"Women in Model Railroading" Please post your photo(s)

Nice wooden trestle .

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Thank you Dieseler!  I'm not an artist and possess limited scratch-building talents.  I'm very proud that I was able to construct that 21 Bent curved wooden trestle.  I had seen similar scratch-built trestles on other modeler's layouts for years and was always deep green with envy!  I finally tried and am very pleased with the results.   

Now that's a breath of fresh air!

-Greg

I wrote this cover article for the Winter 2015 edition of The Keystone.

Tom 

History inquiry: During WW2, where there was a shortage of men, did any of the railroads employee any women to fill any positions on the rail?

Yes, that was the whole point of the article. The woman on the cover and the focus of the article is the subject of this video and does a good job explaining some of her railroad stories in this video. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYosnNaGalE

  Tom 

John  Looks like the Glacier Line is having a lot of fun       I like your new avatar.

Clem

clem k posted:

John  Looks like the Glacier Line is having a lot of fun       I like your new avatar.

Clem

Thank you Clem.  I'm blessed to have Connie in my life.  The Glacier Line would never have been professionally videoed twice and in three national publications in these last two to three years without Connie.  She is gifted to say the least.  I'm lucky because I'm a designer, writer, creator, carpenter, electrician but I'm no artist.  The nicest thing I've ever managed by far is my 7 foot long 21 Bent wooden trestle.  I scratch-built it.  I'm very proud of it.  I know how attractive Connie is and you can even see it when she's wearing our Crew Shirt.  :-)  The guys laughed and suggested we use her glamour shots on articles.  When I see her working on the layout, assembling trestles, buildings or paintings, in working clothes its just hard to imagine its that same gorgeous lady that I've taken to the Palladium for nice events, including New Year's Eve gala.  :-)  And Connie loves to operate the railroad as well especially during our operating sessions.  Another lady who comes over here to run is a beauty queen as well.  I taught her to dance about 7 years ago and we have been friends ever since.  She surprised me because she is such a girly girl, but she gets a big kick out of running the Glacier Line as well. 

Here is Carla working on one of my modules

She is very proud of the dirt scene 

Carman Webster owned the Model Railroad Equipment Corporation on 45th Street in NYC.

Actually once met Carmen on one visit to her store several decades ago!

Came across these videos the other night...

I met a guy at Wheaton years ago who knew Carmen Webster and was familiar with her active "social" life.  There were a lot of women involved with railroads during WWll, and at least one book about one's lonely life as  a station agent on maybe the GN or NP. Since l like two story stations with living qtrs., I should get that book.

Carmen Webster:

Jim

You're probably all aware that photographer Jack Delano produced a series of photos for the government during WWII, many of which featured women doing railroad jobs, especially for the C&NW at Proviso Yard and elsewhere. There are many on the internet.

kjstrains posted:

Came across these videos the other night...

Thanks for posting these! I live about a mile from the Train Lady, and was privileged to tour her estate a couple of years ago, when she had a charity open house. The outdoor G layout is fantastic, but I was really taken with the O Gauge layout in the station. My favorite scene, of many unique vignettes, was the park scene that elevated to expose a missile base.

Betty Grable and her Lionels.

Elaine Silets, a woman known as the train lady.....

http://www.trainlady.com/news.htm

https://youtu.be/aWsn1sLFzhY

Jim: Thanks for posting the picture of Carmen Webster. I don't think I had ever seen a photo of her before. Never met her.