2024: The Year in Review

[system]

2024's Top Users

Most Time Reading

User	Hours Read
@Hines	278
@Korm	212
@Neil_Wiggins	94
@JRad	91
@David_Marconi_FOGCH	89
@Cliff_Jennings	89
@Turbo4whl	86
@Rooster	70
@WaverlySouthern	63
@Sawburner	62

Most Topics

User	Topics
@Hines	68
@John_Bouck	40
@Rick_Marty	25
@Cliff_Jennings	24
@PeterT	17
@Sawburner	17
@David_Marconi_FOGCH	16
@Matt_Russell	15
@JRad	15
@timmyd	15

Most Replies

User	Replies
@Hines	1.2k
@Devon_Sinsley	816
@Cliff_Jennings	771
@Rooster	740
@JRad	642
@Korm	478
@ctown2	419
@Pete_Lassen	380
@Eric_Mueller	327
@David_Marconi_FOGCH	316

Most Replied to

User	Replies
@Hines	651
@Devon_Sinsley	394
@Cliff_Jennings	389
@Rooster	382
@JRad	276
@Korm	220
@ctown2	194
@Pete_Lassen	170
@Eric_Mueller	166
@David_Marconi_FOGCH	152

Most Likes Given

User	Likes
@Cliff_Jennings	662
@Hines	539
@Devon_Sinsley	476
@smcgill	286
@Rooster	274
@Neil_Wiggins	259
@JRad	202
@richardcrain	187
@Don_Howard	165
@Jim_Rowson	133

Most Likes Received

User	Likes
@Hines	359
@Cliff_Jennings	308
@Rooster	282
@JRad	281
@Rick_Marty	254
@Eric_Mueller	244
@Korm	169
@Devon_Sinsley	143
@ctown2	136
@Dave_Taylor	119

Most Visits

User	Days Visited
@Korm	366
@Hines	366
@David_Marconi_FOGCH	366
@mickb	365
@Chris_L	365
@WaverlySouthern	364
@RGSNH	363
@Sawburner	361
@John_Bouck	361
@Mark_Hadler	358

Daily Visits

Days Visited	Users
366	3
365	2
364	1
363	1
361	2
360	1
358	1
357	1
354	3
352	2

[system]

Top #General Discussion Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Camping Trailers (Moved from TrainOps 2024)	51
	The DÜRR 🌵 (A Trilogy in 5 Parts) PART 2	49
	I need HELP for a train for a Miniature Golf Course	29
	A different Railtruck	24
	What one does when not modeling	23

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	My Dad Mik	16
	Whistle Blow for Andy	10

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Another useless post from Rooster	190
	Camping Trailers (Moved from TrainOps 2024)	183
	The DÜRR 🌵 (A Trilogy in 5 Parts) PART 2	130
	Sutro Pneumo Loco	118
	I need HELP for a train for a Miniature Golf Course	77

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	My Dad Mik	26
	Cris Dunakin	21
	A different Railtruck	20
	Merry Christmas to All!	19
	Collecting RR memorabilia	19

[system]

Top #Modeling Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Ortner Rapid Discharge Rock Car - My First Build Log	21
	C.V.S.Ry. Shops to restore Jackson & Burke #4	17
	M&M RR buildings	14
	To. Paint or not to paint?!	13
	M&M Rail Road wood water tank	10

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Ortner Rapid Discharge Rock Car - My First Build Log	69
	M&M RR buildings	56
	C.V.S.Ry. Shops to restore Jackson & Burke #4	45
	M&M Rail Road wood water tank	44
	Not mik 2024	41

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Borracho Springs Locomotive Works reopens for business	21
	A New Drag Flanger for the RGSNH	21
	Evans Boxcar Kitbash	21
	GP9rm & Slug	20
	Borracho Locomotive Works is still active	20

[system]

Top #Videos Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	🎻 How the golden age of rail travel transformed American music forever	8
	Train Wrecks	5

