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A crying shame all around, especially for the bridesmaids!

Well, that just sucks. Not all that often one hears about a train T-bone wreck, much less three in the same spot. Hope everyone will be okay.

Thanks Terry. I've had a couple responses via PM also, so the ball is starting to roll.

Good greif! That's horrid. Charlie

Talk about a hybrid scheme. It is still not as unaesthetically pleasing as the Mandarin Orange and White repaints of Business Cars #1 and #2 at the end of independence. Thanks to you and Paul for the photos, Karl. Best Regards,

Thanks for the update, George. Glad to hear that the town has it's own police department. That's a huge benefit for the citizens and relieves some of the pressure that the Sheriff's Department experiences. There's a guy around Newburg (south side of the tracks outside of town) that does outboard motor repair. We took my Dad's boat to him a few years ago to have it worked on and passed through the yard on Hwy T. It was sad to see where...

Yes, there is still a police department in Newburg. The town tried to pass the buck over to the Phelps County Sheriff and it worked for a while, but response time was a joke since there were only two full time deputies, the sheriff himself, and the radio dispatcher to cover the whole county. We now have a police chief and one deputy for Newburg. There is also a police department in Doolittle. The cinder building you refer to is the City Hall...

Tom, We aim to please, and if we all back up a few steps, the goal of the site is to further what we all believe in. The rest is just details. Sometimes people look at things one way or the other. That's only natural. We want to get the most content in front of as many interested users as possible. How to do that and how to cater to people's preferences within the confines of the software is difficult. We intend to find ways to get people...

It's no big deal, and it doesn't seem to bother anyone else. I just inquired in the first place because I wondered why the board wasn't reacting like it had in the past?? I'll just follow the "new posts" and "activity stream." Tom

This is going really good guys! Who else is interested? Send me a PM please. :) :) :)

George, does Newburg still have a police department? I remember them having one back in 2000 and it seems that it was in the corner of a little white cinder block building on the right as you're coming into town from I-44. I've heard that the police department was disbanded and the Phelps County Sheriff's Department has assumed law enforcement duties in town. Pat Moreland, Union Mo.

That's sad to hear. It's happening all over the country with the economy being what it is and new regulations coming down daily. I remember Newburg before the railroad took everything out and abandoned it.

I'm afraid we can't do that. However, if you are not here for a week, then "new posts" will have a lot of stuff. I'm not sure how many days but it will be a lot. The activity stream goes back 30 days though if you click on "more" at the bottom. What is your issue with the activity stream? Charlie

I'm not thrilled with the "activity stream." What about a button that shows every post that the viewer hasn't read/opened? No matter if it's one day or a week. Some viewers might be away on business or vacation and away from any computers or gadgets with no way to check in. Tom

Getting some pledges already. Thanks!

Well, it's interesting to see how people look at things differently. I love it because I read pretty much everything and it let's me see everything in virtually real time without reloading the page. I had pressed vBulletin to develop something like that in the past and they did. For me, it was probably the best thing I ever saw added to the software, with the possible exception of photo uploading. Charlie

It's too cluttered, it posts things out of context in reverse chonological order, and it makes it more difficult to find updates to a specific thread. In other words, i don't need to see who made a post and what that post said, I only want to see that a specific thread was updated. If I'm interested in seeing what changed in a given thread, I'll click on the thread and then hit view first unread so that I can see the new posts in...

Just out of curosity why? I love it so I have trouble understanding why someone would not like it. Charlie

That isn't the way new posts works for me, on any of the VBulliten forums I use, even this one. When I hit new posts, I see the posts made that I have not read, even if I have been to the site and read a few posts and come back later. Personally, I prefer the "What's New" button take me to the new posts. I generally hate the activity stream.... Paul

Note also that I have it set so that if you go to www.frisco.org it goes to the portal page because I believe that is what people here want. However, if you go to www.trainboard.com it goes right to the activity stream. It could be set here that way too but I don't know if that is what people want. I go right to the activity stream by choice myself. Charlie

One other suggestion. I don't know how you go about getting to the web site, but I have a favorite created on my Favorites Bar in Internet Explorer that links to www.frisco.org (with no suffixes, etc). Such a favorite can be created by clicking on, and dragging to the Favorites Bar, the icon that shows up next to the http in the URL bar. Once the icon is on your Favorites Bar, right click on it and and select Properties. Then click on the...

Also take a look at the link labeled New Posts in the second line of the menu bar. This is closer to what you are looking for. There isn't a function built into the forum software that delivers exactly what we used to see on the Portal page that provides a list of threads that you have not read today and that removes the thread from the list once you have viewed it. I spent some time trying to re-create the code to provide that function,...

Tom, Check out the big blue button that says "What's New." That will take you right to the Activity Stream. (I still want those buttons to be different colors.) Charlie

I have created this new thread regarding Finding / Reading Today's Posts / New Posts in the How to use the Frisco Library Forum Please continue the the discussion on the subject regarding posts here.

I have created a new thread regarding Finding / Reading Today's Posts / New Posts in the How to use the Frisco Library Forum Please continue the the discussion on the subject regarding finding/reading posts there.

