Oooh, that's really neat.

She really gets me high, bam ba lam
You know that's no lie, bam ba lam

That's the only song I like from Spiderbait.

Nice limited color pallet.

That song has one of the greatest music tracks ever.

Digging the girl with those piston feet. :-3

Neat picture - missed the piston feet! :D

Wish I had my copy of the graphic novel I picked up (whose name escapes me) to show you - maybe someone else will have it at the con.

This wasn't Dave Dorman's "Rail" comic by any chance?

Nope - "Grandville" by Brian Talbot.
Was fun, neat art style, although the story was a bit too relevant to RL events for my own liking.
http://www.bryan-talbot.com/grandville/index.php

Wow, this made me immediately have to find the song... and by that I mean the Ram Jam version.

I found out for the first time just now that the song was first popularized by blues guitarist Lead Belly. And that he himself adapted from early folk versions and from an old rifleman cadence.

Here's the first recorded version, from 1931. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwxxXt--PQo - I've heard arguments that "Black Betty" is supposed to be a rifle, but also that "Black Betty" is the wagon carrying prisoners, like the term Black Mariah. So either it started out someone's marching song, or someone's work gang song - maybe both.

Love the train I'm sucker for trains

It's a D&RGW locomotive from the 40s, I think - but don't remember the exact model.

Cool

It is Denver & Rio Grand Western #473. A K-28 class 2-8-2 built in 1923.

What can I say, it's my favorite locomotive. EVAH!!!
Though personally I prefered her in her "Bumble Bee" scheme.

http://www.drgw.net/trips/trips/rai.....-3504x2336.jpg

She was originally painted in this guise in 1951. She remained this way for almost a year. Then she rolled over into the Animas River and was once again painted black. but retained the "Diamond" style smoke stack.
Then during Railfest of 2006 she was once again painted into the famous Bumble Bee shceme for that operating season.

Thanks! She's really gorgeous.

Hence why she's my favorite locomotive!

Well, as for me, I preferred the U. S. Army look of these engines http://www.whitepassfan.net/whitepa.....256/index.html for variety and my custom reversal of the bumble bee based on this: http://media.photobucket.com/image/.....ottsTrain2.jpg

Deadlands! :D

I could recognize that locomotive ANYWHERE!!! (D&RGW K-28 class) though you got the number wrong, it should be #473. Just for future refference.

But I'm really liking this! I like the whole faded sepia look to it all. Vey nice!

Thank you!