I am starting this thread in reply to Mike Kieran's thread.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/244748.aspx
I do not seem to be able to reply to any of his posts (and only his posts) anywhere [perhaps I am blocked for reasons I cannot imagine]. That’s true for Firefox and Chrome.
Mike Kieran wrote:
Back n the 90's, Model Railroader had a track plan for what I believe was a 9x11 foot shelf switching layout with a transload area/yard on one leg and a heavy industry (I believe that it was for modular homes) on the other leg.
It had hidden staging behind both legs of the layout.
The article's author envisioned a CF7 doing the switching.
The article you are looking for (assuming that’s the purpose of your post) is Joe Taylor’s article from the October 1994 Model Railroader. That layout is listed as 9X12, but otherwise is as you describe. It was discussed here recently:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/243121.aspx
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Thank you Byron. As soon as I dig out the plan, I had a variation in mind for it.
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Mike Kieran
Port Able Railway
I just do what the majority of the voices in my head vote on.
Byron,
I don't believe anyone can reply to His posts.
None of His post's have a Reply or Quick Reply line on them.
Take Care!
Frank
That's right, Frank. I don't see any Reply button in Mike's post, either. Probably some sorta database issue that a sys admin may have to figure out. Customer Service is probably the first point of contact to fix that for Mike.
But maybe a few less voices keeps lines at the mental polling booth down?
I'm looking forward to the modified trackplan and maybe a build? Any RR with "Port" in the name always sounds interesting to me.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Why would it be posted without the ability for others to reply? Or, how can others get the forum to do the same for them?
That certainly is the case and in fact, you can't reply to his post in this thread, either! (Dah, already pointed out by you much more observant folks)!
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Hmm, I was going to say maybe he hit the no replies button that used to be there. A regular user couldn't stop a thread, but it would block quoted relies to their message. Being that his message is the first message in the thread though, a lock there would effectively mean no one can reply to the thread. But I see that button has disappeared, at least for me.
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I would love to know what happened myself. I just typed in the question and hit submit.
Byron, sorry for the short reply earlier. My 3 month old baby was requesting a bottle in waaaaaaahh-ese. I have the issue tucked away in storage, but I may just search for it. I wish that model railroader would just email a copy of the article (I'm willing to pay). Now that I'm using AnyRail, I've found track planning easier.
If Mike has a 3-month baby, he's got bigger things to worry about than a missing Reply button.
I believe He has to go into His Settings and click on Advanced Options, of Community settings in Conversations Configuration and put a check mark next to All User's. He may have None check marked and if He has no check mark at any of the three options, it will automatically go to none.
My Thinking...anyway.
Frank,
I thought that setting was for private messages, called Conversations here. The same wording appears in two different places in the settings with identical verbiage. Maybe one is for PMs and the other is for Forum posts? In any case, very much needs a rewrite to make it clear what those settings are for in order to differentiate them for the user, if they are for two different things.
Hey Frank,
Those are my settings. I emailed customer service, so hopefully this problem can be solved.
I keep getting this message every time I submit a post though:
A forum reply exists that is a duplicate of this reply.
mlehman If Mike has a 3-month baby, he's got bigger things to worry about than a missing Reply button.
She's actually a good kid. She just doesn't understand the concept that bottles don't magically appear.
The voices don't agree with your assessment.
The only port that I'm adding to this layout will be a fish processing plant.
Mike K sez:
Hah, that's so true. So long as she outgrows that, you're OK.
That message is a little wierd. I actually saw it myself the other day doing something I don't quite recall, so it may be independent of the lack of Reply button.
I am a little let down there's no port involved. I have this strange hankering for a port scene, which just does not compute with Colorado narrowgauge without more imagination than I'm capable of...
I get the same msg. every once in awhile.
Mike Kieran, You would probably be better off, calling CS, it's a free call, little slow on E-mail about answer's.
Have fun with Your Daughter.....been there, many, many, many moon's ago....My Daughter is 48. LOL.
The duplicate message usually is the result of key bounce or mouse button bounce or if you double click the submit button. It only takes 1 click. 2 clicks, and if they happen before the page refreshes, it sees the same message being submitted twice and you get the error.
The other computer sometimes double clicks on me. I'm on my home computer right now.
It's a setting on the website. Same no reply button. I'm in no hurry. I'll wait a couple of days for the email. Who is in charge of the forums anyway?
zstripe I get the same msg. every once in awhile. Mike Kieran, You would probably be better off, calling CS, it's a free call, little slow on E-mail about answer's. Have fun with Your Daughter.....been there, many, many, many moon's ago....My Daughter is 48. LOL. Take Care! Frank
Mike, have you brought your problem up to Steven Otte, maybe he can help you out.
I PM-ed Steve Otte and he advised me that tech support in Customer Service can do a better job at reaching a solution.
I took Mike and Franks advice about calling Customer Service, but the Technology Guru is out sick today, so I'll try to resolve the problem tomorrow. I'll live.