Just received the December /08 issue.
Congratulations on your 25th Anniversary! Your contributions and dedication to the hobby are very much appreciated.
Gary Yarde
Gary you are way ahead of us down here. Have just picked up the October issue at the paper shop. I await in anticipation
Bob Hayes
Gary,
Wow, you are a lucky guy! That issue just mailed on the 25th!
Wow. Already in two foreign countries and I don’t even have mine yet. Go figure. Congrats, GR.
Gee I don’t get my copy till the third or fouth of the month preceeding the issue date ( Nov for Dec ). When it’s latter then that I ask and receive for a replacment copy.
Dave
Ps I like the NEW preview’s
Awh…it is ok, there’s more in the worldly sand box for you.
Toad
Given the multitude of errors and total foul ups caused by our local Post Office over the years I don’t look for it until it appears in the mailbox! And the Postmaster laughed over losing a 90 Grand Check!
Rene/Marc,
I thumbed through the magazine today and must admit it has teeth now.
I must admit now this IS a Magazine!!! Great job guys/gals and keep up.
I am just thinking what great wounders will be in the next issue???
Toad
Great issue. I really like the info on building those log cars. Good winter project for me. It came at a good time (while gettinmg hammered with a snowstorm)
This is the Highest point in NJ 1803ft and only a few miles from my house
Snow I didn’t see your RR or plow pushing that C**P out of the way.
Dave
Snow,
Where were those pics taken? We had family in Franklin, NJ until recently.
Walt
14 inches of snow was a little too much for the RR. Burried everything.
grandpops those were taken at High point State Park (Wantage). I live just down the road from their. Franklin is only 25 minutes away.
Yeah I agree with Gary and Toad, great magazine that has some flesh to it now. I got my copy last week in the mail. Keep the good ideas rollin in.
Thanks for a great read.
Cameron
Snow,
I thought so. I used to love the drive from I-80 at Port Jervis on Rt. 23 over the mountain and then down onto Franklin.
Walt
For 25th anniv, I was a bit dissappointed there wasnt anything retrospective about the issue, it was just another issue, albiet a bit thicker. Nice layouts and nice articles but nothing really about being 25 years old. [sigh]
Can I make a suggestion, I have some of the early issues and a suggestion, if any of those early layouts still exist, how about a short follow up? A condensed reprint of the original article with a short follow up showing the layout today, doesnt have to be long only one or two pages, but I think that would be really fascinating to see where someone started and where they ended up.
And I feel the same way, why not add some each issue for the rest of the year.
Dave.
Of the railroads that appeared in the early years of the magazine, I’m not sure how many are still around. The two that I can think of–my dad’s Woodland Railway and Dutton Foster’s PD&Q were in the magazine recently. Jack Verducci’s line is also fairly “old,” too, but I don’t remember when it first appeared in print. People staying in one house for 25+ years is such a rarity anymore that railroads seldom get a chance to age to that level.
Later,
K
Great issue from a great magazine, enjoyed thumbing through while sitting in front of a toaty fire during lastnights Sierra Nevada rain storm.
Have fun, Rob
I for one have not stayed in one place for long, my current record is 1999-now Oakley, None of my RR’s have been worthy of taking picture’s of except now and it’s only in the beginning stage. Do I think anyone has the same RR for the past 25 years NO, but I do think some have been around for more then 5 years with a lot of improvement’s. That’s what I would like to see.
Dave, Grumpy Today.