Im Tim Smith, Chief Locomotive Engineer and Train Shop worker at Tweetsie RR. I check the board everyday.

tssmith@boone.net

Alex Huff, Pres. (big title, small railroad) of Dakota Southern Rwy. Commercial operation but much of our equipment is old enough to warrant preservation! Recently was hanging the main wings back on a 1928 vintage Jordan spreader. Still have one piece of equipment with K brakes.

dsrc512@sd.value.net

Gary Landrio, VP Rail Operations, Stone Consulting & Design. Having operated four railroads and been involved in helping other rail operations as a consultant for the last 13 years. I find that rarely is there a day that I do not learn something useful from reading the posts on this web site. There is no way that any one person can learn everything about all the various knowledge areas of railroads and tourism. The best that you can hope for is to learn who to ask for the correct answers.

Stone Consulting & Design
garyland@stoneconsulting.com

How many museums,both
> operating and static or in some way rail
> related, have members posting on this board?

I am Doug Shearer. I have been working with the Northern Pacific Railway Museum in Toppenish, WA, since its beginning 13 years ago. I have worked with a number of the restoration projects and serve on the board of directors. I also do the website for the group. There are other members of our group who read the rypn site regularly.

Northern Pacific Railway Museum

I am assis. op. mgr and procurement person with Sumpter Valley Ry. I also work on the operating crew and am also a member of the Friends of the C&TS. I just returned from a 2 and a half hour drive from the RR after spending the day there on assorted tasks. One of my first tasks on returning home is to check out this board to see what has been posted. I find it very informative!


jamesbane@hotmail.com

I'm on the Board of Orange Empire Railway Museum and a past Chairman of the Board. Active with railway operations and conservation, restoration, and maintenance activities. Member Collections Development Committee; helped write Collections Policy. A 35-year active member with the museum.

I'm also on the Board of Directors of the Association of Railway Museums and prior to that was it's Sectretary-Treasurer and newsletter editor. Helped write "Recommended Practices for Railway Museums."

Also see my profile.

Brian Norden


bnorden49@earthlink.net

I have seen posts from at least four other OERM volunteers. Rypn gets discussed regularly at our museum. See Profile (and add yours while you're at it.)

Corey Wylde

wyld@sbcglobal.net

Taylor Rush, assistant restoration manager at the Sumpter Valley Railway in McEwen Oregon. There are quite a few of us from the SVRy that post on this board, ranging from our president down to run of the mill me.

Thanks, Taylor

Sumpter Valley Railway
thrush@smt-net.com

Kelly Anderson, Vice President Motive Power, Equipment, & Shops for the Strasburg Rail Road. 24 years in steam railroading, 20 of them at Strasburg, working my way up from machinist. I've recently been put in charge of all contract work. Leaving for the Train Convention in 10 minutes, see you all there.

kelly@strasburgrailroad.com

> ... or in some way rail related, have members posting on this board?

RyPN is HOME for my browser and so everytime I logon, it is the first thing on my screen and I check the briefs and interchange.

Heber Valley Historic Railroad Authority has two of us volunteers that post with some regularity. You will see postings from the CMO, John Rimmasch, on points that he finds important (typically organizing and motivating volunteers and offers of help to technical questions).

BTW, my son reports that HVRR received two steel D&RGW boxcars last Saturday. Hope to have them ready for this winter's Photo Freight.

Those of you attending TRAIN (wishin' I was there--but some of us gotta keep bread on the table) please keep us updated on the goings on.

doc

Heber Valley Railroad
utweyesguy@aol.com

Rudd Long, Official Loose Cannon,
Roundhouse RR Museum, Savannah, Ga.

Howard Pincus
Trustee, Railroad Museum of New England, Thomaston CT
President, Naugatuck Railroad Co., Thomaston, CT (common-carrier operating subsidiary of RMNE)

Started working on this stuff 32 years ago at Black River & Western (CNJ coach #1158).

And, as J. David said, this is the most useful rail-oriented site on the web, as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for doing this, Hume and Eric!!!



hpincus@mindspring.com

> GE13031 and I have wondered about this and
> Brian Allen (Operations director of the
> Cuyahoga Scenic) and I had the same
> converstaion today.How many museums,both > operating and static or in some way rail
> related, have members posting on this board?

> This conversation comes up due to my boards
> unwillingness to come to this board and
> learn what everyone else out there is doing.
> They feal that they know all there is to
> know about everything and don't want to
> listen to others that have done more and
> better things than us.
> I know there are alot of top shelve groups
> posting on here and was just interested in
> an actual number and listing. I think this
> is the best site for people in our our line
> of work(love)and has more to offer yet!
> I'm chief mechanical officer of the Lake
> Shore Railway Assocation
> (owners and operater of the Lorain &
> West Virginia Railway) and manger of shop
> and field operations for Industrial Railway
> Switching and Services.

Orange Empire Railway Museum. of Perris Calif
Has at lest five members posting to this site.
I have a number of jobs but only one title, "Wood shop foreman"
This site is my daily "Railway news paper"
Dave Wolven

davewolven@msn.com

I am a member of the Pacific Locomotive Association/Niles Canyon Railway and usually check RYPN two or three times a week. I am involved in the mechanical department working mainly on steam locomotives but also as time allows our diesels and cars. Many members of our organization (including several others in the mechanical and car departments) read this website including a couple board members.

I don't usually post messages as there are many knowledgeable people on this website who have much more experience than I do. Thank you all for the information and the great website. I think this site is an important part of the railroad preservation movement as it helps spread ideas/knowledge from across the country that everyone would not have without website.

Alan Siegwarth
Niles Canyon Railway
Mechanical Dept - Steam Locomotives


http://www.ncry.org
siegwarth@grsi.net