by Jeff Smith
With due respect and deference to M&E and Mssr's. Norman and Stephens (welcome to the railroad.net debate club where we are very polite!) I appreciate all input. Amtrak is listed as a Class I by Wikipedia (yes, not the most reliable, but still correct in this case) based on route miles.
And yes, Amtrak is a heavily-trafficked thread, but as a category, commuter seems to be the highest trafficked and thus I gave it the top spot as a category. My methodology was the info category, then active rail. Based on traffic, that put Commuter on top, then freight in order of Class (and short-lines seem to generate more interest than the BORING Class I's, Amtrak excepted). After that I put railfanning. Now, some of the railfanning by region are pretty popular.
After that, Fallen Flags, Employment (which is very well-trafficked by newbies), a category now called tech which I'm still assessing, equipment (also well-trafficked, but which doesn't make sense to move up), and general discussion, which has some highly trafficked forums like Model.
Now, I'm happy with the methodology of the order, even if some of the higher traffic areas are down the page, with the possible exception of Amtrak.
Amtrak is a passenger railroad, but doesn't really fit into commuters IMHO. It would fit into a category with HSR, but not railfanning by region. I don't want to push Commuters too far down the page. I think I have an idea how to put it back at the top.
Anyway, keep the input coming, and thanks!
And yes, Amtrak is a heavily-trafficked thread, but as a category, commuter seems to be the highest trafficked and thus I gave it the top spot as a category. My methodology was the info category, then active rail. Based on traffic, that put Commuter on top, then freight in order of Class (and short-lines seem to generate more interest than the BORING Class I's, Amtrak excepted). After that I put railfanning. Now, some of the railfanning by region are pretty popular.
After that, Fallen Flags, Employment (which is very well-trafficked by newbies), a category now called tech which I'm still assessing, equipment (also well-trafficked, but which doesn't make sense to move up), and general discussion, which has some highly trafficked forums like Model.
Now, I'm happy with the methodology of the order, even if some of the higher traffic areas are down the page, with the possible exception of Amtrak.
Amtrak is a passenger railroad, but doesn't really fit into commuters IMHO. It would fit into a category with HSR, but not railfanning by region. I don't want to push Commuters too far down the page. I think I have an idea how to put it back at the top.
Anyway, keep the input coming, and thanks!
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~el Jefe :: RAILROAD.NET Site Administrator/Co-Owner; Carman at Naugatuck Railroad
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