Re: The Gilpin Tram in Black Hawk

Posted by drgwcs on Feb 21, 2023; 2:50pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/The-Gilpin-Tram-in-Black-Hawk-tp18436p18440.html

Keith Pashina wrote

Yes, I had been posting on the FreeRails forum for about 10 years.



FreeRails was an interesting site - it had lots of very creative modelers on it, and a lot of the material was stuff you saw no where else. I knew a couple of the moderators, and they gradually dropped out. In the end, all I know is that of January 1 of this year, I could no longer access the site. Since it has been over 7 weeks now, I assume the site is not coming back.

Jim, thanks for post the wayback links to the site. These may be useful to others.

Fortunately, I have my own backups, so all of the original photos and the text have survived. If there is interest in this group, I will continue to post Gilpin Tram stuff, and eventually recreate what was on FreeRails, with the benefit of adding new information I've come across in the past few years.

 
Glad to hear that part has survived. I had seen while trolling through archive that many photos were missing especially with a couple of posters (but can not remember who) I know anything I had put in their picture archive of  Nevadaville was not showing. Someone on another forum had noted that it was past time for their renewal so I would guess that it is gone permanently. I would like to encourage you to share these posts also in the C&S group on Facebook (Pretty please ) We do include the Gilpin there.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ColoradoandSouthernNarrowGauge
Thanks
Jim Curran