tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post4124390970033782907..comments2024-03-26T22:06:26.337-04:00Comments on Trackside Treasure: 40 Years Trackside AND 40 Years of VIA!Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-20010034653412102792021-04-05T22:04:05.775-04:002021-04-05T22:04:05.775-04:00We spent quite a few hours there!
Do it!
Thanks...We spent quite a few hours there! <br /><br />Do it!<br /><br />Thanks for your comment, Drew.<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-60578689420275748262021-04-05T19:45:23.994-04:002021-04-05T19:45:23.994-04:00I just stumbled upon this post today. How interes...I just stumbled upon this post today. How interesting to see that I made a cameo appearance. On my next trip to Kingston (whenever that is), I should go to Amherstview and try to recreate this scene and perhaps snap a phote of a train if I'm lucky. Drew Makepeacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01143676060591718311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-91070127990658754172016-10-29T15:20:32.478-04:002016-10-29T15:20:32.478-04:00Great stuff, Michael. Must maintain the mundanenes...Great stuff, Michael. Must maintain the mundaneness of freight cars for posterity! Same for numbers, although I really question the wisdom of same during my next post. GO Transit car numbers can seem blisteringly mundane to the max!!<br />Thanks for your comment,<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-85140156257856524582016-10-28T09:39:34.255-04:002016-10-28T09:39:34.255-04:00I share your lament about the lack of variety in f...I share your lament about the lack of variety in freight cars these days. It's inspired me to shoot anything remotely interesting on the rails before the old relics disappear. Congrats on 40 years. It may not seem like an important thing to record numbers, but this is how history is recorded.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917230984518214781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-19407401409925259902016-10-24T18:42:46.451-04:002016-10-24T18:42:46.451-04:00I feel your pain, Jeffrey. I have photos living &#...I feel your pain, Jeffrey. I have photos living 'on' my digital card for months and I haven't been going to WalMart or Costco to print them on good ol' paper.<br /><br />With the number of trains I see and data I record, they're still fairly 'searchable' on paper! Now if I were to go trainwatching more, I would probably be swamped, too!<br /><br />While our own attempts at documentation seem unsustainable, I still like our chances better than our fellow railfans who don't photograph nor take numbers. Couldn't do it!<br /><br />Thanks for your comment,<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-71965377585315994732016-10-24T06:11:34.315-04:002016-10-24T06:11:34.315-04:00Congratulations, Eric, on your 40 years!
I used t...Congratulations, Eric, on your 40 years!<br /><br />I used to be really good about recording information, when taking slides. Each slide, when received back from processing, was labelled with a date stamper, and location and other information.<br /><br />I tried to maintain this with digital, putting data into a spreadsheet, but soon fell behind, and haven't done anything with it in probably 12 years. I still try to main folder names, so I know more or less where/when photos were taken, but it's very hard to search for anything any more. Bring back slide trays, I say!<br /><br />Anyway, all the best!Jeffreyhttp://tecumsehjunction.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-64105354645372980012016-10-23T08:44:21.964-04:002016-10-23T08:44:21.964-04:00Thanks for those supportive sentiments, Steve!
Y...Thanks for those supportive sentiments, Steve! <br /><br />Your advantage is that photos are linked to a searchable computer database. My searchable database sounds like this 'flip, flip, flip...' Your system works for you - that's the main thing.<br /><br />The breadth of boxcars, the depth of depressed centres and the gamut of gondolas - even though I miss the plethora of RR schemes and the rise of leased cars, it's economics and I still look for something less mundane to photograph and note trackside.<br /><br />Book creation taking place in...coil-bound notebooks, at least before inputting.<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-30287564928020443212016-10-23T00:21:23.584-04:002016-10-23T00:21:23.584-04:00Congratulations on 40 years of taking notes, and h...Congratulations on 40 years of taking notes, and here's to 40 more!<br /><br />Still writing in books... the mind boggles. I would find that maddening but I hardly write anything down now.<br /><br />I punch it all into the computer for easy searchability. Want a photo of CN 2411? I can tell you I've seen it three times, where and when.<br /><br />However, I think your notes are far more detailed than mine and certainly go decades further back. I never paid a lot of attention to freight cars until recently, and I credit you for inspiring me to look at freight cars more. The hobby deepens..<br />Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com