Terry
Hello.
Please allow me to offer some advice. This comes from one railfan to another and is meant to help you, please take it as such.
Before you make a post do some research on your own. Learn what you can learn, if you truly do not understand something THEN ask. If you ask an intelligent question you will receive an intelligent answer. It is very important that you use what you do know–names should be spelled correctly, the facts should be exactly that, “the facts”. Make sure of “history”, you can not only offend some people but anger them greatly by misrepresenting (whether intentional or not) know and proven history. People will regard you more highly if you ask intelligent questions, use proper grammar (spelling included), and show respect to other forum members.
We have a variety of people in this forum who are very knowledgeable on railroading. They will go out of their way to answer a question for you, provided you ask an intelligent question. If you truly want to learn these people will be more than happy to assist you. I might also refer you to the “Stupid Question Thread”. There have been many very good questions asked in that thread and some very good answers. You might consider posting many of your question in that thread. These people, railroaders or not, stand ready to help, so please do ask questions, just make sure they are questions that truly deserve an answer. Above all, make sure you spell names correctly and have your facts straight. This alone will gain you much respect in the forums.
Now with that said let me suggest this. There are many forum members who are teens (by your postings I believe you are a teen or preteen, should I be wrong then forgive me) and chat on msn messenger or aol aim. If you have one of these instant messenger services then seek out other forum member and chat with them. You can ask some of your questions to them and allow them to help you understand what you do not know. Trust m