Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl)

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Archivist and ferroequinologist who draws, plays video games, cries over baseball, and spends her spare time trying to drive every steam locomotive she can get on the throttle of. @autismgaming.com founder. #ActuallyAutistic

A woman dressed like Elaine Benis from Seinfeld imitates her famous little kicks dance. Other women dressed similarly await their turn to compete.
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 at rest at Steamtown in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
A Bluesky post that reads, "Started crying just now because I cut up chicken I baked for dinner and instinctively turned to my left to share it and, of course, the cat I would have been sharing it with wasn't there. It's been eight days of this now." It has 190 likes and four reposts. All the reposts and most of the likes are from complete strangers. The post has since been deleted.
Murphy, a black mackerel tabby with medium white, poses for a portrait in 2019.
A plush of Artemis from Sailor Moon (a white cat with blue eyes) sits near the CAPCOM desk at NASA Mission Control.
Murphy, a black mackerel tabby with medium white, sits politely on a cat bench that he barely fits on because he is an abnormally large cat.
Hamburger curry. The hamburger is placed oddly on top of the rice.
A crude drawing of a horse. It is wearing a silly pillbox hat.
Steph's OCs. Engineer is holding Conductor up and dipping him into a kiss in a redraw of an Archie Comics meme.
A border collie running an agility course beside its handler. The handler is wearing a Zelda hoodie with an extremely prominent Hylian Shield on the back.
Daisy, a grey tabby cat with large alien eyes, is swaddled in a blanket.
NJT 4506, the autism acceptance locomotive, at rest in the yard in Hoboken, NJ.
An image of a book passage titled "Gaming and the Autistic Gaming Initiative." This image is the first of two. Passage does not fit in alt text caption box; message author for transcript if needed.
Steph's Purrloin brings her berries when camping on the Isle of Armor.
Two Purrloins. The one on the left has a normal purple coat. The one on the right is shiny and has more of a blue hue.
A Purrloin, a tiny purple housecat, knocks out legendary Pokemon Calyrex with one use of Night Slash.
Steph's cat, Murphy, a black mackerel tabby with medium white, sits in his stroller as Steph holds up his rabies vaccine badge next to him.
A Verizon Cloud popup that says: "Check out your new memory! The great outdoors November 2025" It is a picture of NJT #4506, the autism locomotive, from a distance at Hoboken Terminal.
Steph at age 17 in a green prom dress in 2006. She doesn't have an autoimmune thyroid disorder yet.
A train-themed display for makeup brand EOS in the Oculus in NYC.
Ingo and Emmet as they appear in alternate outfits in Pokemon Masters EX, alongside Chandelure and Eelektross.
NJT #4506, the autism acceptance locomotive. The wrap features a rainbow infinity sign.
Steph, a white woman with short brown wavy hair wearing hickory striped overalls and an engineer hat, poses with NJT #4506, the autism acceptance locomotive.
A clip from Umamusume: Pretty Derby of horse girl T.M. Opera O winning a race by well over 20 lengths.
My My Kurt, a brown horse with a black mane, stands to the left of Steph's grandparents. Steph's grandfather is holding Kurt's halter and lead. Both grandparents are smiling.
Gold Ship, a grey-haired horse girl in a red sailor dress and brown pillbox hat, beams with delight as she violently swings an anchor on a chain.
Steph, a short white woman with short brown hair in a pair of hickory striped overalls and a matching hat, sits in the cab of Union Pacific Big Boy 4012, a beaming smile on her face as she puts her hand on the throttle.
A clip from the video game Umamusume: Pretty Derby. Haru Urara, a pink-haired, small girl with horse ears and tail, runs in a race and barely beats out much tougher competition at the wire.
A drawing of Hilda from Pokemon Black and White. She is sitting and hugging her knees and is wearing a pair of hickory striped short overalls and an engineer hat with the Submas hat medallion instead of her usual clothes.
The camera zooms in on a television as the shiny Wo-Chien Mystery Gift appears. The person behind the camera quietly goes "Yaaaaay!" A framed Wo-Chien card is visible in front of the television.
Murphy, a black mackerel tabby with medium white, lays on a fluffy cat bed that he is too large of a cat to properly fit on.
A panel from the manga Record of Ragnarok/Shuumatsu no Warukyuure depicting Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä, who likely had over 500 kills in 100 days during the Winter War of 1939-1940. He is using an M/28-30 rifle and is in a prone position taking aim.
