TrainsMag.com Reader Poll – February 9, 2004

[Anonymous]

I like Trains the way it is BUT i miss the locomotive list of builders, Railroads Model Numbers Unit Classes Like you did on U.P. SD-90 MAC "s Ilike Fairbanks Morse & Company Locomotives " H 24 66 , H 10 44 , H 12 44 " H 16 66 " C.& n.w. 's Yous

[Anonymous]

I spent many enjoyable days at Rochelle, it is awesome. Leave the web site the way it is. Norman J. Weimar Jr. Ret. US NAVY. Great Lakes, IL last command.

[Anonymous]

The needs of the many outweighs the wants of the few... If you went to higher frequency of pix, increased bandwidth, viewers with slower modems (and there are still many out there) would have difficulty seeing anything. Good work on keeping it available for our fun and relaxation.

[Anonymous]

Keep it as is. Yet, every time I've to the site it seems like same person is walking in front or same car is gonig by. Do you tape this and play again??

[earledward]

I THINK IT IS GREAT TO JUST HAVE THIS WEBCAM..WHY DO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT...I SAY LET THE GUYS THAT ARE LOOKING AFTER IT...DO IT..I AM SURE THEY ARE PROVIDING US WITH THE BEST THEY KNOW HOW
EARL...SANDY LAKE MANITOBA CANADA

[Anonymous]

I just voted and my two cents worth went to the option of leaving the webcam just the way it is. Also some of the suggestions to expand deserve to be considered. However the cost to implement them my be prohibitive.

[Anonymous]

I just voted and my two cents worth went to the leave it just the way it is option. However some of the suggestions for expanding the webcam idea merit looking at. Then again they may be to expenseive to implement.

[Anonymous]

SORRY!!!!! I hit the wrong button and thought I erased the first message and I retyped it over again. Some day maybe I'll get the hang of this damn thing. The Storm

[Anonymous]

please keep it just the way it is. I agree with the others about how nice it would be to have other sites. I hope to go there this summer to see it all in person.thanks again for the site you do have
Robertdale

[JDV5th]

Keep it like it is. Sound would be very cool if even possible. Establishing other web cams would be great too (North Platte, Neb.?) :-)

[ltritt]

First, THANKS for the Rochelle webcam! Keep the 3-second timing so you don't have to limit users as much. In my opinion, the #1 way to improve this webcam would be some way to allow users to know a train is approaching, whether sound [to hear train horns], incorporating signal aspects in some way, or clearing trees. It would also be an improvement if the size of the images could be doubled to improve viewing. But, even as it is, your Rochelle webcam is a delight. LT

[theoldhobo]

Leave the cam the way it is. I am fortunate in being able to visit Rochelle 4 - 6 times a year as I travel from my home in S.W. Indiana to my family in central Wisconsin. Talk about Real Time ! The cam is a welcome break and a reminder. Thanks, Trains.

[UPTRAIN]

Is that a rare occurence to be "bumped"? It has never happened to me.

[Trainspotter]

Leave it like it is but for heaven's sakes increase the screen size. The image is dwarfed by all the adverts, etc. If you're going to make a webcam available, at least have an image you can see without a microscope.

[cwillis408]

Keep it like it is, but adding scanner sound would be a better improvement. Thanks for having it anyways.

[Anonymous]

I would like faster views but would hate to cut someone's viewing time. Any way we could contribute $$ to allow fast speed and no change to viewers?
If push comes to shove, Keep it as is!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by snielsen

Are there other webcams?

Yes-try Mendota,Illinois on BNSF Mendota Sub Mainline at Mendota'sAmtrak Stationat www.mendotamuseums.org

[Willy2]

The Rochelle webcam is great! Keep it as it is!

Willy

[Anonymous]

please keep it as it is
its perfect now why mess with it?

[rhettsease]

Leave as is, but a larger image and more cameras would be nice.

[Anonymous]

it is just fine as it is...eliminate some of the new ads you have stuck up there...enlarge the picture size if possible

[Anonymous]

I would like to see it in real-time, but that would take up too muck bandwith, so it is fine how it is.

[Anonymous]

Leave the Rochelle camera as is, see if you can get some other interesting sites up with web-cameras!

[s10]

I have enough trouble with AOL bumping me off at the worst possible times, I deffently do not need that from your site. You are providing a very good service just as it is. Please don't change it!

[bcammack]

Give us a link below the standard image that will open a page with the window resized to twice it's current height and width. Yes, it will be grainy, but I'm half-blind and I can't make things out with the current image size. This would have ZERO impact on bandwidth or anything else. It's just a matter of copying the current page and editing the HTML for it to double the window size. Consider it "accomodating the disabled" or something similar.

[Anonymous]

I'm not here to spend other peoples $$ but some of these ideas (bigger picture, sound, faster speed) etc require funds to be spent. I don't want to straddle the fence here but I like the cam the way it is, but also see roads to improvement. If it doesn't break some sort of law, why not do a 'fund-raiser; that would acquire $$ for some of the improvements suggested? The amount of $$ acquired would depend on the number of improvements made. Just a thought.

[Anonymous]

Everything is just fine the way it is.

[kolechovski]

When the trains come, you usually need those 3 seconds anyway just to look at what you've got. It would be even worse to cut the number of people watching it in 1/2. Leave it as it is. Also...

Dennis Held's comment: "I already made a comment about giving the most people the chance to watch. But, I've always wanted to comment about the view of the webcam. What are the odds of getting some trees cut down on the left side of the view so we can see Global III?? Or knock down some houses on the right side to give a clear view of the BNSF approach?? I'm just kidding here. But...."
-funny, and a very nice thought. At least they could knock down some of those trees on the left

[Jordan6]

I have always found it to be a really fast webcam. Didn't know you could make it refresh faster. I think it's fine as is.

[AC6000CW]

EVERY THING IS GOOD ON THE WEB CAM BUT THEY CAN BOOST UP THE FRAME RATE.[8D] IT WOULD BE COOL IF THEY COULD ADD NIGHT VISION TO WATCH TRAINS AT NIGHT TIME[?]