Modelcar wrote: .....AntiGates:Went over to the Cusomer service page, etc. that you describe.....and found that is the exact location I applied my new address and when my screen name changed to qmong....I went back again earlier and input the "old" dial up address back in and recovered my "Modelcar" screen name again.
.....AntiGates:
Went over to the Cusomer service page, etc. that you describe.....and found that is the exact location I applied my new address and when my screen name changed to qmong....
I went back again earlier and input the "old" dial up address back in and recovered my "Modelcar" screen name again.
So you are getting this page
And it's still not working for you?
Interesting
.....AG:
"Returning Guest" and "New Guest" are the two choices on a similar page to the one you display on your post...I don't get a page that gives me a choice of "Old Email" and "New Email" as you show on your last post.
When I went with returning guest I had to install the "old" dial up address or it rejected it...and when I chose the new guest spot and entered my new address than that's when it inserted the unwanted "qmong" screen name and started all my history at "O"....Which is not what I want.
I'm simply trying to enter a new address and retain the "Modelcar" screen name. Of course it tells me that has been used or something like that...
Quentin
Modelcar wrote: .....AG:"Returning Guest" and "New Guest" are the two choices on a similar page to the one you display on your post...I don't get a page that gives me a choice of "Old Email" and "New Email" as you show on your last post.When I went with returning guest I had to install the "old" dial up address or it rejected it...and when I chose the new guest spot and entered my new address than that's when it inserted the unwanted "qmong" screen name and started all my history at "O"....Which is not what I want.I'm simply trying to enter a new address and retain the "Modelcar" screen name. Of course it tells me that has been used or something like that...
Modelcar, when you get to the Returning Guest/New Guest page, log in as a returning guest with your old email address (and password). That should then bring you to your account page. If it doesn't, it should bring you to a page that has "My Account" as a link - click on that link.
From there, you should be able to access a link from the list on the right side of the page that allows you to change your email address.
..........Thanks we'll take a look.
Well, when I click on "log in" from the side that says "returning guest" , (using my old address) I am sent to a page that lists "Access and manage your account" as a red lettered, clickable choice.
Which when I click on that, it gives me a page with a left hand column titled "Your account information", and a right hand column being made up of a stack of several menu items, the first group being headed by
ACCOUNT INFORMATION
followed by
UPDATE ACCOUNT
And when I select the second item under that heading--, "change your e-mail"
I get the entry box I showed you earlier
...........Ok, Datafever and AG:
I have found the page both you fellows were trying to lead me to.....and following Datafever's advice I did so....and the end result was, it indicated:
"Email Address is already taken" which we know it's not, because it really is mine....Ugh...!!
.....Back to square one...
But hey, there is yet another solution that you can take if you should so choose to do so.
You can go to a site that offers free email addresses, such as yahoo or hotmail. Create yourself an email address. Then change your (old) trains account to that email address instead.
..........I fully agree with you Datafever....100%....I know I have entered my "new" address and now it thinks someone else is trying to "deal with the same address" and is telling me "I" can't to so....".
Trouble is....before when I did enter the new address somehow my screen name changed to "qmong" and that's when all the crap started.
Anyway....I thank both you fellows for the effort of help. Hope we can make it work a bit later with Bergie. I can use the "old" address, as I am now until the end of the month when it will expire.
....Understand, but believe I better not "get a bigger shovel" at this point and dig the hole deeper...ha...Thanks. I'll keep faith Bergie can settle the problem a bit later.
........Oh what a tangled web.....
.........I really will try to get it corrected. Must have it all....
....Right, must have the ability to have input from Trains.com and the weekly rail news update.
I've been a subscriber for years now and some subscriptions dating back decades.
jchnhtfd wrote: both CZs are running late, but not that much later than they usually do. Ditto for the Chiefs.I believe that all four are sold out. Sadly, there just isn't any extra equipment.
both CZs are running late, but not that much later than they usually do. Ditto for the Chiefs.
I believe that all four are sold out. Sadly, there just isn't any extra equipment.
You know what the lesson from all of this is? MAKE RESERVATIONS AND TAKE THE TRAIN!! Maybe you wouldn't get there as fast, but you'd get there still.
This reminds me of a billboard I made for my model trains' Christmas layout. It is advertising Amtrak, of course, and it says, "Get on board today and GET THERE FIRST." Unfortunately, a lot of people still don't take the train. When will we learn?
....We will learn when they somehow improve the budget so Amtrak can improve the quanity of trains running and more cars on each during peak times so more people can ride....
SchemerBob wrote: You know what the lesson from all of this is? MAKE RESERVATIONS AND TAKE THE TRAIN!! Maybe you wouldn't get there as fast, but you'd get there still.
A few weeks ago, when the last storm blew through and messed up O'Hare before heading east, we had a guest at our hotel that was talking about getting stuck there overnight. When I said that it was a pity that we didn't have Amtrak up here so he could have gotten through the day before, he recounted that he never travelled by train save for when he lived in Washington DC for a couple of years. One winter they had one of their rare snowstorms that shut everything down and he was nervous about getting stranded so he called the VRE (is that correct?) and was reassured when the operater said, "No problem, we'll just put another engine on and push our way through!"
..............Sure....years ago when trains were really the main means of transportation and there were plenty of them running, it was kind of natural to think of railroad transportation during times of rough winter weather would get through no matter what.
I'm sure there were delays as rough winter does to every means of movement, but seemed they were solid in their capacity to make it through even the worst of it.
Of course time has changed all of that but if we would still have a more generous coverage of the miles by our rail passenger service I'm sure it would really be a big help not only in those winter times but most holidays and peak summer travel times. As well as many miles of normal times.
....Yes, it's certainly true it seems some aspects of it really need "fixed".
Modelcar wrote: ....Yes, it's certainly true it seems some aspects of it really need "fixed".
There is some thought going around that the quick departure of the former Amtrak VP of Transportation, a six month veteran, may be tied to the total failure to deal with the problems caused by the ice storm in Illinois.
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
Challenge question: Can anyone come up with a form of transportation that can't be subject to delays from one cause or another? Especially weather delays?
I've noticed that trains are not exempt, but they often seem to be the last to go down.
jeaton wrote: Challenge question: Can anyone come up with a form of transportation that can't be subject to delays from one cause or another? Especially weather delays?I've noticed that trains are not exempt, but they often seem to be the last to go down.
I am now retired and I have never been delayed by weather while driving around USA in my personal vehicle.(pickup). I have always been prepared during winter. Maybe I have been lucky as well.
jeaton wrote:Challenge question: Can anyone come up with a form of transportation that can't be subject to delays from one cause or another? Especially weather delays?I've noticed that trains are not exempt, but they often seem to be the last to go down.
Datafever wrote:Considering the horror story regarding Amtrak that was posted a couple of weeks ago, I personally would be hesitant to take the train in bad weather.
Nataraj wrote: Datafever wrote:Considering the horror story regarding Amtrak that was posted a couple of weeks ago, I personally would be hesitant to take the train in bad weather. What horror story?
You'll find it toward the end of this thread.
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