Long Post/Short Post

Your posts have always worked for me. 

Either way works for me.

But I will say that there is school and there is the real world.

And there are different styles of writing based upon the document's purpose.

For example, I was taught to write a news article differently than a feature article.

Your company's recommendations for voice mail and internal email matches what was considered to be best practice at my employer.

 

 

Tom:

There is a big difference between posts that are simply long and those that are informative.  Yours have always been informative.

Please don't change.

Curt

Tom, I have always enjoyed reading your posts...long or short. With your background as a Santa Fe Road Foreman your posts always have a certain degree of authority and experience behind them that most others don't have.

 

The fact that you have a good command of the English language and actually know how to construct a sentence helps, too!  

I'll certainly second THAT!

Your posting style is just fine with me.  I crave details, and I love to get insight from those that spent their whole career working for the railroad.  It is your input that allows those of us who crave details on railroad operations to incorporate the knowledge that you offer into our model railroading efforts and model railroad operations. 

 

I'd far rather read your posts, which are technically accurate, as opposed to somebody who reads one article in the newspaper and feels he is an instant expert.  There is far too much of that here, and I do my level best to ignore it and not post to it. 

 

Please don't change the information or manner in which you communicate on this forum. 

 

Regards,

Jerry Zeman

Tom I'm going to have to  give you 10 demerits for not posting this  in triplicate. (usually a railroad requirement before computers)Seriously, I really like reading your posts. You have a way with words that make the reader feel welcome.

Tom, no need to change a single thing in your posts IMO.

I agree.

Tom, no need to change the way you communicate with us. It's always enjoyable.

 

Please leave them alone. They are excellent.

Haha, well, thanks, fellows.  No, I didn't get a nastygram from anyone.  I was just thinking that there's hardly anything as dry as a paragraph on air brakes or railroad rules.  I did not realize that there were many who read my posts.

 

Personally, I think Wyhog has been able to strike the perfect balance to provide good information without being dry or uppity.  So I'll take my ten demerits for not making triple copies (one in pink, for giving a punch if no reply received) and award ten merits to Wyhog, for exceptionally informative posting.

Tom

 

I am always interested in reading your posts, be they long or short.  You, Wyhog, HW, Rich and the others on this forum who have been there and done it help to make this something more than an above average site for toy train and model railroad enthusiasts.

 

Anyone familiar with my style of posting will recognize that I am driven by Catholic schooling from nuns who required proper sentence construction; by a desire to continually do things better; by a belief in the need for accuracy; by my personal curiosity and orientation toward full disclosure of details; and by my background in analyzing and reporting on railroad operating matters and then writing instructions that could be clearly understood and leave no loopholes.

 

That comment made me laugh.  I had just read the "Union Pacific 3985/844 Info" page on facebook.  The tortured syntax caused me to wonder if the poster was a non-native speaker. 

 

Keep in mind some of these parts are from 3985, which wasn't operated on excursions yet under new management due to the corrosive nature the engine had once it was inspected. It was said by the UP the engine DID have plans for excursions however when certain issues were found it was ruled best to wait until it's rebuild.

 

Perhaps the author simply is a younger American who would have benefited from a Dominican or Notre Dame sister teaching his 9th grade English class.

 

Often I post a summary in several sentences, pictures and video for those who want to see, and then post a lengthy, detailed description afterward, for those who want it..  This seems to do both at once. 

Long post, short post. No matter. Always interesting!

 

 

Ed

I look forward to your posts. I find them informative, interesting and insightful. My thanks to you and the good nuns who taught you well! Please keep posting!!

I really like your posts Tom.

I also like to see short concise posts. If the post are too long I usually pass them by. Most are somebody trying to prove they know something when they know very little. Even if the post is a good, one too long gets to be very boring real quick. 

 your posts are always good and I enjoy them. There is no reason to change anything.

Douglas