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Fred Frailey: "Seven ways to become a better railfan"
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<P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>It should be noted that item #2 <U>Be better informed</U>, is not about becoming more knowledgeable about the railroad industry in general, so you can gain the respect of railroaders.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>Insead, it is about being better informed about the location of trains on a particular piece of railroad.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mr. Frailey advises getting a scanner and timetables.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And he says you would be crazy not to join Yahoo’s ATCS Monitor group.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He mentions fans that have set up a system of radio receivers and computers servers every 30 or so miles from Richmond, VA. To Miami, giving you on the Internet a dispatcher’s view of the whole route. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He says you can go on the road and get the big picture by bringing a laptop and wireless modem.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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