For the last week whenever I try to bring up the Fallen Flags site only get an error message. Is it down for good or what?
I got exactly the same thing, and a check using “Is it down right now” shows that the address isn’t recognized. In other words, it seems as if it’s gone. No clue how to contact George Elwood; I know he was taking donations to pay for bandwidth and/or server space.
It would be devastating if that site were gone.
-Will Davis
I did a little more dedicated search, and came up with the story. You can find the complete details of what’s going on, and when the site will return here:
http://www.railcarphotos.com/Read.php?ThreadID=28612
-Will Davis
In order to maintain your enthusiasm for the site in question, here is the latest snapshot from archive.org:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140108145019/http://rr-fallenflags.org/
The take-home for the TL;DR folks:
It is certainly not gone forever – but please consider helping him if you enjoy the site.
From the link above:
" As a result, I decided to see how many people cared about the site and I removed the easy link to PayPal and the snail mail address. In the previous 12 months only 13 people requested information on how to send a donation."
Wait…what…? Does that make sense to anyone else? I mean, not enough people are donating, so he made potential donors jump through more hoops?