Yep, I noticed last night that it’s considerably thinner than it used to be.
I just did a quick search for ‘‘nanaimo73’’ [= Dale] plus ‘‘trackside’’ in ‘‘All of trains.com’’, browsed for a little bit, and came up with this huge honkin’ thread, captioned as ‘‘Temporary data storage (boring)’’, that contains 14 posts having a date of 7-09-2006, which may be the one you’re looking for:
WHAT YOU HAVE SAID IS VERY TRUE…THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THREAD IS QUITE A PIECE OF WORK, SOMETHING DALE CAN BE VERY PROUD OF.
ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS ALONG WITH DALE’S WORK IN COMPILATION OF THE VARIOUS CROSSINGS MAKES VERY INTERESTING READING FROM START TO FINISH. HOPEFULLY, SOME OF THE TRAIN’S STAFF CAN MAKE IT A PERMANENT ADJUNCT TO THE FORUMS. PERSONALLY, I DID THOROUGHLY ENJOY IT.
Go to the threads page go down to the more options and click. Change the number of months (say 12) and restore. then go back to the threads page and you’ll find the guide.