Yeah, but Railroading life provides a lot to complain about. Tourist railroading, not so much - generally there's a fairly well defined work schedule and sleep at home in your own bed. Never 16 hours and a bus ride unless there are much larger issues at hand.

Internet anonymity came up in a couple past threads. A few reasons were brought up as to why users might want to stay anonymous, and I'll add another here.

One of the more prominent users of this site once threatened to sue it and the moderators, and nearly got RyPN shut down in the process. Suing or doxxing a screen name is a bit more difficult.

And that person sent me threatening PM’s asking for my personal information.

It’s really creepy for people on the internet to ask for personal information - many of us in the LGBT community are especially nervous about this and for good reason.

You aren't going to make a railroader with a phony name. Try getting an engineer's license or signing the federal register without using your real name.

For several years CN had a supervisor in Toronto who was a wanted American fugitive. I think he actually made a half decent trainmaster.

https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-s ... -brampton/

CN management class photo:

https://mobile.facebook.com/CNrail/phot ... 23/?type=3

Better get a good, convincing, phony ID....

How is that relevant at all? Of course I’ve given my real name to former railroad employers.

That’s very different than giving full names out on the internet.

It’s frankly, very creepy that “old men” want the full names of younger guys on this very forum.

Hey CZ, the first I ever heard of you was when you replied to a perfectly innocent post of mine with an unprovoked insult. I did send you a nasty PM suggesting you be man enough to use your real name, instead of hiding behind the crapper and slinging turds at somebody you don't know. Still waiting on that, but not holding my breath. It wouldn't surprise me if others react to your trolling in similar fashion... Oh, and don't flatter yourself by thinking I give a damn about you or your personal information.

It might interest you (maybe somebody else ??) to know that before you were born, there were some gays working for real railroads. The ones I knew did their jobs, looked us in the eye, and earned enough respect from enough of their co-workers to fit in and keep their jobs. None of us cared about their private lives. We were just happy that they didn't expect special treatment, or tuck their tails between their legs and whine about how unfair life is.

You and Ross need to start your own railroad :-p would be quite the operation.

Even though I don't agree with Mr Rowland on any number of issues, he is much more courteous than most of his detractors. He's entitled to his opinions, same as those who disagree with him. How many of them want to play show and tell with their resumes and work records against his ?? Be my guest.

25 years ago, the renowned railroad artist and DL&W Towerman, Don Wallworth, sent me a video of Mr Rowland running C&O 614 while making up a train for a trip on NJ Transit. In the first place, his engine sparkled like the Milky Way, and there were no drips or steam leaks, or funny noises of any kind whatsoever. In fact 614's exhaust was even as a metronome. At times he had ahold of a couple dozen passenger cars, and he took off like a bat out of Hell when they told him to take em A-head, with never a drop of smoke or hint of a wheel slip, or any delay due to having more air set than needed. Every single time they told him to stop, he set em right down, just far enough past the switch so the points wouldn't bind. He was ready the instant they said bring em back, and got em rolling plenty fast. As they counted cars you could see the slack stretch out as he feathered the air. Every single coupling was like a butterfly landing on a rose petal. He never had to try again, and he never wasted any time at all. They were done in just over 20 minutes. I've never seen ANYBODY switch better than that.

Every Christmas, he invites everybody to stop by the NH&I to get acquainted, and wishes good tidings to all. I would be honored to work for him, or to have the opportunity to learn from him.

CZ, you obviously don't realize what a great compliment you've paid me.

You know there's a theory that DB Cooper was actually a trainmaster on Conrail in North Jersey.

You may not know it Cz but you have met your match, and lost a long time ago. Regards, John.

I have no clue what that means and almost sounds like a threat?

You don't have to take this advice, CZ, but you might consider getting a clue.

Unfortunately, it appears that it may be time to call in the moderators on this one. Or perhaps I should defer to Oha for that task...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ5rbPlsdHw