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Ouch, all the other message boards have dried up, including this one, since TO and Todd decided to delay things. Oh well, atleast this is here, when TO hits the wall.
JMH Member # 331
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What do you mean dried up???
emorygrove Member # 403
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There has been no further mention of ERN on TO. (TO needs ERN like Buick needs a fifth hole.)
cnotp Member # 342
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Any idea when TO will hit the fan? I was wondering why all the rush to annouce a fee then the sudden death of the topic.
Of course, if you ask that question on TO, the thread will be deleted.
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Personally I think Todd and ERN are still muhling over the idea. Sounded good at the time, but when he saw the mass exidous from his site, I think he might be "reconing" the idea of a "fee based site". I posed the question and it was deleted almost 10 minutes later. Go figure.
emorygrove Member # 403
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I suspect the merger isn't going to happen. As I've said before the news and features of ERN are completely unnecessary on TO. You want news, its right here on Trainweb free!
saludamtn Member # 369
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Looks like TO is getting hypersensitive in its old age. My account was cancelled, wonder by who?
cnotp Member # 342
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Here's my take on it all:
ERN wanted more "subscribers." Todd wanted $$$.
Todd agreed to sell the list of his users by making them pay to access TO (and you get ERN thrown in for free...lol). It is no different than AOL selling it's list of users to an outside marketing agency.
Long term, I think Todd loses because more than 50% of his users are on the West coast and don't give a crap about Eastern rail news.
Personally, I dislike TO because of the huge amount of negativity there. I'm sure that happens here and elsewhere, but not to the extent of TO.
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I was an ERN subscriber when it was $20 a year but I stopped going there. There was practically no discussion; it often went two or three days between posts and then as often as not it was this character moaning and groaning about the Southern Tier. The TO board is usually pretty active, interesting and diverse with a good mix of working railroaders and knowledgable enthusiasts. Randy B's story the other night was priceless.
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