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	🎻 How the golden age of rail travel transformed American music forever	26
	Train Wrecks	17
	Ride along for one lap around my original mainline	15
	Snow Blowing and Plowing	12
	Run byes Nov 21	10

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Run byes Nov 21	18
	Snow Blowing and Plowing	17
	Train Wrecks	17
	Ride along for one lap around my original mainline	17
	🎻 How the golden age of rail travel transformed American music forever	16

[system]

Top #For Sale/Trade/Wanted Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Brass track	8
	SOLD - New Haven Trainset and more - Free Delivery to TrainOps	6

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Starting to sell off my Aristo Craft Streamliners	21
	Brass track	20
	SOLD - New Haven Trainset and more - Free Delivery to TrainOps	14
	Getting paid	12
	WTB 2044, 2051 and 20310 Empty Boxes	12

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Brass track	18
	SOLD - New Haven Trainset and more - Free Delivery to TrainOps	17
	Starting to sell off my Aristo Craft Streamliners	17
	Getting paid	17
	WTB 2044, 2051 and 20310 Empty Boxes	16

[system]

Top #Prototypes Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Big Boy schedule	65
	315 Getting her FRA annual inspection	20
	🚟 STRANGE LOCOMOTIVES (Post your favourite in 2024 here)	15
	Rocky Mountaineer	10
	Would the Bachmann 2-6-0 (not the one with the balloon stack thing, the other one) look appropriate in a 1:29 scale railroad set around 1900?	10

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Our NV-CO-MD trip	12

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Big Boy schedule	215
	🚟 STRANGE LOCOMOTIVES (Post your favourite in 2024 here)	50
	Would the Bachmann 2-6-0 (not the one with the balloon stack thing, the other one) look appropriate in a 1:29 scale railroad set around 1900?	35
	Rocky Mountaineer	31
	315 Getting her FRA annual inspection	25

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Our NV-CO-MD trip	23
	315 Getting her FRA annual inspection	20
	Rocky Mountaineer	19
	Big Boy schedule	19
	One of the most beautiful	18

[JohnM (John Miller)]

My New Year’s resolution is to push Rooster to the top!

[VicSmith]

The Borracho Locomotive Works is still active. More to come early next year

[Cliff_Jennings]

John, we were so close…

[Korm (Korm Kormsen)]

i’m really not sure, if i should be content, that the software exposed me for being a very slow reader.

…and a blabbermouth.

[JRad (Jon Radder)]

Or me (and the several above me) for having no life

Happy New Year.

[Korm (Korm Kormsen)]

@JRad

for having no life

“a life”?
what is that?
earning - spending - earning …
building a modelworld - tear it down - sort the rubble - building a layout …
(i am still sorting the rubble, before building layout #5)

sounds boring. but i’m content with it.

[rmccown-admin (Bob McCown (Admin))]

Bill Hines coming in strong in his rookie year.

[Rick_Marty]

Do we have a Rookie of the year award? A trophy, a new car, or maybe a large re-up bonus?

[Korm (Korm Kormsen)]

@Rick_Marty

Do we have a Rookie of the year award? A trophy, a new car, or …

or maybe a deportation to australia?

[PeterT]

Well, I gave up on the “Another useless post from Rooster” which got past 300 posts but doesn’t seem to have a point?

[David_Marconi_FOGCH (David Marconi CHHNNG)]

Ergo: The irony of the threads title Pete.

[JohnM (John Miller)]

Well it rattles the Boomers, so it will continue.

[Cliff_Jennings]

@PeterT

…“Another useless post from Rooster” which got past 300 posts but doesn’t seem to have a point?

Pete, I’m pretty sure that’s the point…

[PeterT]

@Cliff_Jennings

that’s the point

Yes, ironic as David said. Nothing like a thread with nothing in it.

My other problem is the proliferation of threads unrelated to trains. RVs anyone? Cooking? What next? [Having an “Other Hobbies” forum seems to be a hint?]

But let me say I have no problem with the folks around here going off to discuss whatever floats their boat. Maybe the site ends up called “LargeScaleOccasionally,com”?