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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 KCS 4678 for Traci Dunham 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)

Gallery Folders

Featured
Soo 1003 Santa Train at Hartford by JamesT4
UP 1995 Heritage idle by JamesT4
The New Hampton and Branchville RR by JamesT4
colour my world by JDAWG9806
Featured
TRFN FEATURED 2011-2012
Norfolk Southern 9844 by LDLAWRENCE
Pennsylvania E8 by CharukuNova
Brightly Lit Machine by pupshackle
The Last 192 by Joseph-W-Johns
TRFN FEATURED 2011-2012
Railfan Portraits
'SEPTA Hustle'..... by TribblePom55
Me on Chicago and Northwestern locomotive 8701 by Railfaneric
2017-342 Breakfast on the Lakeshore Limited by pearwood
kkStB 310.23 in Steam [4] by The-Orient-Express
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.
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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
Ogikubo railway station by Furuhashi335
Uncertainty is Forever by GawrilaGhul
Abandon all Hope by GawrilaGhul
Track Only
Railfan Rides
Another photo of GWR 5221 by Bawetta
EN57AL-1543 and Fiat 125p by Alexej555
The Clown Car. by Railphotos
Inside BMT D Type Triplex 6095 A by Brooklyn47
Railfan Rides
Railroad Idiocy
UP FP 0140 11-01-16 by eyepilot13
Playing a Dangerous Game by 2001-ACsiren
5 Seconds from Death by 2001-ACsiren
close call by JDAWG9806
Railroad Idiocy
Railfan Gear
Horn collection update by 288jh
1411's Number-Plate Replica 50% Complete by Engine97
trusted tripod by siddonsm
Sunrise Special by pupshackle
Railfan Gear
Graffiti
FGW 165 120 at Bristol Parkway by BoomSonic514
Shok by jpachl
Abandoned sleeping car by jpachl
Graffiti BoxCar 0046 3-6-17 by eyepilot13
Graffiti
Railroad Structures
2019-297 Passing through by pearwood
2019-296 Grids by pearwood
Muhlhauser by Stumm47
Waiting for a Train by ondrejZapletal
Railroad Structures
Hobby Shop
N scale Santa Fe by Shralen
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
Night Train by aloner777
TRFN FEATURED 2012-2013
TRFN FEATURED
5047-004 by Tigrar
TRFN FEATURED

Favourites

KCS 4119 at Siloam Springs by labrat-78 KCS 4119 at Siloam Springs :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 14 2 KCS 2829 at Gentry by labrat-78 KCS 2829 at Gentry :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 11 0 KCS 4609 at Sulphur Springs AR by labrat-78 KCS 4609 at Sulphur Springs AR :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 20 5 KCS 2846 at Pittsburg KS by labrat-78 KCS 2846 at Pittsburg KS :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 15 5 KCS 4624 by labrat-78 KCS 4624 :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 22 9 KCS 4616 at Watts by labrat-78 KCS 4616 at Watts :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 18 6 KCS 4026 at Gentry by labrat-78 KCS 4026 at Gentry :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 11 2 KCS 4598 at Flint Creek by labrat-78 KCS 4598 at Flint Creek :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 9 0 BNSF 6044 at Westville OK by labrat-78 BNSF 6044 at Westville OK :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 8 0 UP 5974 at Noel Cab Shot by labrat-78 UP 5974 at Noel Cab Shot :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 24 4 Bullet Train Girl by alohalilo Bullet Train Girl :iconalohalilo:alohalilo 618 73 Weekend Before a Strike by labrat-78 Weekend Before a Strike :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 1 0 White Was Not a Good Color by labrat-78 White Was Not a Good Color :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 3 2 KCS 677 in 1982 by labrat-78 KCS 677 in 1982 :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 10 5 Coal Train at Dalby Missouri by labrat-78 Coal Train at Dalby Missouri :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 4 3 Work Train at Dalby Missouri by labrat-78 Work Train at Dalby Missouri :iconlabrat-78:labrat-78 8 14
Browse Collection

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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.
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Founded 16 Years ago
Feb 20, 2006

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1,291 Members
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Troll Account

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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

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JamesT4 Featured By Owner Edited May 30, 2022  Hobbyist Photographer
Hi Everyone i been idled for the last few years due to real life and work that tied me up. So it may seem that this group is dead for a while but now wit me having free time and one of the admins of the group. This group is open again to post your photos here. i will get with other admins if they haven't left DA about the group becoming active again.

So for now the group is not dead and is open for posting as there is one admin on here for now and a clean up of the group will come in the future when time permits and once i can get together with other admins.

Thank You
James T.
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pearwood Featured By Owner Jun 2, 2022  Hobbyist Photographer
Welcome back!
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Joseph-W-Johns Featured By Owner Feb 21, 2022  Professional Photographer
Hi folks I don't know if you remember me but I was one of the founders of this group.

As not to leave you hanging it seems that most of the administration here like myself have left deviantART probably for similar reasons.

My sincerest of apologies to any fans of this group but sadly deviantART didn't really didn't impress us over the years.
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againerodite Featured By Owner Jul 26, 2021
Are you still open for business?  Because I'd like to join and drop the railroad stuff I'm posting.
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pearwood Featured By Owner Sep 19, 2020  Hobbyist Photographer
I miss this group.
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