When the Friend's message board was set up, counters as well non compressed photos were a major consideration.
If you click on Roger's links, photos on coloradonewmexicosteamtrain.org, keep clicking the photo to expand to full resolution. Friend's message board can be bland at times however since we don't do speculation.
Doesn't seem to be any reason this board couldn't migrate to a similar platform since the Friend's board is an open source platform. Jason did a superb job setting up the Friend's and I'm sure he could provide details.