Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway
Whats New: this page will be a running list of site updates. As photos and videos are added, as old pages are re-created and loaded, these updates will be listed here. Check this list from the ‘home page’ to see what’s new.
The original website went online in the late 1990s. The second/previous website went online in 2006. Now 20 years later, many technology changes have come to about, so a new website is being built. This will take time (months). This is not a rebuild or upgrade, but a new site from scratch. Some 20 years ago, many used a PC and dial-up modem, the common screen resolution was 800x600 later 1024x768 resolution. Today most PC monitors are 1920x1080 resolution or higher. And remember, older pictures were ‘taken’ in a small format, so will still be small today. Now… many use a smartphone for web-surfing. Hum… they come here to see 1/3 size trains, using a little 4 inch screen (?). This requires more back-end website setup. Image taking a single page flyer, an 8.5 x 11” format, and having to reformat it to print on a 3x5 index card. Now it takes 3 cards front and back and lots of reformatting to fit. Thus ‘mobile’ screens require extra work. A hosting server change in 2024 and again in 2025, gave the site the secure ‘https’ level. Gotta luv security. As such, the back in folder names were changed. All the pages got a new folder name. Thus links on the previous site were invalid. Image having your ‘area code’ changed, how many people would you have to go tell (5 people, 25, or hundreds). Lots of web recoding. OK, its now Spring of 2026, the new site goes online, and recent photo albums and videos area back available. Over the coming months, past material will be re-loaded. If you have questions or quality feedback, please send me an email. thanks, Frolin Marek …email me at Info @ MarekMountain . Com (no spaces) or click the icon
SR&CL website update log: 2025 - various new software was tested, for the web design, photo editing, slideshows, so new programs purchased and then having to learn (still learning) Early 2026 - a complete new site was designed. To start with, the main pages and more recent photo albums and videos were loaded. May 2026 - various formats from the web site to the slideshow appearance were reviewed and tested and picked June 3, 2026 - enough delays, switched over to the new site. Primary pages are back online (many same as past, some changes). Recent photos were reloaded using the new Slideshow software (the old was not mobile friendly). A handful of videos are loaded. Much much more old material to load.
Whats New: this page will be a running list of site updates. As photos and videos are added, as old pages are re-created and loaded, these updates will be listed here. Check this list from the ‘home page’ to see what’s new.
The original website went online in the late 1990s. The second/previous website went online in 2006. Now 20 years later, many technology changes have come to about, so a new website is being built. This will take time (months). This is not a rebuild or upgrade, but a new site from scratch. Some 20 years ago, many used a PC and dial-up modem, the common screen resolution was 800x600 later 1024x768 resolution. Today most PC monitors are 1920x1080 resolution or higher. And remember, older pictures were ‘taken’ in a small format, so will still be small today. Now… many use a smartphone for web-surfing. Hum… they come here to see 1/3 size trains, using a little 4 inch screen (?). This requires more back-end website setup. Image taking a single page flyer, an 8.5 x 11” format, and having to reformat it to print on a 3x5 index card. Now it takes 3 cards front and back and lots of reformatting to fit. Thus ‘mobile’ screens require extra work. A hosting server change in 2024 and again in 2025, gave the site the secure ‘https’ level. Gotta luv security. As such, the back in folder names were changed. All the pages got a new folder name. Thus links on the previous site were invalid. Image having your ‘area code’ changed, how many people would you have to go tell (5 people, 25, or hundreds). Lots of web recoding. OK, its now Spring of 2026, the new site goes online, and recent photo albums and videos area back available. Over the coming months, past material will be re-loaded. If you have questions or quality feedback, please send me an email. thanks, Frolin Marek …email me at Info @ MarekMountain . Com (no spaces) or click the icon
SR&CL website update log: 2025 - various new software was tested, for the web design, photo editing, slideshows, so new programs purchased and then having to learn (still learning) Early 2026 - a complete new site was designed. To start with, the main pages and more recent photo albums and videos were loaded. May 2026 - various formats from the web site to the slideshow appearance were reviewed and tested and picked June 3, 2026 - enough delays, switched over to the new site. Primary pages are back online (many same as past, some changes). Recent photos were reloaded using the new Slideshow software (the old was not mobile friendly). A handful of videos are loaded. Much much more old material to load.
Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway