Home-made Websites

[rogerhensley]

Railroads of Madison County
http://madisonrails.railfan.net/

Jeff - "ironhorseman" said...
>So if anyone has any suggestions on free website hosting please let me know. (BTW: I'm not interested in paying for free websites. )

If you pay for it, it isn't free. My experience is you get exactly what you pay for. I pay for mine at $85 a year and have never been sorry.

[rogerhensley]

Railroads of Madison County
http://madisonrails.railfan.net/

Jeff - "ironhorseman" said...
>So if anyone has any suggestions on free website hosting please let me know. (BTW: I'm not interested in paying for free websites. )

If you pay for it, it isn't free. My experience is you get exactly what you pay for. I pay for mine at $85 a year and have never been sorry.

[oubliette]

Well sseing as everyone is posting their sites, here is mine. UK stuff but with some unusual accounts and a slightly different look at railways. Site is currently going through an update but still enough there to give a taste.

http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/Oubliette/index.html

Cheers

Rory

[oubliette]

Well sseing as everyone is posting their sites, here is mine. UK stuff but with some unusual accounts and a slightly different look at railways. Site is currently going through an update but still enough there to give a taste.

http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/Oubliette/index.html

Cheers

Rory

[Anonymous]

well, I just got out today for the first time in months with my cannon,so Ill have some new pics online (Eventually) I may end up putting them on my own page under the domain www.keepsmesane.com

[Anonymous]

well, I just got out today for the first time in months with my cannon,so Ill have some new pics online (Eventually) I may end up putting them on my own page under the domain www.keepsmesane.com

[traingeek087]

I have one that my school gave me. It's mostly all train and model rr but some is car too. I would give it to you but they take them off of the internet until we get so much done on them. Hope to get it on soon. when I do I'll try to get it to you.

[traingeek087]

I have one that my school gave me. It's mostly all train and model rr but some is car too. I would give it to you but they take them off of the internet until we get so much done on them. Hope to get it on soon. when I do I'll try to get it to you.

[Anonymous]

If you want to show your pictures in public AND be able to show them here, a section of the Museum's Photo page, called the EXCHANGE http://www.brrm.net/photos/exchange.htm. as long as I don't get 50 emails a day or something, it is set up so that railfans can Email me the picture, it is put on the museum's server, and goes on the site with thier name, email, and a description.

[Anonymous]

If you want to show your pictures in public AND be able to show them here, a section of the Museum's Photo page, called the EXCHANGE http://www.brrm.net/photos/exchange.htm. as long as I don't get 50 emails a day or something, it is set up so that railfans can Email me the picture, it is put on the museum's server, and goes on the site with thier name, email, and a description.

[ironhorseman]

http://www.angelfire.com/film/trains0/home.html

Well there it is, my new website. I'm just starting over so it'll take some time to replace everything I once had before. And I've got my train video set and working this time.

REGARDING PICS POSTED HERE: the Terms Of Service can be tricky sometime. They're very long complicated too. The main violation/concern Larry is describing is what's called hotlinking and file storage. You can't get a website to simply store pictures and files to be called up on another website. If you provide a link to click to view a picture or video or audio file that's on another host's server that's what these sites don't like. However you could get around this by making a small display on a personal homepage and use your pictures for posting here, too. I would think that if you used your pics on your website they wouldn't mind if you post a few on forums and places like that, I think.

But of course, if they're server goes down or offline or if the account is inactive for a long time and is deleted your pics posted here will no longer show up.

Also, I understand, people have a hard time posting pics here that are stored at geocities.com. Maybe they don't want people to use pics this way and have disabled it some how, I don't know, that's my best guess.

[ironhorseman]

http://www.angelfire.com/film/trains0/home.html

Well there it is, my new website. I'm just starting over so it'll take some time to replace everything I once had before. And I've got my train video set and working this time.