So when we open up Frisco-Dot-Org, where should we be looking for "today's posts?" Is there a tab or a place to "click?" Is it visible on the masthead or home page? I do see "activity stream" but I'm not seeing a "today's posts" tab. Tom

Here's an update folks: I have the slides all boxed up and ready to go to Bob in Missouri. I have not been able to send them out because I am working 8 to 4 and the post office is open from, you guessed it, 8 to 4. I will get them out by the first of the week though and Bob is standing by. So, within one week, give or take a few days, you might start to see this tree bear fruit. We're going to owe Bob a BIG thank you for the time he is...

Ok guys I see what you mean now. Since I understand what you are speaking of now, let me explain these pages and how they work and are supposed to work. Today's Posts: The link is http://www.frisco.org/vb/search.php?do=getdaily&contenttype=vBForum_Post and it is a static page designed to show posts from the last 24 hours, regardless of whether or not you have read them. Posts which have been read should be standard text and posts which are...

"New Posts" had always been they way I kept up with the "news" on Frisco-Dot-Org! The posts had always remained visible until I "read" them, then they disappeared. Thanks Sherel, I'm glad it's not just me. Tom G.

I know exactly what Tom is talking about .. The same for me ... And it DID NOT do this before. Before, when I would select "new posts", anything I had not clicked on even for several days would be shown. I am not complaining ... Just saying.

I've used cheap craft store paint thinned with water in my airbrush with good results. Just be sure to use a layer or two of dul-coat or whatever to seal it and keep it from rubbing off easily during handling.

There are some "craft store" acrylic paints that are made to be sprayed right out of the bottle. Sorry, but the name escapes me. Found it - Vallejo makes sprayable acrylics. That and Liquitex makes a product made to thin down acrylics for spraying as well. And no, I haven't tried any of these, just read about them in various places.

Another alternate to "official" model railroad paints are the acrylic paints from craft stores (Michael's, Hobby Lobby etc.). They're excellent for brushing and touch ups and they come in every believable color. I've only used them for touch up work and non gloss surfaces (roofs, sidewalks, pavement), I've never tried any spraying with them, but I imagine it could be done. They're very cheap. TG

http://www.frisco.org/vb/activity.php New posts only shows posts since you were last here. That's why.

I always click on "new posts." Where should I be looking? TG

I'm not sure I feel "bad" about this. It was inevitable. The formula for Floquil had changed so much over the years , it just didn't spray like it used to. For those of you who have been in the hobby a "while", you'll remember the flap between Paul Larson, once Editor of Model Railroader and Floquil. Floquil was a big advertiser, so Larson ran an article on using stove polish to paint locomotives. The advertising dollars won. ...

You are talking about the portal page I think. It shows the latest updates to a thread. To see everything you should look at the activity stream. However, nothing has disappeared. You are just looking at a feed of recent content. The activity stream will show you everything. Charlie

An example: When I take a look at the posts in the morning, say there are seven and I only have time to look at or answer one or two of them. When I come back in the afternoon or evening, they have disappeared unless someone else has posted a reply. In the past (Like a few months ago), the posts stayed visible until I opened and read them or posted a reply??? Tom G.

Tom, I don't follow the statement about posts disappearing. Nothing is being deleted. Charlie Sent from my SCH-R950 using Tapatalk 2

I believe that Tru Color said they could be encouraged to make other colors as well ... Perhaps other Frisco colors? BIG flap on Trainboard about this .... http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?151005-Bye-Bye-Floquil-Pollyscale-amp-Pactra

Thanks, Sherrel, for the heads up. They list a Frisco color # 184 frt. car brown for added information. Terry Jankowski

Here's one many people are talking about .... http://www.trucolorpaint.com/

Then there is Tru-Color as well. Although, no RR specific colors, the fantasy and miniature group has some interesting paint options. Since I have to buy all new paints, this is going to get interesting for me.

Pat, On the acrylic side: Model Flex by Badger On the solvent side: Scale Coat That's it for major manufacturers.

Krylon:cool:

The Sterling Price, while at John Marietta's, had a silver roof, red window piers, and green lettering. This was late 70's or early 80's... Pictures in the morning. Photos are courtesy of Paul Brand.

That's bad news, indeed. It's been a while since I bought any model railroad paint. What other brands do we have as alternatives? Pat Moreland Union Mo.

It appears that someone stepped in and attempted a restoration. Do you remember whether the roof was black or red? GS

I'm a bit confused...how is it that I saw the Sterling Price at Johnny Marietta's place in Pittsburg in the early 70's back in the red? BD

Thanks for the link. The claim to yield "a non-productive condition of the soil..." is pretty emphatic. That is what gave me the willlies. It did do that back then on contacted areas. The material in current use leaves bare soil quite effectively, too.

Here ya go - http://www.shopwechem.com/products/spra-kil-sk26__spra-kil-spc-sk26.aspx

The railroad conducted a spraying operation 6 or 7 weeks ago out back along the Cuba Sub in Kirkwood. No train was used; it seemed to be just a Hi-Rail type vehicle set up for spraying. After a much earlier incident (I believe prior to 1980), I recovered a "SPRA-KILL" label from a bag left along the right of way. I am not sure of the composition, but was seriously (and intimately) concerned about the effects of overspray. However, the...

Commercial herbicides were not available until after WWII, and for the railroads the weapon of choice for clearing weeds was burning or scorching. I believe the weed burner function preceded the de-icing function.