Well, it took a little longer than I expected, but I would like to welcome everyone to the new Lebanon Railroads site, which has been renamed Ohio Valley Rail.
It turns out that as much as I enjoy writing about Lebanon, only 1 road every went through the town and I felt like the title was a bit limiting. I’ll still be writing plenty about the LM&M and the CL&N, but now I feel like I have the freedom to expand out and write about other railroads.
In addition to the new name, the site also has a new address. Feel free to update your bookmarks to our new domain at www.ohiovalleyrail.com (or, ya know, don’t update cause the old domain will work too). Also check out the new favicon that shows up in your browser. If you squint hard enough you can see a steam locomotive in front of the state of Ohio.
Since we were getting a new name already, I went ahead and took the opportunity to completely overhaul the site. It looks a bit different doesn’t it? I hope you enjoy the new design (email me if you don’t). I want to go ahead and point out some new features the reader might be interested in.
- New Feeds: I’ve replaced blogger as the default feed for the site with feedburner.com. This allows me to add a number of new features to our rss feed and also allows the new subscribe by email option. RSS too complicated for you? Just type your email address in that form on the upper-right and click subscribe. Ohio Valley Rail updates will soon be flowing to your inbox.
- Amazon: There’s a new Amazon banner that I worked into the header of the page. It should feature railroad related products most of the time. It’s there if you’re interested, if not ignore it.
- Categories: Also up top I added some navigation to the most popular categories on the site. Clicking History for instance brings up all posts that relate to history.
- Posting Schedule: Finally I’m going to experiment with something different when it comes to my posting schedule. As close as I can manage, I’m going to attempt to post on Fridays with a history post every week. On Wednesdays, I’ll try and post something about modeling. This may not happen every week because I don’t write about modeling, but when I do it will be on Wednesday. If I have time, I’ll also write a Sunday or Monday post and this could be about anything. We’ll see how it works, but hopefully I can get into a rhythm and keep everyone coming back for more.
In conclusion, I hope you are excited about the new site as much as I am. I thrive on feedback, so let me know what you think. And remember, the comment box is always open under every post for your use. Now go out read some articles, and enjoy!
Please be patient over the next hour or so (hopefully) while I update Lebanon Railroads with a new design. They’ll be new colors, a new name, and all kinds of shiny goodness, so stick around cause it’s going to be awesome!
Also, it’s a perfect time to use this under construction graphic. It’s 1998 all over again!