to artists so that a wider range of characters are drawn, or will everyone get to choose what pieces they make? “

A bit of a middle I suppose. We don’t want to limit creators too much but we also don’t want to see too much of one character.

With Ocs (if they are allowed), maybe fan national engines based on actual train companies/providers?

Yes! That is perfectly acceptable! We will allow some contributors to submit pieces protraying ocs based on orgs that aren’t already represented in Stex canon as seen above.

How often will updates be posted on Tumblr?

For any major opening or deadline, an update will be posted. You can check the schedule to see when to expect updates.

 “I might be interested in being a moderator, but I’m not really sure what that means; this would be my first zine”

We’d be happy to have you whether you are a first timer or not! Basically a moderator is someone who helps put things together and assists in the approval processes for the contributors, and answers whatever questions participants may have about the project. If you are approved as a moderator you will get a written briefing so you have some guidelines at your fingertips.

I will be opening moderator applications Feb 3rd so stay tuned!

~Mod Rusty

[golden-spike]

These two drawings of me were done by my host but @dandy-bones was drawn by his own host.

[son-of-starlight]

Rusty blinked again, this time in surprise. He didn't know? "You...don't know." He blurted out, this made him much more alert. He quickly looked down at his chest and back up at Golden Spike. Of all engines, he'd expect surely the yardmaster would've been informed by somebody...right? Apparently not. "Oh, well...um. To answer your first question...no, not really. It felt wonderful actually. Freeing, I could say. The whole experience was really something incredible, I mean-" He paused, realizing that he was quickly getting ahead of himself, "-hoowww about we...um...take this somewhere a little more private? I just think you might wanna...sit down for this one. My, uh, my conversion was a bit more...complex than you might think."

Golden Spike had been observing the steam engine for days since his arrival from the race. His emotions had been running high which was unlike him. Only now did his emotions settle for a few moments. He skated over to the steam engine and bent down to grab onto his wrist. He raised the steam engines arm high and turned it as if searching.

How? This was impossible. This shunter was now different. It made no sense. "Did it hurt?"

Rusty looked up at the large diesel with what looked to be rather tired eyes, he had certainly made a jump in height now, as he wasn't as tiny compared to Golden Spike...that wasn't to say he entirely matched him though, he was still about 3 feet short of the diesel's height. He still had to look up. It took him a moment to respond, but he knew it was better to say something than to keep an engine like Golden waiting. Though Rusty did appear a little confused, and tilted his head to the side a bit in response to the other engine's words, blinking up at Golden Spike, "...did...did what hurt? What you just did? I-if so...no, that didn't."

[golden-spike]

...no context..

[perri-the-caboose]

Perri nodded in thanks, hurrying over to to the roundhouse, since there was no work for her to do for the rest of the night She noticed a few curious places her way, shrinking and hurrying up whenever it happened. Sliding into her designated silo, she slumps into the floor releasing a long slow whistle sigh (once she checked it wasn’t curfew) tucking herself up against the far wall and pulling her knees to her chest She should be looking up, she knows. To be taking this as a new beginning to remake herself. But she was just so scared…..Perri buried her face in her knees, she was so so scared at there was nothing she could do about it. She missed home, missed Cod, missed Doc. This yard doesn’t seem to be as bad as she was dreading….

She lifts her head, the open door letting her see outside...no stars yet- just what she felt like Eventually she transitions into bed, forcing herself to get a good nights sleep and up bright an early the next day

She rolls up to Golden Spike, bright and early, to get this test over with

The centennial raised an eyebrow as he mentally held a clipboard to write up or pull up her file. Every piece of rolling stock that came through had one. Hundreds of thousands of files constantly being updated and maintained. All saved with multiple redundancy fail safes. No file ever went missing. Never for long.

He seemed to have not only an intense gaze but a judgemental one too. His voice was deep, smooth, and dark. "A green caboose. How quaint." He knew caboose cars were mostly at the end of freight trains. They were highly respected once. Their presence at the end of a train had once given every freight car a sense of security. Up until a certain red chessie system caboose ruined it and caused every railcar and railroad to begin abandoning their cabooses for an End of Train Device. Why would they not? It was considered safer and less likely to cause damage to goods. Less likely to maim or wreck perfectly good rolling stock. Less likely to go rouge. Less likely to kill. He wasn't afraid. There was not a single thing this caboose could do to him that he could not defend himself against as one of the largest diesels in the world. "Company, Number, and Name?"

The caboose blinked up at the larger engine The much much larger engine, given how much she’s shrunken in on herself. She’s dealt with larger stock, even big diesels! But this one was huge and basically glaring at her. She supposed a shudder and tried not to meet his eyes, least she earn more of his ire. “C-“ her voice cracked, she cleared her throat and kept going “Coast Railway, Number 6443, Periwinkle the Green Caboose.” She paused for a moment before adding “But i jog by Perri- I’m green not blue-“ Her awkward joke does not land and she just folds in on herself further, eyes staring holes into the ground