ThirdRail7 wrote:ACeInTheHole wrote:
If youre referring to the decommissioning list that was posted awhile back, let me clear one thing up, that was Fan Railer who posted it, I personally got rid of my copy off my phone and do not reference it for squat. You harping on me or anyone else for that matterfor his post does absolutely nothing to advance the conversation, it only repeatedly beats a long buried horse that everyone has forgotten about, because I for one had forgotten it until you mentioned it again. Now, back to topic.
Riiight. You were the hero that told someone not to post it because of how sensitive the information is. My apologies. I forgot. As for long buried and my harping, it is FAR from long buried. As a matter of fact, every time I have to censor information or think twice about posting things that some people appreciated, I am reminded of how information has been passed around in some sort of buffy circle and the wrong people found out. Every time I look at a mailing, I'm reminded about "confidentiality," which sucks because there is more going on now than ever.
So...no...it is not long buried. Notice the lack of railroader participation as of late? It is ongoing. Even the ones that participate are stifled to the point of it being silly and almost not worthwhile. Particularly when I come into this thread and say stupid things like "And then there were five," hoping that someone will now mobilize, pass things around their circle and produce the information that I would have probably blurted out before (hey....engine 6-- is on its way to deadline). So, accept my coping mechanisms for what they are..or not. It is up to you. You needn't read or respond to my posts. I mostly post for the group that may want pictures and information.
Speaking of which...and then there were five...was not an example.
I've been silent on this for quite a while now, but I feel it's clear something up.
I did not personally receive that decomissioning list via email or any other private transmission; it was not given to me with express instructions that it should not be shared outside of anything. That list was scanned and posted for everyone to see (without any request not to share) by whoever chose to post it. If that did in fact violate some silly confidentiality clause, then perhaps it should not have been posted in the manner than it was posted (with no disclaimer, or instruction not to spread it publicly). Otherwise, I take no qualms in sharing what has already been posted publicly without regard to any supposed rules or regulations; if it's not to be passed around shared, don't put it on a page where everyone can see it.
But I completely understand that your enormous ego needs peons like myself to verbally trash around every once in a while, if only just to boost itself a little, so please, don't mind me and carry on.
Otherwise, to be honest, if this is the way that the situation is in terms of being able to pass information along, I'd rather not know what's going on with locomotive status. It's not worth the stress from both parties, between confidentiality on the part of the railroad/railroader (which, in certain situations, is absolutely stupid), and fans griping for information just to run out and sit for a few hours to catch ONE move. It would be preferable to just go out, catch whatever comes my way, and, if by the next time I fan somewhere on the NEC, the HHP-8s are all retired from revenue, then oh well.