REGARDING PICS POSTED HERE: the Terms Of Service can be tricky sometime. They're very long complicated too. The main violation/concern Larry is describing is what's called hotlinking and file storage. You can't get a website to simply store pictures and files to be called up on another website. If you provide a link to click to view a picture or video or audio file that's on another host's server that's what these sites don't like. However you could get around this by making a small display on a personal homepage and use your pictures for posting here, too. I would think that if you used your pics on your website they wouldn't mind if you post a few on forums and places like that, I think.

But of course, if they're server goes down or offline or if the account is inactive for a long time and is deleted your pics posted here will no longer show up.

Also, I understand, people have a hard time posting pics here that are stored at geocities.com. Maybe they don't want people to use pics this way and have disabled it some how, I don't know, that's my best guess.

[Anonymous]

I have a personal site. Right now I just use it to publish family photos so that my in-laws and parents can see my daughter growing up.

I have maintained sites in the past (personal and professional), it gets to be a real task trying to keep it fresh.

I would love see more sites with train photos. Keep passing them on...

[Anonymous]

I have a personal site. Right now I just use it to publish family photos so that my in-laws and parents can see my daughter growing up.

I have maintained sites in the past (personal and professional), it gets to be a real task trying to keep it fresh.

I would love see more sites with train photos. Keep passing them on...

[tree68]

The model railroad portion of my personal website is linked from the forums. It links back to the main page if you're interested.

I, too, maintain several websites, including my fire department (www.depauvillefd.org) and rescue squad (www.ti-rescue.org) and a couple that I set up for my HS class reunion last year (you really don't need to see my HS picture...)

Here's a random thought - Many people have asked about how to post pictures on the forums, the first requirement of which is to have the image on a website. Those of us with easy access to a website have it easy. Not everyone has that kind of access.

If it wouldn't violate too many terms of the service agreements, etc, perhaps someone would be willing to set up one of the freebie websites and use it to host pictures for those who can't do it themselves. The images could be emailed to the administrator, who would upload the picture and advise the requestor of the URL for inclusion in their posts/signatures.

There is, of course, no guarantee that the free site will be up forever, and there should be some arbitrary limit as to how much and what folks can post (in part because the space available on these sites is finite), but it just might work.

Or, maybe someone has the resources to do the same thing on an existing server that they have access for.

Lastly - When I got my internet account, it included some personal website space. Some of you may have that, but have never used it. Check with your ISP, and if you do, make use of it. There is plenty of help out there for doing webpages. I'm a "command line commando" - I write from scratch instead of using programs (like Word) to create my pages.

Just a thought.

[tree68]

The model railroad portion of my personal website is linked from the forums. It links back to the main page if you're interested.

I, too, maintain several websites, including my fire department (www.depauvillefd.org) and rescue squad (www.ti-rescue.org) and a couple that I set up for my HS class reunion last year (you really don't need to see my HS picture...)

Here's a random thought - Many people have asked about how to post pictures on the forums, the first requirement of which is to have the image on a website. Those of us with easy access to a website have it easy. Not everyone has that kind of access.

If it wouldn't violate too many terms of the service agreements, etc, perhaps someone would be willing to set up one of the freebie websites and use it to host pictures for those who can't do it themselves. The images could be emailed to the administrator, who would upload the picture and advise the requestor of the URL for inclusion in their posts/signatures.

There is, of course, no guarantee that the free site will be up forever, and there should be some arbitrary limit as to how much and what folks can post (in part because the space available on these sites is finite), but it just might work.

Or, maybe someone has the resources to do the same thing on an existing server that they have access for.

Lastly - When I got my internet account, it included some personal website space. Some of you may have that, but have never used it. Check with your ISP, and if you do, make use of it. There is plenty of help out there for doing webpages. I'm a "command line commando" - I write from scratch instead of using programs (like Word) to create my pages.

Just a thought.

[Anonymous]

As you can see in my profile, Web development is one of my professions and hobbys, so I have a few sites! Of course the one I spend most of my time on is the Brunswick Railroad Museum site: http://www.brrm.net.