Steph, a short, stocky white woman dressed like a locomotive engineer, enjoys a free Coca-Cola Slurpee.
Alleged "Pride mice" cat toys from Target. They are random rainbow colors and do not match any Pride flags, not even the original Gilbert Baker design.
A blank art meme that reads 'Draw me "poorly" mutuals'
Murphy, a black mackerel tabby with medium white, screams for chicken whilst perched on the arm of a couch. The background is transparent.
Eelektross, a Pokemon that appears to be a cross between an electric eel and a lamprey, being rotated on a white background.
A screenshot from a news article on the NJT strike. It reads, "NJ Transit engineers are currently paid a starting base hourly rate of $39.78. Here is how other nearby railroads are compensated: • Amtrak: $55.44 per hour. • Long Island Rail Road: $49.92 per hour. • Metro-North: $57.20 per hour. • SEPTA: $42.17 per hour. • PATH: $50.01 per hour."
A screenshot of AP's coverage of the papal conclave. The screen is divided into four quadrants. In the bottom left quadrant and bottom right quadrant, the roof of the Sistine Chapel is visible and a seagull sits near the chimney.
A photo of a Monteur Hokkaido Milk roll cake.
A screenshot from Wikipedia that reads: Kentucky Derby - 2025 All of the racers in the 2025 Kentucky Derby were traced back to be descendants of Secretariat.
A plush of Elphelt Valentine from Guilty Gear sits beside two plush of Emmet and Ingo from Pokemon at a restaurant.
Steph, a white woman in an engineer hat and overalls and a long black coat, points her camera on a tripod at a locomotive out of frame.
Murphy as a small kitten, mouth open in one of his characteristic vocalizations.
A train on the IRT Flushing Line headed towards Flushing Main Street visible from the upper deck of Citi Field.
A graphic of the 7 Train on a screen at Citi Field.
Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets steps to the plate as the crowd sings along to his at-bat music, My Girl by The Temptations.
Emmet in his sygna suit in Pokemon Masters EX with his stupid tiny holdable waist-
A screenshot from A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism featuring yet another twink conductor because Steph is predictable and has extremely specific taste in men.
Urshunabi, from Small Loan Studios's game The Ouroboros Express. He is a humanoid twink in a conductor uniform. Steph is in pain because the game won't let her date him.
Strasburg #90, a 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotive, backs up and couples with her consist of passenger cars. Beside her, the conductor is putting his fists together in front of his chest, elbows up and out, to show that the couplers have made contact and connected successfully.
Strasburg #90, a 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotive, waits with a consist of passenger cars as the conductor, to her right, performs hand signals and communicates with the engineer. The conductor is in full uniform, complete with a waistcoat, pocketwatch, and gloves, and is wearing his overcoat open so that it flares out when he moves around. Steph is being so normal about this.
A large bucket about to be filled with Coca-Cola Slurpee.
"In numerical terms, a "GG1" rated at 4,930hp (3,680k W) on a continuous basis, could safely deliver 8,500hp (6,340k W) for a short period. This was ideal for quick recovery from stops and checks. In this respect one "GG1" was the totally reliable equivalent of three or four diesel units 30 or 40 years its junior."
Strasburg #90, a 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotive, backs past Strasburg #89 (with an excursion) as she departs to pick up freight. Later in the video she is shown returning and passing by, pulling a train of hopper cars behind her.
A Facebook post from Strasburg Rail Road Mechanical Services. It reads, "Getting coaled up for the official return to service. Milestones like this can only happen when you have experience and solid leadership at the top and a skilled team throughout the facility to complete the work." A photo of Strasburg #90, a 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotive, being filled up with fresh coal in her tender is attached to the post.
Murphy, a black mackerel tabby cat with medium white, sits on a sofa. His ears are erect and alert.
An ALP-45DP electro-diesel, NJ Transit #4506. She has a wrap featuring rainbow infinity symbols over a blue gradient background. The text on the wrap reads, "NJ Transit celebrates Autism Acceptance."
Murphy, a black mackerel tabby with medium white, screams at a bowl of cucumbers seasoned with garlic. He does not understand that he cannot have one.
Three six-packs of Saranac root beer in a shopping cart. Steph spent $19 on this.