Survey - Women in Rail Preservation

Dave · **Posted:** Thu May 06, 2021 8:44 pm

An old head told me a few decades ago that it wasn't hard work, you only had to lift one shovel full at a time.......

Walter · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2021 2:55 pm

Crescent-Zephyr wrote:

“Now that steam has become more accessible & *most* of the runs are out & back within 2-2.5 hours, firing has become less of a marathon. ”

A long day of firing at a Strasburg, IRM, TVRM, Dollywood, etc. is still a long day of firing. (I picked those because I’ve seen women firing at those railroads :).

That's true. A ton of coal still weighs the same amount, regardless of who's shoveling. Or running the steam jets on the stoker.

Conditions have changed so that *certain* parts of the job are easier. Other parts are still as difficult as ever.