Then I have a site for my layout: http://trainheartedguy.tripod.com/psfrr
The site for Railroad view park: http://trainheartedguy.tripod.com/park.htm
And I'm geting ready for a photo site at: http://trainheartedguy.tripod.com/railpics

And now for something completely differant.........................
a man with two noses.....er.....Authough I dont have any photos on it, I like http://www.railpictures.net/

[Anonymous]

As you can see in my profile, Web development is one of my professions and hobbys, so I have a few sites! Of course the one I spend most of my time on is the Brunswick Railroad Museum site: http://www.brrm.net.

Then I have a site for my layout: http://trainheartedguy.tripod.com/psfrr
The site for Railroad view park: http://trainheartedguy.tripod.com/park.htm
And I'm geting ready for a photo site at: http://trainheartedguy.tripod.com/railpics

And now for something completely differant.........................
a man with two noses.....er.....Authough I dont have any photos on it, I like http://www.railpictures.net/

[ironhorseman]

[:(] This is to inform everyone that my current website www.kansaspacific.mysitespace.com has been deactivated. The host has suspended free service and offers no explanation. It's still viewable but I cannot edit it anymore. I emailed them about what was going on and got this responce:

QUOTE: Hey Jeff - I have no idea what you are talking about - but hey pal before laying the presumptiuos lecture on someone that's giving you free service - I'd double check facts.

Yes - I'm done giving you free service that's for sure.




MySiteSpace Sales & Service
[e-mail]
http://www.MySiteSpace.com

[V] I hope they treat all their customers this way.

I might have stated questions in a hypothetical way but I do not make presumptions. They also blocked me from their forums. It's interesting that this person who has no idea what I'm talking about would take it upon himself to deactivate me and it's also interesting he didn't have the guts to sign his name. I signed my name on my email.

I did check the facts:
1 cannot login
2 cannot get password emailed to me
3 "free user refer to forums"
4 went to forums, nothing about logging in for free users
5 - 1 topic said go to mydotnames.com to have your account redirected for free
what this does, for example, is if you type kansaspacific.com it takes you to kansaspacific.mysitespace.com
6 they said it was free, i get there , they want $12.95/yr
7 mysitespace.com accounts cost $4.44/mo, a $1 increase from last week.
8 there is also no way that I've found in getting a new account there, it has to paid for.

I double checked all these facts before I sent the email.

Thank you all who had visted and signed my guestbook and wrote on my message board. In addition to anyone who has seen my website through these forums I have to inform scores of friends and family I've sent links to on various projects at my website I've told them about.

So if anyone has any suggestions on free website hosting please let me know. (BTW: I'm not interested in paying for free websites. [;)] )

Thank you,
Jeff - "ironhorseman" [C):-)]

[ironhorseman]

[:(] This is to inform everyone that my current website www.kansaspacific.mysitespace.com has been deactivated. The host has suspended free service and offers no explanation. It's still viewable but I cannot edit it anymore. I emailed them about what was going on and got this responce:

QUOTE: Hey Jeff - I have no idea what you are talking about - but hey pal before laying the presumptiuos lecture on someone that's giving you free service - I'd double check facts.

Yes - I'm done giving you free service that's for sure.




MySiteSpace Sales & Service
[e-mail]
http://www.MySiteSpace.com

[V] I hope they treat all their customers this way.

I might have stated questions in a hypothetical way but I do not make presumptions. They also blocked me from their forums. It's interesting that this person who has no idea what I'm talking about would take it upon himself to deactivate me and it's also interesting he didn't have the guts to sign his name. I signed my name on my email.

I did check the facts:
1 cannot login
2 cannot get password emailed to me
3 "free user refer to forums"
4 went to forums, nothing about logging in for free users
5 - 1 topic said go to mydotnames.com to have your account redirected for free
what this does, for example, is if you type kansaspacific.com it takes you to kansaspacific.mysitespace.com
6 they said it was free, i get there , they want $12.95/yr
7 mysitespace.com accounts cost $4.44/mo, a $1 increase from last week.
8 there is also no way that I've found in getting a new account there, it has to paid for.

I double checked all these facts before I sent the email.

Thank you all who had visted and signed my guestbook and wrote on my message board. In addition to anyone who has seen my website through these forums I have to inform scores of friends and family I've sent links to on various projects at my website I've told them about.

