The-Railfan-Nation

The Official Railfan group of dA

Group Info Group Founded 15 Years ago

1,294 Members
108,168 Pageviews1,180 Watchers

Fallen members

Official Members

Traci A. Dunham, AKA labrat-78 (1960-2009)

Traci was a rare breed and a good influence in our community. She was one of what is still a small number of female railroad workers. She helped dissolve the common gender bias theory that working on the railroad is strictly a man's job. She worked as a Conductor for the Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railroad. When not at work, she was a railfan. Always positive and always willing to educate fellow railfans with advice and knowledge about railroad operations. When Traci lost her battle with cancer, our community lost one of its most outgoing and diverse members. While she may no longer be here, her influence on The-Railfan-Nation will last forever.

Tribute Art by AnkaAI3
As an appropriate tribute to Traci AnkaAI3 drew this GE Evolution series diesel locomotive that dons the KCS paint scheme, but instead of traditional KCS lettering, Traci's name is on the longhood. An appropriate tribute to an outstanding and sorely missed member of the community.

Larry Campbell, AKA the-railblazer (1978-2015)

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Gallery Folders

Featured

The New Hampton and Branchville RR by JamesT4

NS 6920 towards Colehour Yard by JamesT4

Featured

TRFN FEATURED 2011-2012

TRFN FEATURED 2011-2012

Railfan Portraits

Me on Chicago and Northwestern locomotive 8701 by Railfaneric

2017-342 Breakfast on the Lakeshore Limited by pearwood

Railfan Portraits

The Railfan Nation Rule Book And Submission

Railfan Nation Submission RulePlease note we have set limits on our gallery as to how many works can be submitted per member per day. If you go over that limit, the extra works will not be accepted that day, and declined. You can submit those extra works the following day.
As of 12-21-09 the limit is 1 submission per member per day.
How To Submit Work:
1. Go to The-Railfan-Nation's page.
2. At the top right side of the page, under the tab bar and directly above the Featured thumbs, you should see a link button that says "+Submit to this Gallery". Click it.
3. From the drop down, chose whether you wish to submit directly to our gallery, or to submit an existing deviation.
If you choose to submit a new deviation, you will be redirected to the regular submit page where you can chose to submit to the group by making sure the check box is checked next to our Group name.
Please do not chose the "Submit exclusively to this group" option unless the deviation has been made exclusively for the The-Railfan-Nation.
If you chos

The Railfan Nation Rule BookHello and welcome to The Railfan Nation!
Rules, Regulations, And Guidelines:
Code Of Conduct
Treat all others with respect. No attacking or spamming of other member's or deviant's pages, works, and or clubs.
Promotion And Demotions
Promotion: From time to time the administrative staff here at the club will discuss promoting members. This is done at staff meetings held in private. A member, who is deemed worthy, will be nominated by a staff member and a vote will be held. I selected the member will be then notified and can chose whether or not to accept the promotion.
Please note pestering admin staff about a promotion is a sure fire way to NOT be considered for one.
Demotion: Simply stated a promoted member who violates the rules can be subject to a demotion, as well as banishment from the group.
Leaving The Group
At some point and time if a member wishes to leave the group he or she can. If a person decides to rejoin the group they are more then welcome to.
Disciplinary Actions
If a m

The Railfan Nation Rule Book And Submission

Track Only

The foggy railway station by Furuhashi335

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Railfan Rides

Inside BMT D Type Triplex 6095 A by Brooklyn47

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Railroad Idiocy

Playing a Dangerous Game by 2001-ACsiren

Railroad Idiocy

Railfan Gear

1411's Number-Plate Replica 50% Complete by Engine97

Railfan Gear

Graffiti

FGW 165 120 at Bristol Parkway by BoomSonic514

Graffiti

Railroad Structures

Railroad Structures

Hobby Shop

Hobby Shop

TRFN ANNOUNCEMENTS

2011 TRFN top 50 deviations and deviants list.Happy New Year and welcome to the 2011 edition of the TRFN top 50 deviations of the year. This will be the 3rd edition of this feature.
As a new year begins, The-Railfan-Nation has grown rapidly in the past year by 511 members. This means that out of the 976 current listed members each deviant has a 5% mathematical chance of making this feature. Thus if you have made this feature earning any spot from 1 to 50 is a very difficult accomplishment that you have accomplished. Just anything will not make it in this feature all images in this feature made it in because of impressive stats. These deviations all collected these stats for a reason. Many of them reached outside the railfan community and drew interest from non-railfans as well. My standards for this list as always will be listed below.
The process was hard fought as I started on the 17th with work on this list. This time I was alone so I personally scouted out all 976 galleries. Due to obvious time constraints I have also ann

TRFN ANNOUNCEMENTS

TRFN FEATURED 2012-2013

TRFN FEATURED 2012-2013

TRFN FEATURED

TRFN FEATURED

Favourites

KCS 4119 at Siloam Springs

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KCS 2829 at Gentry

labrat-78 11 0

KCS 4609 at Sulphur Springs AR

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KCS 2846 at Pittsburg KS

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KCS 4624

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KCS 4616 at Watts

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KCS 4026 at Gentry

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KCS 4598 at Flint Creek

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BNSF 6044 at Westville OK

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UP 5974 at Noel Cab Shot

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Bullet Train Girl

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Weekend Before a Strike

labrat-78 1 0

White Was Not a Good Color

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KCS 677 in 1982

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Coal Train at Dalby Missouri

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Work Train at Dalby Missouri

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Group Info

This is a club by railfans for railfans. We welcome members from all over the world and from all different branches of the artistic community here on DA.

Our Mission Statement:
1. Serve as a liaison between the railroad/railfan community and the rest of DeviantArt
2. Promote the artists within the railfan community on DeviantArt, and showcase the best of their rail-related art. This includes photography, traditonal art, vector art, model railroading, ect.
3. Provide the community with a place to learn techniques, methods, styles, and ideas from other rail deviants.

Group
Founded 15 Years ago
Feb 20, 2006

Location
Global

Group Focus
Common Interest

1,294 Members
1,180 Watchers
108,168 Pageviews

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Admins

Welcome to The-Railfan-Nation, deviantART's official railfan group! Here you can post any train or railway related art ranging from traditional, digital, or photography. We do not accept screen caps! Before submitting we suggest you read our Submission rules and About Gallery Folders Page ABOUT GALLERY FOLDERS
Recently there has been some confusion about the gallery folders. Here is a description of each of the folders.
Featured: This is our old featured folder and is full. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY WORKS TO THIS FOLDER!!!!!
TRFN FEATURED: This is our new feature folder and is currently open for submissions.
Railfan Portraits: This folder is for pictures of our members railfanning.
Track Only: The name says it all. This folder is for shots of track only.
Railfan Rides: So how do you get to where the action is? Is it by car, truck, suv, bus, bike, train, foot, or by something else. Show us how you get there! The photos don't have to be rail related as long as they show your personal transport.
Railroad Idiocy: We've all seen people doing foolish, and down right stupid things around trains. Whether it be the moron who ran the gates at the crossing, or the idiot who always stands to close to a moving train (I know there are more examples too numer

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Troll Account

by wolvesone, Jul 30, 2018, 8:19:18 PM
Journals / Personal

It has been brought to my attention that someone was trolling on out main page in the comments if this person told you something ignore it they are not apart of this group and have been blocked by my self if something like this happens again let me or another staffer know so we can deal with it

thank you

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