ex-BN Wrote:
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> Perhaps this board could have a volunteer or two
> that moderates the board by quickly deleting posts
> that are off topic/mean spirited/nonsense/overly
> political. I'd suggest starting by blocking those
> IP addresses that have done so in the past. Fair?
> Not completely. But better than the massive
> dilution that often occurs here.
>
> Most of us don't want to hear this back and forth
> trash talking. Some political talk is part of
> railroading such as political supporters or
> enemies of Amtrak. That is fine but the rest can
> be tossed in the rubbish bin. Let's get back to
> railroading. Particularly the "Good old days" in
> my case. The recent discussion of early GEs
> selector switches was interesting to me in
> particular. I never ran one but was familiar with
> EMDs selector and transition levers.
>
> I was drawn to TrainOrders.com years ago because
> of my interest in timetable and train order
> operation. It hardly was so I left. I've always
> returned to AP since its highly accessible and
> covers western railroading where I've spent 40
> years drawing a RR paycheck.
>
> As a final suggestion I'd ask that posters don't
> assume readers live in your area and know the name
> of every siding and spur. Include the state if
> its not obvious and better yet use the pre-merger
> line if known. With all the mergers over the
> years saying UP in California or BNSF in
> Washington covers a lot of track. A recent post
> mentioned the Fallbridge sub on the former BN in
> WA. I'm more familiar with older divisions and
> subs by number but that changes too. A brief
> description would have helped me understand the
> post better and isn't that the point? After
> looking it up I realize it is the former SP&S line
> along the Columbia River in Washington. Basically
> Pasco to Portland. This was inserted into a
> thread on the former NP line in Washington between
> Pasco and Auburn (Seattle). Even though I know
> this area well I was not up on the latest
> subdivision names.

Given that a question came up about current train levels on the Stamped Sub, (former NP line over the cascades) issues on the Fallbridge sub had great relevance. (former SP&S line down the gorge). It wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to describe lines before 1970 when addressing a question about current operations.