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Darel Leedy - This week marks the third anniversary of the C&Sn3 blog. I originally started this blog as a means to motivate myself by documenting the construction of a small Sn3 layout. My first post (The UK Influence), described my reasoning and plans for a layout depicting Dickey, Colorado circa 1920.
As my progress slowed and I had less and less to write about, I invited fellow C&S modelers working in any scale to also post on the blog (my brother Derrell and I think there might be 5 of us in Sn3!). I've continually updated and modified the blog to be something I thought was missing; a place for C&S modelers and historians to congregate and share information.
The blog (a free online magazine?) will likely hit 100,000 total views this
month (80,000 since opening it to additional authors less than a year ago!), and the new
discussion forum has over 8500 views in less than a month. Again, their success depends on your participation. I am very
appreciative of those that have contributed a blog article: Derrell Poole, Keith Hayes,
Doug Heitkamp, Robert Boorman, David Steers, Bill Meredith, Lincoln Pinn, Randy
Rieck, Don Peterson, Rick Steele and Mike McKenzie. And to all of those participating in the discussion forum; Thank you!
Along the way, my miniature Australian Shepard; Roper, joined us and shared his uncanny knack for finding and sharing old photographs. He especially loves to be thrown a bone now and then.
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I am always open for suggestions. So if you think something is missing or could be improved, please let me know. And if you would like to join the fun with your own blog post, just drop me a note. And don't forget to join us in the C&Sn3 Discussion Forum. I swear, of late more new information has been shared there than anywhere else. Enjoy!
~ Cowboy Up!
Darel,
ReplyDeleteThank you as well as the people you mentioned for making the blog and forum successful. I would also like to add Mike Trent to the list of people to thank for his contributions. I really appreciate, enjoy and learn from the collective knowledge and wisdom of the group as well as the willingness to share information. Thanks again.
Lee Gustafson
Thanks for the kind words Lee. I mentioned above the name of folks who contributed an article for the blog. But you are right on; Mike has been a fantastic resource of information in the discussion forum.
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ReplyDeleteThanks because you have found a home (source) for many of the era's historians. You have added Roper's contributions to the cause as one of the best looking researchers around. Give him yet another bone
Glad you enjoy the blog Tom. Roper can't seem to get enough bones.
DeleteJust saw Roper hanging around the OLD DL&G depot in Leadville in a post by Chris Walker regarding double -board roofs in the car siding thread
ReplyDeleteActually it was a DPL reference within the post,and on second thought,that doesn't look to much like Roper.He sure looks happy in his NOW photograph.
ReplyDeleteThere is another dog roaming around in the upper right of the photo. Maybe that's him.
DeleteDoug H wished for a classified section. Doug's wish has been granted. See link below header.
ReplyDeleteI hope that all sorts of C&S "Classified Information" will be posted in there!
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