I build websites, document the subjects I care about, and preserve the stories, photos, videos, and communities that might otherwise disappear.
Over the past two decades, that work has taken many forms: fan communities, railroad photography, digital archives, media projects, online campaigns, and more recently, new ventures exploring artificial intelligence and digital publishing.
This site is the personal thread that connects all of those projects.
My first website was built on Yahoo! GeoCities in 2001.
What started as a hobby eventually grew into a network of websites, online communities, photo archives, video collections, and independent publishing projects.
Along the way, I earned a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Riverside, built fan communities with audiences numbering in the thousands, documented railroad history across Southern California, photographed entertainment events, interviewed performers, and operated dozens of independent websites.
The mission underneath the subjects
The specific subjects have changed over the years.
The underlying mission has not.
I enjoy finding stories worth preserving and creating places where those stories can live online for the long term.
Railroads, fan communities, photography, interviews, engineering projects, and digital experiments may look unrelated at first. For me, they are all forms of documentation, problem solving, and community building.
Campaigns and communities
The campaigns that started it all
Before Western Rail Archive, DC Fans, or many of my later projects existed, I was involved in a series of online fan advocacy campaigns.
The most significant was Save Kim Possible, a fan-led movement that successfully convinced Disney Channel to produce a fourth season of Kim Possible. I joined the effort as a teenager and later worked on the campaign websites and infrastructure that helped organize supporters around the world.
The experience taught me lessons about web publishing, online communities, digital media, and grassroots organization that continue to influence my work today.
The movement later expanded into Save Disney Shows, a broader fan advocacy organization focused on television renewals and fan communities. While I am no longer involved with the organization, the experience helped shape many of the skills and interests that later influenced projects such as DC Fans, G2I Media, and Western Rail Archive.
Save Kim Possible
A historical archive telling the story of the original campaign, the people involved, and the successful effort to secure a fourth season of Kim Possible.
The broader fan advocacy project that grew from the Save Kim Possible campaign. I am no longer part of or affiliated with the organization, but the website remains available for those interested in its current work.
These projects have separate identities, but each reflects a different part of my interests, experience, and approach to publishing online.
Railroad preservation
Western Rail Archive
A digital preservation project documenting the railroads, locations, and history of the American West through photography, research, and historical documentation.
Originally launched in 2007, DC Fans preserves the history of Disney Channel fandom through original photography, interviews, event coverage, and community archives. Today, it serves as both a preservation effort and an active archive of original fan-created content.
The umbrella brand connecting my websites, archives, media projects, and online ventures. G2I serves as the gateway to my broader network of projects and media collections accumulated over more than two decades online.
The original version of this site operated under GregoryIsaac.com, where I hosted my personal blog, photo galleries, videos, and project updates.
After several websites were shut down during the 2013-2017 period, I unintentionally lost ownership of the original domain. To maintain my online presence, I registered GregIsaac.com, which has served as my primary personal website since 2017.
In 2021, I successfully reacquired GregoryIsaac.com and restored it as the companion domain to this site. Today, both domains once again point to the same permanent home.
Rather than recreate the original site exactly as it was, this version carries forward the best parts of that history while focusing on the projects and interests that continue to shape my work today.
Beyond the websites
Interests
Railroad history and preservation
Photography and videography
Digital preservation
Web development and online publishing
Community building
Transportation history
Theme parks and entertainment history
Hand-drawn animation as an art form
Wildlife conservation
Emerging AI technologies
Independent media and archival projects
Get in touch
Questions, comments, project inquiries, collaboration opportunities, media requests, or archival leads are always welcome.
“The projects may change over time, but the goal remains the same: preserve what matters, share what I've learned, and leave useful things behind for the people who come after me.”
