Everyone: This Forum looks like the appropriate place to start a discussion about 20 years of Railroad.net.
First and foremost memories of membership in this full site or at the Forums that we participate in - with
members who have been here since Day One 20 years ago along with the two previous RR.Net sites being
the prime area of interest for recollections from those earlier days along with newer members who have
joined over these past 20 years and have had continuously taken part in Railroad.Net...
In a topic titled "When Railroad.Net Came Online" back in 2004 came these interesting notes that I was
previously unaware of: Railroad.Net was created by John Stewart back during the 1990s with this original
site mentioned as "crashing" on March 16, 2002. The second RR.Net ran from May 15, 2002 to March 1, 2004.
(Robert Paniagua in Post #59068)
The current version of Railroad.Net listed its phpBB on March 9, 2004 at 11:34 AM and was officially
launched on March 11, 2004 with memberships being accepted with the new system...
(Mike Roque in Post #62727)
I began reading Railroad.Net back in the early 2000s and as a visitor became very interested in the various
Forums - I found out that a requirement to join was an active Email account which I did not have and for
that matter did not know how to get one - until a fellow rail enthusiast informed me about sites such as
Yahoo! that offered free Email...I finally joined RR.Net on February 7, 2005 with my prime interest being
passenger railroading of all types which I was reading on a frequent basis...
I found the wide variety of Forums and Discussions quite interesting along with how these were divided
into groups - Fallen Flags, Railfan by geographical area and the various freight railroads all good examples
of what was available for all to discover here at RR.Net...
My membership here at Railroad.Net was becoming a long-term learning curve about how to contribute
to subjects where possible and the etiquette of taking part in discussions with fellow members...
I would eventually learn that there was a percentage of members who only took part in certain Forums
and in cases only a single Forum - even though their membership entitles them to take part in any and
all RR.Net Forums...With a wide variety of rail interests I felt that some were missing out by not reading
other Forums and "Broadening Your Horizons" with all that is available here at RR.Net...
I also found that certain Forums had "Cliques" of members that frequented topics and discussions -
At times as an "outsider" one had to tread carefully when taking part in subjects - with one that stands
out as a prime example posting about my personal dislike of the terms "Inbound" and "Outbound" in
a topic at the MBTA Forum - after the very negative reaction I got from the "regulars" there and even
though the moderators informed me that they "had my back" I felt like I was being "thrown in to the
wolves" in this controversy the subject taught me a harsh lesson about topics that some may have
strong feelings and opinions about that can vastly differ from what you feel is right...
As a member here at Railroad.Net I will try to contribute to the best of my ability in a positive manner...
I made a vow to myself that if this membership became negative that I would no longer participate...
For me the vast majority of interactions in my past 19 years one month of membership has been good...
I am looking forward to reading other Railroad.Net memories from anyone that takes part in this subject...
MACTRAXX
First and foremost memories of membership in this full site or at the Forums that we participate in - with
members who have been here since Day One 20 years ago along with the two previous RR.Net sites being
the prime area of interest for recollections from those earlier days along with newer members who have
joined over these past 20 years and have had continuously taken part in Railroad.Net...
In a topic titled "When Railroad.Net Came Online" back in 2004 came these interesting notes that I was
previously unaware of: Railroad.Net was created by John Stewart back during the 1990s with this original
site mentioned as "crashing" on March 16, 2002. The second RR.Net ran from May 15, 2002 to March 1, 2004.
(Robert Paniagua in Post #59068)
The current version of Railroad.Net listed its phpBB on March 9, 2004 at 11:34 AM and was officially
launched on March 11, 2004 with memberships being accepted with the new system...
(Mike Roque in Post #62727)
I began reading Railroad.Net back in the early 2000s and as a visitor became very interested in the various
Forums - I found out that a requirement to join was an active Email account which I did not have and for
that matter did not know how to get one - until a fellow rail enthusiast informed me about sites such as
Yahoo! that offered free Email...I finally joined RR.Net on February 7, 2005 with my prime interest being
passenger railroading of all types which I was reading on a frequent basis...
I found the wide variety of Forums and Discussions quite interesting along with how these were divided
into groups - Fallen Flags, Railfan by geographical area and the various freight railroads all good examples
of what was available for all to discover here at RR.Net...
My membership here at Railroad.Net was becoming a long-term learning curve about how to contribute
to subjects where possible and the etiquette of taking part in discussions with fellow members...
I would eventually learn that there was a percentage of members who only took part in certain Forums
and in cases only a single Forum - even though their membership entitles them to take part in any and
all RR.Net Forums...With a wide variety of rail interests I felt that some were missing out by not reading
other Forums and "Broadening Your Horizons" with all that is available here at RR.Net...
I also found that certain Forums had "Cliques" of members that frequented topics and discussions -
At times as an "outsider" one had to tread carefully when taking part in subjects - with one that stands
out as a prime example posting about my personal dislike of the terms "Inbound" and "Outbound" in
a topic at the MBTA Forum - after the very negative reaction I got from the "regulars" there and even
though the moderators informed me that they "had my back" I felt like I was being "thrown in to the
wolves" in this controversy the subject taught me a harsh lesson about topics that some may have
strong feelings and opinions about that can vastly differ from what you feel is right...
As a member here at Railroad.Net I will try to contribute to the best of my ability in a positive manner...
I made a vow to myself that if this membership became negative that I would no longer participate...
For me the vast majority of interactions in my past 19 years one month of membership has been good...
I am looking forward to reading other Railroad.Net memories from anyone that takes part in this subject...
MACTRAXX
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