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RYPN is coming back!
Posted by 1702 on Friday, April 27, 2007 9:28 AM
According to rypn.org, they now have a new board of directors and are working to have the site up and running by Sunday evening.  They'll have a new set of guidelines for anyone wishing to join. 
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Posted by Railfan1 on Friday, April 27, 2007 5:50 PM
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Posted by erikem on Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:13 AM
Good to see ths site coming back even though I hadn't visited it yet. The one director that I know, John Smatlak, is a pretty decent guy and wish them the best of luck with the renewed website.
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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 7:42 PM

1702
According to rypn.org, they now have a new board of directors and are working to have the site up and running by Sunday evening.  They'll have a new set of guidelines for anyone wishing to join. 
 

Well that's good to know!

I wish someone would bring back "Locomotive And Railway Preservation" magazine!  Man, how I miss "Eleanor P!"

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Posted by Backshop on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 7:53 PM

Was that the oldest thead you could resurrect?Big Smile

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 8:59 PM

Backshop

Was that the oldest thead you could resurrect?Big Smile

 

There were some even older but they didn't interest me!

In fact, with only one or two responses apparantly they didn't interest anyone else!

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Posted by Overmod on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 9:12 PM

The ancient thing of interest is to go back and resurrect the threads on RyPN involving its shutdown, and then follow how that situation was resolved to give us the present resource.  (Note that the major reason for the shutdown is today one of the more respected posters...)

The termination of Eleanor P as a magazine has been discussed many times.  I doubt it's coming back as any kind of distinct publication, even a Web-based one along the lines of the trains.com monthly online subscriptions.  Where the effort needs to go is in resuscitating the ability to post articles to the RyPN site...

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Posted by SD70Dude on Thursday, May 12, 2022 2:43 AM

Overmod

The ancient thing of interest is to go back and resurrect the threads on RyPN involving its shutdown, and then follow how that situation was resolved to give us the present resource.  (Note that the major reason for the shutdown is today one of the more respected posters...)

These days it seems like he loses a bit of respect every time he posts........ ...hopefully no potential AFT 2.0 sponsors ever look at his online history.  

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Thursday, May 12, 2022 11:53 AM

Overmod
The termination of Eleanor P as a magazine has been discussed many times.  I doubt it's coming back as any kind of distinct publication, even a Web-based one along the lines of the trains.com monthly online subscriptions.

No.  Honestly I gave up any hope of Eleanor P ever coming back a long time ago.  Crying

But as the saying goes, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened!"

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, May 12, 2022 6:56 PM

Flintlock76
... as the saying goes, "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened!"

In my opinion, RyPN the discussion board is already worth a hundred Eleanor Ps in practical value to the preservation community.  And Preston Cook's upcoming efforts alone will double and redouble that value...

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