Matt Ots Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 As posted on my blog at the weekend: Following the success of the Model Railway Journal Index, which was launched last year, I am delighted to be able to announce the launch of the Great Western Railway Journal Index at http://www.gwrjournal.com. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to John Palk, long-time member of the Great Western Society and Romsey model railway club, who contacted me several months ago offering to input the data for the index. This he has done with great efficiency, and while I am sure that there are still tweaks and improvements that can be made (as is always the case with these things), it is now at the point where I feel it's ready to be officially 'launched'. The one thing I still need to look into is modifying the issue numbering system to allow for the 'Cornish special' which doesn't actually have a number, and as such is currently not included in the index. The site works in exactly the same way as the MRJ Index, so should be completely intuitive to anyone who has used that (and in reality, to anyone who has used any Internet search engine). I hope the site proves to be of use to all GWRJ readers. Matt Ots -- http://line2nowhere.blogspot.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Very very useful thanks, I don't have a full set yet so a full content list to search will be great. As with the MRJ index if I spot any errors i'll let you know. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 As posted on my blog at the weekend: Following the success of the Model Railway Journal Index, which was launched last year, I am delighted to be able to announce the launch of the Great Western Railway Journal Index at http://www.gwrjournal.com. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to John Palk, long-time member of the Great Western Society and Romsey model railway club, who contacted me several months ago offering to input the data for the index. This he has done with great efficiency, and while I am sure that there are still tweaks and improvements that can be made (as is always the case with these things), it is now at the point where I feel it's ready to be officially 'launched'. The one thing I still need to look into is modifying the issue numbering system to allow for the 'Cornish special' which doesn't actually have a number, and as such is currently not included in the index. The site works in exactly the same way as the MRJ Index, so should be completely intuitive to anyone who has used that (and in reality, to anyone who has used any Internet search engine). I hope the site proves to be of use to all GWRJ readers. Matt Ots -- http://line2nowhere.blogspot.com Thanks for that resource. You do know about http://www.gwr.org.uk/nogwrj.html ? (currently not maintained past issue 67). It does have one advantage in that you can easily scan the issues and their content as a whole - a major deficiency of search engines which are much better when you actually know what it is you are looking for. If it makes any sense, I always think of the Cornish issue as 00. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Thanks for that resource. You do know about http://www.gwr.org.uk/nogwrj.html ? (currently not maintained past issue 67). It does have one advantage in that you can easily scan the issues and their content as a whole - a major deficiency of search engines which are much better when you actually know what it is you are looking for. If it makes any sense, I always think of the Cornish issue as 00. Adrian You can browse issue by issue which is close enough imho. http://www.gwrjournal.com/issues.php?d=images The keyword searching of this new index is far superior to an Excel sheet I think and the author data is useful. Plus its currently up to date which is also excellent. BRJ next maybe http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/10920-british-railway-journal-no-75/ I don't have enough of those to offer much population of data though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted March 10, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2010 That's a great development Matt! I like the tags and the fact that you can search for specific geographical areas - very useful. I don't think John Dolan (who maintained the index over at www.gwr.org.uk/nogwrj.html) will see this as "competition" - we're all just trying to share information after all. Ok, I'm off to browse your blog Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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