Lost a whole archive of historical train timetables from the 1930s when my old hosting went under

I had this site with scanned PDFs of 47 vintage train schedules from the Chicago and North Western Railway that vanished when my free host deleted my account without warning, and now I'm kicking myself for not backing up to the Internet Archive, has anyone else had luck recovering stuff like that from old caches?

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rivera.susan8d ago

Oh man, I mean is that really that big of a loss though? Like, I get being annoyed your host deleted your stuff, but old train schedules from the 30s? I feel like there are bigger things to worry about, idk.

oliver2428d ago

Hey @rivera.susan, you're probably right, but man, I guess I'm just a sucker for obscure niche stuff. My own personal brand of clutter is a half-finished 3D print of a dinosaur that looks like a sad potato, so who am I to judge someone hoarding train schedules? At least those schedules are historically accurate, unlike my attempts at sculpting. I mean, it's a loss for someone, somewhere, and that's enough for me to feel a little bad for the guy.