I think it looks like great fun. I love trains! rg2
On 9/10/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I said,.poorly, it's a tourist oriented website and attraction. Why > don't you drop them an e-mail with suggestions? > > John Sessoms wrote: > > I was talking about the web site itself not being friendly to rail > > enthusiasts. Yeah it's ok for the tourists, but it doesn't tell me what > > I want to know. > > > > Most of the steam railroad web-pages have a link for the real old-timer > > steam buffs that takes you to a listing of the equipment the railroad is > > operating, i.e. what kind of steam engines do they have and how many are > > operating ... > > > > Should I travel a thousand miles to get there if they don't have the > > equipment I'm interested in? What if they don't have anything that's not > > in the local transportation museum, which is about 950 miles closer? > > > > And without a link on the web site to let me see what equipment they > > have, how am I going to know if they do have something I'm interested in? > > > > From: > > "P. J. Alling" > > > >> No, it's a tourist attraction site. It's not that they discourage > >> visitors, but they're old fashioned, no digital computers in the age > >> of steam, (but I bet they'd love to have a Babbage Difference Engine > >> to display). > >> > >> John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: > >> "P. J. Alling" > >> > >> > >>> The Valley Railroad, in Essex Connecticut. It's a working Steam > >>> Railway museum. They run a couple of Restored Steam Loco's and have a > >>> couple of Modern Chinese Steam Loco's, (one of which they run on the > >>> line as well, the other on display), (to the untrained eye, with most > >>> of the extra metal work removed they both look like a standard > >>> American type. This engine is sitting a the end of a line of cars all > >>> awaiting restoration, and as you can see, occasionally cannibalized > >>> for parts. > >>> > >>> http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/index.html > >>> > >> Not a real rail enthusiast site though, because they don't appear to > >> have any link to the equipment itself. > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Remember, it's pillage then burn. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
