New Site Software (No longer a Sneak Peek)

[Bruce_Chandler]

Curious…I can OPEN the pictures, but not view them in line: Building a 1:20 Mikado

[Rick_Marty]

Bob,
Here are 2 of mine to start with.

SHASTA PACIFIC 3.0

I APOLOGIZE, The pictures that were in the posts over the first couple of pages seem to have vanished. From page three on, everything seems to be OK, will try to get them replaced. Rick Dec, 2018 Hello all, the build log starting for the new railroad[image] In the fall of 2014 we began the disassembly and packing of the Shasta Pacific Railroad in preparation for the sale of our home and a move to Southern Oregon. It was bitter sweet as they say; the tearing down of what had taken us years to …

South Fork Sawmill

Getting the roof sections finished. Since the dormers will be lift off I made the roofing underneath them a solid sheet. Getting all the siding glued to the framing and test fitting. [image] Getting the side dormers mounted to the main section. [image] Windows in and most of the roofing completed. All the trim is done, painted, or stained. This roof section is pretty heavy, I will have to call for help to set it in place once the building is on the layout. [image] Getting closer to done, j…

Thanks for taking a look

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

I have added some more files to the freight shed ‘persistence’ data. The posts are currently ‘re-baking’ so it’ll take a while for things to show, but for me I see images in a lot of the posts here in Rick’s thread

South Fork Sawmill

Since I use the Freight Shed option to host my pictures here I have been reluctant to start posting this build addition to my railroad because of the warning by the site owner that all will probably be lost when he upgrades the site. This seems to be coming true as most of the photos I have posted over the last dozen years are already gone from the threads, making the information they contain pretty much useless. However this may last a while and maybe someone will enjoy it while it does. So her…

[Rick_Marty]

Thanks Bob, those must have just popped up because I checked both threads just before I posted the above. Now if my other 27 build threads pop back that would be great

[Gary_Armitstead]

I also checked my previous posts and all of the photos are missing! Hope this is temporary :).

[Gary_Armitstead]

Bob,
Just checked some old posts again and some of my threads are starting to show the photos I inserted originally.

It does look like two of my very recent posts (within the past month to 3 or 4 months ago) are actually missing altogether. One was on my Super Husky build and another is about my acquisition of a new Much-Cal #2 Shay steamer by Accucraft.

Just thought I would let you know, in case you “find” them again :).

[Korm (Korm Kormsen)]

no, i didn’t refer to freightshed pics.

i was sniffing around the place, where all my former threads are listed.
in the very old threads, that i opened, there were no pics visible, that were/are linked from my website.

[Rick_Marty]

Bob, Is it possible to get the pictures from the “old freight shed” reinstated?
Thanks for all your hard work.

[PeterT]

So just to change the subject, it appears that Google hasn’t caught up yet?

I often find old threads using a site-specific search, like “site:largescalecentral.com NewBright”. Google is OK, but I assume is probably still tracking the old pages:

as all I get when I click on a result is:

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

Yea, it will take google “a while” to find the new pages.

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

Found a neat feature, “Permalinks.” They redirect an url to another url, so the old LSC link

New Bright stuff

Now redirects to the new thread

New Bright stuff

Looking for opinions on the New Bright stuff. I have their animated Christmas train with all the cars and really like it. But as I recall they made some regular stuff but was all back in the 80’s or 90’s. First, what scale is it? Seems like too small to go with Bachmann stuff except maybe behind a 440. Next, seems cheap/cheesey looking compared to Bachmann, but does weathering help with that. It seems inexpensive on eBay, but would have to add metal wheels, couplers, etc. Looking for others…

Now to make a batch script to set them all.

[GAP]

Just posted for the first time on the new site, very impressive and easy to use and load pictures.

[Bruce_Chandler]

So are YOU (BD) absorbing the cost of picture storage now since there are NO more freightsheds?.

How much more should we give each year to HELP?

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

I actually don’t know my exact storage costs yet. Amazon is pretty cheap, my current estimated bill is 6c for October. As more content gets posted, that amount will go up. I wont have a good idea for a few months. But this version of the site is about 1/4 the cost of the previous version, its faster, easier to use, and very well supported.

[Bruce_Chandler]

Well, please let us know.

I would REALLY hate for THIS site to disappear.

(But now I wish I had just contributed 6 cents! )

It looks very good so far and I sure do like the picture posting!

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

I have imported the articles from the old software. They have been posted into the Articles category, and I have prepended the title with ARTICLE:

One more thing off the list.

[Bruce_Chandler]

Very nice!!!
Yet, when I look at this one: ARTICLE: A Master Index for the J&B RR
I don’t see ANY pictures AND all of the text seems to just show HTML…

Not sure about the others, as THAT was the first one that came to mind.

[Jim_Rowson]

I checked on an article (the article?) I wrote and it seems to be fine, though missing the embedded videos (no doubt something that is still on BD’s long list to fix):

ARTICLE: How to make a painted sign using image transfer

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

Interesting, there doesnt seem to be a rhyme or reason to it. I can fix them one by one…

[Rooster]

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It’s chugging along nicely and thank you for the patience Bob.