I take it that’s your favorite color;mine would have been blue.[:)]
Black does happen to be up there. I have seen some really cool looking locomotives but something about see that big black smoking demon thundering by sure gets the blood pumping in a way that just can’t be achieved by anything less.
No BNSF orange&green.
Or CSXT dark blue&yellow!
By the way how did this topic come up in the first place?
You can put what ever color you want on them diesels(as long as it was never used for easter eggs[:p])but leave them steam engines alone[;)][;)]
she is still in training[:)] so to speak.
stay safe
Joe
My wife got addicted to railfanning by associating with a known, manic, ferroequinologist… me.
She has been broken of the habit of saying “look at the choo choo”, can now tell the difference between an EMD and a GE, and surprised an NS engineer by asking about the difference between train brakes and locomotive brakes.
Colors- there’s nothing prettier than an old fashioned E painted green and white… with “Southern” on the side…
Erik
Yes trainfinder there really are girls… who like trains, I’ve given many cab rides over the years, the common complaint though is that the machines are sooooo dirty, they need a womans touch!!!
Randy
My wife is
whenever we go out of town to see a steam engine say the 3985 we stay the night so we can see it arrive and depart. She isnt much into diesels more into steam the romance of the rails all that stuff. And if I ahve had a hard day she says why dont you go out and run some trains and relax.
she fully supports the hobby and listens to me gab on about adhesion factors wheel configurations and such. I remeber one time my grandpa pointed to his bigboy model on the shelf and asked her if she knew what it was and she replied yup its a bigboy 4-8-8-4 with a centipede tender. His mouth nearly hit the floor.
Seh wants us all to head to Cheyenne and catch an exscurson some time.
and she isnt going to sell off my collection when I die.
[8D]Big Girl_4005, you’ve got that right. Those big, black smoking trains are my
favorite to see and read about. These new deisels just don’t do anything for me.
NO OFFENSE TO ALL WHO LOVE/LIKE DEISELS, EITHER. As the old saying
goes, “To each his own”. [angel]
Perhaps your wife is the type that would rather take her chances in the poison ivy… I know I would.
Randy
My wife tried to be a railfan. Went out with me one day; first train she saw up close was a hot IM on the CP tear by us going at least 60, maybe 70mph, trailers and containers wiggling all over the place. I was thrilled; scared the bejeebers out of her.
Don’t feel to bad zardoz, I got one too.[#ditto]
sounds like the perfect time for a reassuring hug?
See trains are romantic!
Mookie
Eauwwwww! I was just about to respond to Randy how the dirt in the locomotive adds to the “charm” of putting on your boots and getting ready to hang out with the guys.
Then you had to post that one about the facilities. I forgot about that. I’ve seen them in shiny bright units at trade shows, but didn’t have the guts to get near them either in Fondy or at the L&I.
In fact, the trip from Columbus, Ind., to Jeffersonville was several hours (25 mph authorized speed) and both the guys disappeared into the trailing unit for short periods. Not entirely sure what they did there, but I just avoided coffee and didn’t waste any time when I got back to Jeff Yard.
I guess I could handle a short line. Long haul? Hmmm. Perhaps not.
Kathi
I knew I wasn’t alone. [:D] As for diesels, once I knuckle down and pay more attention and start to recognize what I am seeing, they will become more and more interesting as time goes by. Enlarging my photo collection with more of my own pictures will help to personalize them to me as well. But steam will always be my first love.[^]
There is one thing about us railfans, we do have Mr. Armstrong available for reassurance to those that are important to us, my wife would agree - regards Piouslion
We DO exist, we DO exist! Ironically, in my household, I’m the fan and he’s becoming the convert!
[#welcome] MaryMac. It’s nice to see another female join the forums!! We’re too
outnumbered here!
ANY female Railfans?
Put me down as 0.5 and VSmith as 0.75.
[:D]
Women railfans are rare, but they do exist. One doesn’t need to be a railfan either male or female to work for the RR though…
LC