Thought I start a new topic. It seems like when people talk about the articles in past issues, it is usally all over the place. So I decided to narrow the field down some.
Lets talk about this issue.
So who wants to get the ball rolling?
Gary [:)]
For i shall chuck the ball at the wall.
An interesting thing for me in the new issue is the article on the Newly formed Appalachian & Ohio. And get this, also in my MR this guy just had made a Appalachian&Ohio RR in his basement! I can’t wait to see what the paint scheme is gonna look like on those Bad @$$ SD-50’s. I would like to go railfanning on the road, but can’t due to i live soo far away.
Stay Safe and Long Live the LV
Sean
Yeah I would too but I live in California. It’s great that there is a story about new shortlines. Maybe thats what we need. Every once and a while maybe talk about a shortline. Look in this issue we got two.
I think the Grand Canyon Railway should buy the ATSF3751 steam loco…so people can actually enjoy it. How is that for a topic starter?
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All I can say, is that this issue was one of the most boring that I have yet seen. Although I did like the map of the month. (CONFUSING!)
I wouldn’t see this issue as boring, maybe throw in a few more photos but it was very informative. I learn a lot about the White Pass & Yukon. The map of the month was a little confusing but does any one remember when they did one just like it for BNSF? That one was confusing.
I went through this issue in twenty minutes. Wheres the beef? In a certain other publication I learned a great deal and it took about 45 minutes to digest it. Not to bring up competitors but I think trains has been dumming down its content for a while as a whole and is trying to broaden its base while ignoring us who know what a coupler is.
Railroads have become more monolithic-less variety-so you have less to cover, hence the business side of carloadings-mergers-trackage become the meat rather than a side dish- and frankly its boring.More history and words per page than a large spread of a guy sleeping in a loco cab would be helpful. More real railroaders and first person narritives are good aka John Crosby who ought to write a book-I would buy it in a heartbeat.