Just got Augusts issue, wow, good stuff. Now I remember why I pay money. That 4.95 is the best money i spend.
Exellent “From the Editor” Mr. Hemphill. That must of been tough to write. Very touching to anyone that likes trains, or is facing a hard decision to make.
SAAAALUTE (from adrianspeeder standing at attention)
oh, and everyone look carefully at page 6, and note all the names that are there.
(nice one E.B.)
Will post more as i read more
Adrianspeeder
I HAVEN’T EVEN GOT MINE YET IN THE MAIL YET!
[bow]BNSF[bow]
Nice one Ed, I didn’t even put 2 and 2 together when I read the comment, I should have especially known when you stated your position in Houston.
Some interesting stuff in this one. Industrial growth may bring some new traffic to the rails…
LC
I’m still waiting on mine too. Got My Model Railroader on The 1st, but still waiting on the arrivle of the TRAINS.
Noah
Yes, things are most definately looking up for the railroads in the next couple of years, it will be exciting to see what happens!
I received my issue Friday. Last night I took a quick look through it. It does look like a good issue. It also “hits” close to home for Adrian.
After reading this thread I had to check out page 6, just as Adrian suggested. I usually read most of the whole magazine but just didn’t get to it yet. But when I checked out page 6, low and behold a familiar name appeared.
Now how did that happen? [;)]
Gee, you all are making the August issue sound VERY INTERESTING!!
We haven’t gotten Walt’s copy yet in the mail. [:(] Maybe it’ll come in the
mail Tuesday or Wednesday.
“ANTICIPATION” [:D]
…This month my copy arrived on the 3rd…not bad. And the Horseshoe Curve article is right down my alley. My home area is roughly 40 miles from there. So I’ve been to the Curve quite a few times and understand what it used to be and even the war time traffic situation and the critical part it played in getting the war material over the mountain, etc…First trip to ride around it was 1942 and still remember it vividly. Later rode around it as a school boy heading to Washington and later as a GI going to the Orient…Have visited it in recent years too…so the article hit home for me. Thanks, TRAINS.
I thought the issue was a good one as well. l liked the article on the loads of the Rio Grande. A lot of information there that you usually don’t think about or could get anywhere else. All in all, I’m pleased.
Excellent work on the Rio Grande Commodites Mr. Hemphill. I read it twice already. How much work was that. Good work.
Adrianspeeder
The pictures of the commodities themselves was a really nice touch, you certainly don’t see that anywhere else… it really put things into better perspective.
This was a good issue, I read the whole thing straight through in about 2 hours this afternoon. I really did like the Rio Grande piece (if you look at the map on pg. 29, I live about 2 miles from the powerplant north of Denver named “Valmont”, the Boulder plant), right in my backyard.
All of the issues Mark has edited have been excellent and there isn’t any reading material that I enjoy and am stimulated by more. This was as tops as any have been. But the troop-train story makes me ask the question: Why has not the National Defense angle been raised by fans, the industry, and the magazines, concerning the unfair treatment given the railroads, and the far greater subsidies given to all other passenger transportation than are given to Amtrak and public transit? Far greater subsidies when you look at the whole picture. Could the railroad industry begin to do anything like the job it did in WWII and WWI? Suppose North Amnerica had to fight a war and be energy independent at the same time? It this a complete impossibility?
why is Mark leaving? He’s the best editor Trains ever got & I’ve been subscribing since the 60s. I hope we can get someone half as good as him; but I kinda doubt it.
Dave Vergun
Locomutt’s copy came in the mail this afternoon. I have thumbed through it, and
it looks like it’s filled with very good articles. I’ve gotten half way through Mark’s
article on the commodities. Locomutt has not even had a chance to get through
it yet because he was [zzz]
Finally, got it today, the 6th. I think that’s the latest I’ve ever gotten it. It is a very good issue, from what I have read and the glancing I have done. I’ve got to get off now so I can read it.
Noah
Chances are they won’t get called upon like they would in WWI and WWII, at least not in the passenger sense, they would all go by plane nowadays, or bus, both ways are faster nowadays than they were back during WWI and WWII.
I had to PRY IT from her hands.[:)]
I’ve not really had a chance to get all the way
through it,but it is totally interesting.
Ed,great letter,but nobody said Mookie wrote one also.[:)]
And Mark,I’m very sorry that is going to be your last Editorial.
I’ve looked forward to them when I get my copy of “Trains”[:(][:(][:(][:(][:(]
Ed…congratulations on being published in this months Trains.