You are right Brent I got my CN confused with my CP so it goes back to your last image..... a sincere pardon me
PS. Technically they are both Canadian "A"..... could be a connection.
I think that at least part of the reason folks are having trouble with this concept is that they're using too lax of a match criteria: harking back to Brent's silver CP boxcar, suitable matches could be something CP (freight car, loco, highway truck, etc.) or anything from another railroad with the same number, or simply another boxcar (when somebody's desperate to play but has limited photo resources).
Also, the match should usually refer to the subject of the photo, not incidental items, especially those in the background.
Naturally, those who participate can decide on their own interpretation of how the game should be played.
However, here's a link to a page near the current end of the thread to which I referred earlier. Simply scroll through a page or two, to see how it's meant to work (at least for the version to which I first referred), and I think you'll see not only how well it works, but how simple it is, too.
Note how it goes from covered hoppers, to Conrail locomotives, to matching numbers, to roadnames, to locomotive styles, back to freight cars, then to locomotives again.
Wayne
Wayne I can appreciate what you're saying and I say this with the upmost respect.
I think the reason there is a problem with this thread is the rules were made up as we went along.
For that reason I think some Forum members understand the rules one way and others interpret them a different way. I do believe that's where the confusion and conflict in this thread is coming from.
It's a shame because I think there's enough interest in this new thread.
The beautiful thing is everyone participated and tried to put this thing together as a group. With that said I would hate to see it fail out of confusion. I think this could still work if everyone understood things the same.
I don't know what you all think about this idea.
Steven Otte posted an example of a thread that was very similar to this thread. The thread was different than ours but illustrations were very user-friendly and very understandable.
Just a thought. Steven Otte has read this whole thread over and knows the gist of what we are trying to achieve here.
It is my thoughts as he is an editor, and a very good editor in my opinion. The man orchestrates words, that is what he does.
Maybe if willing he could put things into perspective for us. At that point everyone would understand things the same.
Just reaching out a little bit here. Happy friday night all
PS JaBear still pulling teeth here
Okay sorry, Sad State of Affairs. I'm the OP but probably one of the ones that don't quite understand..... Oh well I can try again
The soo line was a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific. Unfortunately Soo Line disappeared. All transformed to Canadian Pacific. I know this is right.
I have a friend that worked for the Soo Line. He never changed who he worked for. He now works for Canadian Pacific. He never changed jobs..... So there you go
The link which I provided is to a thread which has been going for almost ten years, but there was a similar thread which preceded it in another Forum. Certainly, the Forums in which it's resided are better-suited to a long-running thread, as they have more categories, and less traffic to drive such things off the first page, but there's no reason why this one couldn't have an imposed time limit, whether monthly or, perhaps, longer. If you haven't looked at the link, I urge you to do so, if only to get a better idea of the concept. I should also point out that it does appear to be moribund on occasions, but someone always comes along to revive it...admittedly, easier in that format.
It would be nice to get this rolling if we started seeing Railroad pictures we'll get hungry for some more
I posted the same time you did Wayne, okay I'll take a look.
Track fiddler Okay sorry, Sad State of Affairs. I'm the OP but probably one of the ones that don't quite understand..... Oh well I can try again
RR_views_0037 by Edmund, on Flickr
Keep going or let 'er die?
Ed