Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look
Author: crmeatball
Date: 04-20-2009 - 16:25

I hate to keep this thread running, especially since it detracts from the post (which is a great picture). But I have to disagree with Dr. Zarkoff. Railroad station names are not fixed, as they can change with railroad takeovers and such. In addition, there are a few railfan's who are particular about such minuscule details. I generally call them "foamers." It is the fanaticism of this group which is why railfans as a whole are stereotyped. When most people come across a minor error such as this, they ignore it, especially when everyone knew exactly what was meant. But the proverbial "foamer" just can't let it go. Yuba Gap may not be a place on the railroad (offically at least), but if you are trying to describe the location of a photograph to a large audience, as is the case here, using the common name makes more sense. If Drew would have said "Yuba Pass" instead of "Yuba Gap", I actually would have thought of the next exit, at the junction of I-80 and Hwy 20. Why? Because this is what the maps call that location. This is not about right or wrong, it is about what IS. The vast majority of people call this location Yuba Gap. Is that technically correct? Perhaps not. Does it get the point across? It did for the vast majority.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look Drew Jacksich 04-19-2009 - 09:39
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look JLY 04-19-2009 - 10:35
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look John Barnhill 04-19-2009 - 10:47
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look Carol L. Voss 04-19-2009 - 11:25
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look Steven D. Johnson 04-19-2009 - 11:58
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look Drew Jacksich 04-19-2009 - 12:21
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look jly 04-19-2009 - 14:55
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look Dr Zarkoff 04-20-2009 - 05:31
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look crmeatball 04-20-2009 - 16:25
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look Dr Zarkoff 04-20-2009 - 19:34
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look Matt jacksich 04-20-2009 - 19:49
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look Drew Jacksich 04-20-2009 - 21:25
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look OPRRMS 04-20-2009 - 21:34
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look WAF 04-21-2009 - 06:59
  Santa Ana winds or Santana winds jst3751 04-20-2009 - 13:25
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look JLY 04-19-2009 - 11:43
  Nuts is nuts OPRRMS 04-19-2009 - 11:51
  Re: Nuts is nuts P.Kepler 04-19-2009 - 13:00
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look DCMcGill 04-19-2009 - 14:38
  Re: If you don't like the name "Yuba Gap", don't look WAF 04-19-2009 - 15:21
  Re: OK - You made me Look - at the USGS OldPoleBurner 04-19-2009 - 19:35
  Re: OK - You made me Look - at the USGS Map reader 04-20-2009 - 10:46
  Re: OK - You made me Look - at the USGS DCMcGill 04-20-2009 - 12:27
  YUBA GAP Tom Moungovan 04-19-2009 - 16:49
  Re: YUBA GAP Todd Montgomery 04-19-2009 - 21:00
  Re: YUBA GAP Jack Schidt 04-19-2009 - 21:09
  Re: YUBA GAP WAF 04-20-2009 - 07:38
  Re: YUBA GAP crmeatball 04-20-2009 - 10:25
  Re: YUBA GAP JLY 04-20-2009 - 11:53
  Re: YUBA GAP GRRR 04-20-2009 - 16:13
  Re: YUBA GAP jly 04-20-2009 - 17:26
  Re: YUBA GAP DJD 04-20-2009 - 18:48
  Re: YUBA GAP WAF 04-20-2009 - 19:13
  Re: YUBA GAP John West 04-20-2009 - 19:14
  Re: YUBA GAP Dr Zarkoff 04-20-2009 - 19:44
  Re: YUBA GAP WAF 04-20-2009 - 20:04
  "Lease" person? John West 04-20-2009 - 21:02
  Re: "Lease" person? WAF 04-20-2009 - 21:07
  Re: "Lease" person? OPRRMS 04-20-2009 - 21:18
  Old ID's John West 04-20-2009 - 21:45
  Re: "Lease" person? Van 04-21-2009 - 06:42
  Re: "Lease" person? John West 04-21-2009 - 08:35


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