So if anyone has any suggestions on free website hosting please let me know. (BTW: I'm not interested in paying for free websites. [;)] )

Thank you,
Jeff - "ironhorseman" [C):-)]

[fuzzybroken]

Here's mine, which started out primarily to show my railfanning photos, but now my main focus is on bicycle trips around Milwaukee. Still has a photos page, though! And check out the links!

http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken

Thanks,
-Mark

[fuzzybroken]

Here's mine, which started out primarily to show my railfanning photos, but now my main focus is on bicycle trips around Milwaukee. Still has a photos page, though! And check out the links!

http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken

Thanks,
-Mark

[Anonymous]

ironhorseman;i was a member at the museum (i forgot to renew this year, but thats not the point) i belive that construction started some time in mid 2001, correct me if I am wrong sbinning, but there is no map, the trolley route consists of a few electrified tracks and only one reverse loop, so for right now they just run the cars back and fourth, however i am interested to know if the MOT i planning a second reverse loop? for continous running some time in the future?

[Anonymous]

ironhorseman;i was a member at the museum (i forgot to renew this year, but thats not the point) i belive that construction started some time in mid 2001, correct me if I am wrong sbinning, but there is no map, the trolley route consists of a few electrified tracks and only one reverse loop, so for right now they just run the cars back and fourth, however i am interested to know if the MOT i planning a second reverse loop? for continous running some time in the future?

[ironhorseman]

WOW! Those are all pretty cool![8D]

For: sbinning
The last time I was at the museum was June 2000. I didn't know such a project was under way. When did it get started? Is there a map for this trolley route? I saw that picture of the guys cutting rail. My friend's dad told me a story on how he had to learn how to cut a rail by hand. When he asked why he had to do it that way the instructor told him "to show you that there's a better way."

I have some pictures from my last visit to the museum at my site. Sorry, no trolleys, but I do have a whole album full of trolley postcards that belonged to my grandparents. They date back to at least the 1960s or '70s as well as some other postcards of the museum. This album has been lost in storage and if I ever find it I'll try to make some of them available for viewing.

I also have some other pictures of trains in and around St. Louis and Illinois.

Keep 'em coming, folks. It's interesting to see what other people are putting up how other people organize their websites.

[ironhorseman]

WOW! Those are all pretty cool![8D]

For: sbinning
The last time I was at the museum was June 2000. I didn't know such a project was under way. When did it get started? Is there a map for this trolley route? I saw that picture of the guys cutting rail. My friend's dad told me a story on how he had to learn how to cut a rail by hand. When he asked why he had to do it that way the instructor told him "to show you that there's a better way."

I have some pictures from my last visit to the museum at my site. Sorry, no trolleys, but I do have a whole album full of trolley postcards that belonged to my grandparents. They date back to at least the 1960s or '70s as well as some other postcards of the museum. This album has been lost in storage and if I ever find it I'll try to make some of them available for viewing.

I also have some other pictures of trains in and around St. Louis and Illinois.

Keep 'em coming, folks. It's interesting to see what other people are putting up how other people organize their websites.

[kschmidt]

Greetings,

I also have a webpage railroad related. It has been around for several years under different web providers. It is called the Powerton Report. It deals with action in and around the southeastern corner of Wisconsin and also other areas. However the most popular area seems to be the page that lists the excursions in the area.

Feel free to visit. www.geocities.com/kaschmidt626/index.html

Keith Schmidt

[kschmidt]

Greetings,

I also have a webpage railroad related. It has been around for several years under different web providers. It is called the Powerton Report. It deals with action in and around the southeastern corner of Wisconsin and also other areas. However the most popular area seems to be the page that lists the excursions in the area.

Feel free to visit. www.geocities.com/kaschmidt626/index.html

Keith Schmidt

[Anonymous]

I have two websites up-and-running, one is for St. Louis, MO railfanning at http://stlouisrail.tk/ and the other is my website for my freehand prototype drawings of North American diesel locomotives at http://diesellocodesigns.tk/ oh and by the way I got the '.tk' domain names for free, just go to http://dot.tk/