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Are there any Female railfans out there? Do they even exist?

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:15 AM

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Firelock76

Have to admit my ignorance Mr 'Mod..  I've never heard of Karen Parker.  Can you elucidate?

Oh my dear God, you have such a treat in store...

Go here, and when you are done (it will be a while) come back here and talk about what you found...

Very good! Did Terry, of "Terry and the Pirates" ride behind the "Dragon Lady?" Though, his Dragon Lady did not look that dangerous at first sight.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:21 PM

Overmod

Firelock76

Have to admit my ignorance Mr 'Mod..  I've never heard of Karen Parker.  Can you elucidate?

Oh my dear God, you have such a treat in store...

Go here, and when you are done (it will be a while) come back here and talk about what you found...

OK, I've looked at Ms. Parker's work, and saying I had a treat in store was putting it mildly.  What an imagination and sense of whimsy she has, admiring steam in all it's glory but at the same time not taking it too seriously.  What a lot of fun!

On the other hand, her tri-color treatment of the C&O streamlined steam engine looks a LOT better than C&O's original  "big yellow banana"  color scheme. 

By the way, not taking things too seriously is probably something we should all do here.  Only the railroading professionals have to take this stuff seriously, we railfans should just enjoy the fun of it all.

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