Updates

Somewhile back I read that Mikkel would not be updating this site, but would continue to host it as an online resource. In conversation with him in another place, I mentioned that if he ever did stop hosting it, I would be glad to take it on. The bottom line for me was that I've been a fan of this site since its inception, and I didn't want it to disappear. To cut a short story short, Mikkel was happy for me to take it on, and his Claranet host and our host (1&1) did the necessary handshaking and the transfer of the domain name, and the hosting of it on 1&1 is now complete.

The domain name gwr.org.uk is actually owned by Trevor Grout, since he administers the account space on 1&1.  I will be the webmaster.

As Mikkel noted in his signoff, the web has changed enormously since the inception of GWR Modelling, and of the lesser demand now for a site such as this, and to be honest, I am currently in two minds between keeping it as an archive or re-opening it for 'business as usual'. What I will be doing, although in no great hurry, is getting familiar with the existing coding, and taking an opportunity to tidy up the structure and appearance of the pages. Further than that I cannot predict, except to say that I will try to keep to the spirit of Mikkel's founding objectives.

I am mindful that this site, like any site, is always about the efforts and goodwill of its contributors far more than where it is hosted or who happens to be holding the reins, so I am going to take the opportunity of thanking all the existing contributors, assuring them of my continuing goodwill, and of course thanking Mikkel for his valiant 10-year stint.

If anyone wants to contact me about anything, feel free to do so.

Russ Elliott