About the same time as I read Olaf's post I got an email from two friends about the errors in a Classic Trains article on the LA-Oakland Owl. As I age and read what a younger generation has to say about railroading as I knew it it is clear that keeping the facts straight is a growing challenge. Even us oldsters are part of the problem, since our memories tend to fade. The only thing that we can really trust are the records written back in the day....rule books, trainsheets, train registers, time books, and so on. And even they can occasionally have errors.
JBWX