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Brian, that is really neat. I can't imagine the reaction I'd get from my wife if I bought her a birthday present like that. I guess your wife likes trains a lot better than mine.
Jim,
She's a Mechanical Engineer. She has always liked steam engines, and she ran a 1 1/2" scale live steamer last year and had a ball. She's not afraid to get in there and do anything (including getting dirty). Here's a picture of her running the 1 1/2" Live Steam Mikado.
After that experience I thought that when the chance to run one of the biggest most powerful steamers still running came up I had to get her in the Engineers seat.
Well, that explains it then. If she's a mechanical engineer, she aready likes big machines and she's had to play with boys all her professional life to get accepted. I've only known a few female mechanicals in my career and they were always great engineers with a real love of thier work.
