I always thought Virgil Staph's (my spelling) trains and girls photography represented the citadel of mediocrity...average looking girls, average looking trains and everything photographed in about as un-imaginative and un-flattering manner as possible.
If I want to see half-naked women and heavy machinery, I'll buy those stupid car magazines or ask my local Snap On Tool guy for his annual calendar. No class, plain and simple. DB --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects
