Site Admin: Okay, folks, let's take a deep breath. When did this turn into the Conway thread? It's like bizarro.railroad.net
I'm going to take down the links after consulation with the moderator. While these links are certainly publicly viewable and anyone with an internet connection and a little skill can view them, I'm going to err on the side of caution as RMNE personnel / volunteers have expressed reservations about their posting. And, I'm not sure what the point of posting them was anyway. However, I am not setting a precedent here. This forum is for the discussion of the NAUG/RMNE.
As for the "snarkiness of the thread" snarky is in the eye of the beholder. I am going to reinforce MEC407's admonition to tone it down a bit. You may be frustrated at the questions, and I can certainly understand your aggravation, annoyance, reluctance, and/or reticence (wait, I'm checking my thesaurus for more words....) to post details on the operation. That said, and I can understand the motivation of some of the responses, let's tone it down. I think there's a history here, with automatic responses. Keep in mind we have some eager railfans here of different levels of knowledge.
On the other side of the equation, you can't just request a whole laundry list of things you want to know and expect or demand a response. If you can't get there anyway, why is it important?
That said, while questions are certainly welcome, the volunteers at these operations must get awful tired of the second guessing. While I like to have questions out in the open in the interest of transparency, and to give the organizations a chance to defend themselves (see aforementioned Conway thread), that's not a license to continually say "you should have done this or that", etc. These are people who give their blood, sweat, and tears on a volunteer basis to run an operation that brings joy to many.
In short,
pi$$ off the railfans, you have no audience, but pi$S off the volunteers and donors, and you have no railroad.
Thanks for your indulgence. Now back to the discussion of the RMNE, which, from all accounts that I hear of, is a wonderful operation.