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  • Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.
Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.

Moderator: MEC407

 #840775  by MEC407
 
Hi all,

When you have a moment, please re-familiarize yourselves with the forum guidelines. A new policy was added a couple of weeks ago. Thanks!
 #840836  by bwparker1
 
Are you specifically referring to this section?

* When responding to another member's message, you may wish to quote part of their message in order to reference a specific point. If their message was particularly long, please do not quote their entire message unless absolutely necessary -- especially if your response is very short.
 #840855  by MEC407
 
Yes.
 #874028  by MEC407
 
Apparently some members are still not observing this policy.

Again, I ask that you not quote 30 lines of text just to add a 1-line response. This is entirely unnecessary, especially if you're replying to the message immediately above yours. If you want to reply to a message that is further back in the thread, you only need to quote the relevant parts of the message that you are responding to.

Thank you.
 #1446345  by MEC407
 
I posted that seven years ago and the problem never went away. Please observe this policy. Do not use the quote button as a substitute for the reply button. Quote only what is necessary. Excessive and unnecessary quoting may be deleted without notice.

For more information, please read and understand the Quoting Etiquette thread: viewtopic.php?f=117&t=161125" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;