She was born in eastern Colorado in 1935.Â
Mrs. Rains talked of her childhood on the prairie where she truly felt free; running and riding horses bareback were her fondest memories.
She started drawing at a young age and had a natural talent. She also took courses thru the mail and said Norman Rockwell graded some of her work.Â
If you were close to her, you likely have one or more of her hand-drawn âRainsmarkâ cards.
She had many great stories like bringing her frozen cat back to life. She saved many animals given up for dead, from sparrows to horses.
[ scoi am a bigger is better with kind of guy.rains i absolutely love building locomotives. i knew i wanted to design locomotives from when i was very young. [ jahmil ] from the outside it looks like such a simple device. when you actually get down into the bare bones of it, there s so much technology that s submerg. [ rob ] my welds are a signature, i could tell my welds apart from anybody s. you lay down that nice bead and you look at it, i love it. they don t go together by themselve there are a lot of little parts, and everyone has their job. [ scott ] i d love to see it out there on the open tracks. and when i e it, i m gonna know that i helped build that thing. [ train whistle blows ] here she comes! [ bell clanging ] [ train whistle blows ] wow! [ charlie ] well, it s one thing seeing them built, but then to see them out here,