The Old forum, where I met great friends long gone.... where I had 13,000 posts, number 3 on the list ... massing waffling, war pf words. and friendly conversations.... where trainz on the road was the thing to do... where I lost myself, and never came back from the crash!
I also believe it was a business decision to scratch off the old forum due to the transition from Auran to N3V, but that's my x-file speculation! However, the old forum has, which I feel this new forum will never have, the building blocks of trainz... it's roots --- Hardcore prototypical guys roam the halls of that old forum! Information galore.... a treasure chest of trainz contents, drawings... simply raw trainz stuff -- It was a time when we had our incredible heart-pounding wars, but we also had great communication, and conversation, and discussions -- the old forum didn't has as many members as this new forum, but it had old-folk eager to built their dream layouts! Many of that era has passed-on, and/or simply left trainz forever! it is not the same today, as that of yesteryears, and perhaps I am cynical as I see the new forum today -- But these are the cards we are dealt with! --- I guess I keep myself on a rocking chair, drinking coffee, and thinking about the good old forum days!
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