You’re welcome!
I’ll tell you, I’ve come away with a lot of good stuff at train shows, even things I didn’t know I needed! [;)]
And there’s always the thrill of the hunt!
Train shows are an excellent place. Sometimes it’s hit and miss. (Often, I find more memorbilia, time tables, rule books, etc then model train items that interest me. Actually, I guess sometimes I’m more on the lookout for the memorbilia.) Before sometime in the early 1950s, the magazine was smaller and thicker. Antique stores can also be a source. Most of the ones I have, that weren’t purchased new, from the later 1950s onward (the larger, more normal sized magazines) came from a store. Over about 4 or 5 trips to that store (actually an antique mall) I cleaned out his supply of Railroad Magazine. Train shows supplied the rest. Sometimes hobby shops (if you can find one) may have consignment sales of old magazines and books, besided used model supplies.
Here’s a history of the magazine. It’s wrong about fiction being dropped in Jan of 1979 or it’s ceasing publication. That happened in Jan of 1980 when it was bought and merged with Railfan Magazine becoming Railfan and Railroad Magazine. December 1979 is the last issue of Railroad Magazine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_Magazine
Jeff
Thanks, Jeff. I’ll track some down somewhere. Really, even just one or two would be nice; I’d just like to refresh my memory of Railroad , as it is very sketchy.