Getting To Know Our Fellow RYPN-ers

470man · **Joined:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:04 pm **Posts:** 15

Newenglandrailfans.com is the place to talk about 501. They have 26 pages of new discussion. I'd post the link but I'm on my phone and it would go to the mobile version. The thread is under "General Discussion." It gets pretty heated in some spots, some posts have been deleted.

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:23 pm

470man wrote:

Newenglandrailfans.com is the place to talk about 501. They have 26 pages of new discussion. I'd post the link but I'm on my phone and it would go to the mobile version. The thread is under "General Discussion." It gets pretty heated in some spots, some posts have been deleted.

I just read a few pages. Oh lord......

daylight4449 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:38 pm

wilkinsd wrote:

470man wrote:

Newenglandrailfans.com is the place to talk about 501. They have 26 pages of new discussion. I'd post the link but I'm on my phone and it would go to the mobile version. The thread is under "General Discussion." It gets pretty heated in some spots, some posts have been deleted.

I just read a few pages. Oh lord......

You're telling me! While some of the information from he-who-shall-not-be-named is dubious at best, the insight into the inner workings of the project is fascinating. It is an even better case study into project management...

Trainlawyer · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:03 pm

I fear that in my primary ego I have had some past familiarity with the engine in question. That thread does at least show how civil and considerate RYPN's participants are even when we are discussing... Oh, never mind.
GME

car57 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:40 pm

In the glorious and filthy Car 57 .............

Mike Pannell

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:57 pm

Aye, what's with the classic (I think) British Overseas Airway Corporation shirt?

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:00 am

J3a-614 wrote:

Aye, what's with the classic (I think) British Overseas Airway Corporation shirt?

Car 57 has more structural integrity than the Comet I.....

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

Mike -

Good to finally see the face (and hands) behind all that great effort on Car 57!

Les

BILL · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:00 am

I'll finally throw my hat in the ring on this one.

Bill Drotar, Jr.

superheater · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:54 pm **Posts:** 2605

"I just read a few pages. Oh lord....."

Yep.

robertjohndavis · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:10 am **Posts:** 2499

superheater wrote:

"I just read a few pages. Oh lord....."

Yep.

This thread should have a "no picture/no post" rule. :-)

bigjim4life · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:00 pm

I've noticed that some of the "big wigs", or people who post very frequently, are absent from this thread. While there's been tremendous participation from many other people, I'm a little bummed to not see pictures to go with the 1000+ posts that some people have on here.

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

BigJim -

Well, I too would like to see a photo of some of the frequent posters here, but this is a voluntary thread. If someone doesn't want to post a photo, I feel it is a free country and they are well within their rights not to do so. I am just happy to see photos of those who HAVE posted, whether a frequent poster or a "newbie".

Enjoy the day!

Les

bigjim4life · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:03 pm

Les Beckman wrote:

BigJim -

Well, I too would like to see a photo of some of the frequent posters here, but this is a voluntary thread. If someone doesn't want to post a photo, I feel it is a free country and they are well within their rights not to do so. I am just happy to see photos of those who HAVE posted, whether a frequent poster or a "newbie".

Enjoy the day!

Les

Don't get me wrong, I agree with all of that. And like I said, I'm thrilled with the participation so far.

Maybe someone could take this and come up with an RYPN digital "yearbook" format, flipping pages to see photos, indexes, etc. :)

Bob Lyndall · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:34 pm

Below, Ross Rowland & Hank Webber with Greenbrier J3a #614 at Hoboken, NJ getting ready to depart with one of the 1997 Erie Express Trips to Port Jervis, NY. The 2nd frame shows Ross with 614 at the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, VA in late 2011:

Below, myself with another familiar railfan friend which changed the course of my life when introduced during the annual fall color trips out of Atlanta - Fall, 1986.