Hello, 

On Wednesday, October 15, at 7:30 am CST, Trains.com will be temporarily shutdown while we prepare to launch a redesigned site. This temporary downtime includes the reader forums. The site will display a message alerting you to the changes coming later that day.

The new Trains.com Web site will be unveiled mid-afternoon on Wednesday.

Along with the upgrade of the Trains.com design, we will also be getting an upgrade to our reader forums. The upgrade offers better usability and better means of communicating with other members. Your current login information will work on the new site and you won't need to re-register.

To avoid common technical difficulties, we suggest that you make sure that your Web browser is upgraded to the latest versions of Firefox 2.0 or Internet Explorer 7.

You can download these browsers for free here:

Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx

Bergie