This is STILL a great place!

Alan,

The AOL boards are a thing of the past. If anything, I would talk about the friends I made from that forum who have carried over to the OGR forum and we have remained friends here. A great place to talk trains, answer questions, get advice and post a question when in need. This forum is simply the best!

And a BIG Thank You for hosting our club under the announcements section while we continue to build our layouts in our new home, now about 5 years there. We are constantly adding to the HO and O gauge layouts.

Folks

Very proud of our CEO/Publisher, Alan Arnold, who has helped make the OGR Forum a CONTINUED place to be if you want to talk trains safely, without character-assassinating trolls and other bad actors.

The Forum continues to be THE PLACE to be to talk about O Gauge, because it proves over and over again that a moderated Forum is the only way you can sustain a relatively civil discourse with a  huge variety of hobby topics in this digital age and current environment.

Proud to be a supporter of the Forum as Part Owner and Associate Editor.

Ed Boyle 

Ed Boyle posted:

Folks

Very proud of our CEO/Publisher, Alan Arnold, who has helped make the OGR Forum a CONTINUED place to be if you want to talk trains safely, without character-assassinating trolls and other bad actors.

The Forum continues to be THE PLACE to be to talk about O Gauge, because it proves over and over again that a moderated Forum is the only way you can sustain a relatively civil discourse with a  huge variety of hobby topics in this digital age and current environment.

Proud to be a supporter of the Forum as Part Owner and Associate Editor.

Ed Boyle 

Thank you  Alan  and thank you for all you do, Ed!

Peter

Alan Graziano posted:

This forum has plenty of topics and is very easy to navigate. Why go anywhere else when this is best.

My thoughts exactly. Arnold

I used to go to a chat site that I think rail serve hosted. Then I found this one around 2005. Deleted my account at one point, then started back again. 

Social media itself is for the most part a complete wasteland of contrived opinions, bragging and fake accounts. I feel like I’m talking to some drunk at the end of a bar. 

This forum works well in part I think because we all have a common fun interest. Also the moderators have done a good job pointing people in the right direction. 😉