I was going to say "being your intrepid reporter here at trainboard" but actually I took this from another forum. Here is Paul G's official response to the Atlas shutdown. "Welcome to the Atlas E-News Flash! Atlas Forum Temporary Shutdown As we have noted on our web site, the Atlas Forum has been temporarily closed for upgrades to the Atlas Forum software and maintenance to the servers. At the same time, Atlas will also be carrying out a major upgrade to our internal business software, requiring the detailed attention and training of Atlas staff. In addition, the extremely busy schedule of the NMRA convention, preparation of new catalogues and other publications, overseas business travel, normal day -to-day product preparation and the staff summer vacation schedule, necessitated this temporary condition on our popular Atlas Forum. We thank you for your continued support and look forward to seeing and hearing from you on the new Atlas Forum sometime this August. Best regards, Paul Graf Atlas Model Railroad Company Atlas O, LLC "
Latest email today has Paul appointed as Chief Operating Officer(COO) of Atlas. I think there is going to be a lot more going on before the forum returns. Opinion, not facts. George
