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Subj:	Re: I have been at it again!
Date:	2/2/2001 8:21:31 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: genecrossett@home.com (Gene Crossett, Jr.) To: JFuhrtrain01@aol.com

Jim--

Boy, this gets tedious, doesn't it?

I printed your new GP7 roster and gleaned several good items of
information. I think I can add a few for you:
ATSF 2650 blt Oct-50
ATSF 2656 blt Sep/Oct-50
ATSF 2728--I have Nov81 but cannot verify it. EuDaly doesn't show it,
so I assume it was off roster by 1994.
The rest of your information, road number, etc.-wise looks good. Since
the configuration info is not within my pervue, I didn't bother with it,
but I'm sure there are some characters out there like us who will
appreciate it greatly.

While I think of it, you might mention these are EMD units.

I looked at your code. If overhead is a problem, there are some items
you can strip out with no effect on appearance, viz., the tags.
Only if you're nesting tables do you need the and tags.
Good old WordPad will take them right out with a find and replace.
Since I hand code all my pages (just to have the control and less code
overhead), I'm a great advocate of these kinds of tips.

I was a bit uncertain at first as to whether I was seeing rebuild or
disposition dates and after comparison with my roster discovered they
were mostly rebuild dates. A newbie might not be able to make that
distinction, so it could be helpful if the rebuilds and dispositions
where somehow separated, perhaps a new column (but adding a new column
is a lot of work).
Under "Rebuilt or Disposed" you might want sub-column headings of "road
number," "SPSF paint," and "cab style," or something to that effect.
The brake and steam generator column could use a similar heading, maybe
even making separate columns just for clarity's sake. You've got a lot
of lateral table space in which to expand if you want.
Text-wise you might want to explain what else happened at rebuild,
e.g., did the short, high-hood get chopped, did the units receive a new
version of the freight paint scheme (if so, what scheme--I seem to
recall someone in Diesel Era developing a code for the ATSF paint
schemes; do you want me to see if I can find it? No guarantee in my
messy files.)

You've got a very helpful piece going here, Jim; get Czarnecki to link
it! I'll give you credit for GP7 dates now and a link on my site when
you're ready--just say the word.

Light snow here this evening. I can hear the plows hitting the main
streets of Dubuque. No train/model railroad shows this weekend.
Working on an antenna amplifier for my scanners. My previous amp from
this schematic worked really well with a magnet-mounted box on my car
roof. I was hearing traffic at Edelstein, IL, that none of the rest
were privileged to that day. I need to cut and build several more
1/4-wave 161 MHz antennas as some gifts for my railfan friends around
here.

In a fit of useless energy I one day began a BNSF system-wide frequency
list by division and subdivision (I downloaded all the BNSF timetable
.pdf files). It's in HTML format and designed to print for a 5-1/2 x
8-1/2 notebook. Interested? I'll attach it to the next e-mail for
you. If a larger page size is more to your suiting, just change the
font size in the <style> tags on the front end and you're automatically
in business. I'm embarrassed to say that I've begun its companion
piece, the list of subdivisions by frequency group. Please don't tell
anyone just how sick I am!

Take care, Jim.

Gene

JFuhrtrain01@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hi Gene-
>
> I have been working lately on the SF GP7s & now have a page posted
> ready for
> your perusal.
> check it out at http://members.aol.com/JFuhrtrain/ATSF_GP7.htm
>
> I believe this has some additional info that you may wish to include
> in your
> roster site, especially concerning the dispostions of some of the
> units that
> you have simply listed as off roster. I have not linked this from
> anywhere
> yet, so if you find any problems with it let me know & I will update
> it ASAP.
>
> Take care, Gene,
> Regards,
> Jim Fuhrman

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