damn those animals! lol...::kidding of course::
Our NJT fourm must remain dominant!
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NJT Rail forum - now & then
- Discussion related to New Jersey Transit rail and light rail operations.
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by arrow
I remember finding the original forum (the one before the last one) by just looking for arrow III stuff on google. Once I found it and saw how much information was on it that interested me I was hooked!
I am amazed now looking back that they didn't require a password to post for any username, I guess that's one of the reasons it's no longer here.
I am amazed now looking back that they didn't require a password to post for any username, I guess that's one of the reasons it's no longer here.
by Jtgshu
I think I first found this site in 1999, or early 2000. I guess 3 versions ago?
I actually have to thank railroad.net in one version or another for my job on the railroad, in really peaking my interest in the railroads, and it made me decide that I really wanted to do this as my career choice (i was probably a junior in college at this point in time). Dialog with people who actually worked on the railroad and talking to them and find out where i had to go, and what i had to do to get a job on the railroad (basically just fill out an application). I have actually i think learned more from this site about railroad operations, not just at NJT but in general and about how things actually work and the reasons behind them that from any kind of formal training that i received from teh railroad.
The railroad, espeically with trainmen, and probably engineers too, just sort of throw you out to the wolves. Of course they teach volumes more than they did in the past, but still no where near what you NEED to know and how to handle every situation. But that day will never come when a railroader will know all, but a good railroader will learn something every day, and add that to his bank of knowledge, adn that is what makes him a good railroader. When you think you know everything, (like people in management) that is the point then things start to go downhill, and stupid decisions are made, and in some cases, peoples and crews lives are put in danger.
This truely is a great site and resource, and learning tool, for railroaders and armchair railroaders alike.
I actually have to thank railroad.net in one version or another for my job on the railroad, in really peaking my interest in the railroads, and it made me decide that I really wanted to do this as my career choice (i was probably a junior in college at this point in time). Dialog with people who actually worked on the railroad and talking to them and find out where i had to go, and what i had to do to get a job on the railroad (basically just fill out an application). I have actually i think learned more from this site about railroad operations, not just at NJT but in general and about how things actually work and the reasons behind them that from any kind of formal training that i received from teh railroad.
The railroad, espeically with trainmen, and probably engineers too, just sort of throw you out to the wolves. Of course they teach volumes more than they did in the past, but still no where near what you NEED to know and how to handle every situation. But that day will never come when a railroader will know all, but a good railroader will learn something every day, and add that to his bank of knowledge, adn that is what makes him a good railroader. When you think you know everything, (like people in management) that is the point then things start to go downhill, and stupid decisions are made, and in some cases, peoples and crews lives are put in danger.
This truely is a great site and resource, and learning tool, for railroaders and armchair railroaders alike.
On the RR, "believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see"
John, aka "JTGSHU" passed away on August 26, 2013. We honor his memory and his devotion to railroading at railroad.net.
John, aka "JTGSHU" passed away on August 26, 2013. We honor his memory and his devotion to railroading at railroad.net.
by Electrify the RVL!
I, like Irish, found the original forum when I Googled the Newark-Elizabeth light rail. I had just moved to Roselle and was interested about the fate of the CNJ mainline.
What was your forum name back then, Irish?
What was your forum name back then, Irish?
"Don't take the train. Sooner or later, everyone who travels via train gets chased along the tops of the cars by crooks."
by nick11a
Electrify the RVL! wrote:What was your forum name back then, Irish?According to Blocky, he's been here and has been called Irish Cheiftan for a long time.
BlockLine_4111 wrote:I was BlockLine_4111 in the prior system and BigBlue11 in the one before that. IIRC Irish Chieftan and TriStateTom have been with us for a long time too.I wasn't here back then for ye olde olde RR.net. Just here for ye olde RR.net and the current one.
~Nick O.: Moderator: NJT Rail
Moderator of the "widely popular" NJT Rail Forum! What once was first is now seventh!
Moderator of the "widely popular" NJT Rail Forum! What once was first is now seventh!
