What was your favorite feature story from the September 2003 issue of TRAINS Magazine? Vote then share your comments below.
If you didn’t see the September issue, you can read see the table of contents here: http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/004/447uydrv.asp
Has the publisher considered putting out an on-line subscription to TRAINS? I do like to read it, but I have no room for hard copies and I refuse to spend $5 just to read it and then throw it away.
How about an online subsctiption that has all of the photos and print of the paper copy and then once a year, a CD-ROM for those of use who wi***o have a permant copy???
I subscribe to CPU magazine, a sandhill publications magazine. They have worked out a very interesting offer where subscribers to any one of their several in print magazines, get access to the online archive of all their magazines, plus “out trimmings” of parts of the original articles that had to be shaved down, to fit magazine constraints.
It’s odd, because it’s not the kinda thing that made me want to run right out and subscribe,…the magazine did that, but do you think I’d DARE let my script expire now? heck no,…I gotta maintain access to their article database!![8D]
I enjoyed the bellevue article.now I have a map to go by when I go back.
stay safe
joe
Why throw it away I save all my Tains and Mr magizines. Espically MR you never know when you may ned to go back and find an artical for some refence to a certain subject. They have come in handy for me this way from time to time. I have a few big filing cabinets full of magzines of mr and other train related magzines.
the reason i picked omaha-council bluffs is that it is one major rail gathering
site i never got to visit, but wanted to. i live in ohio and have visited bellevue
many times, otherwise i would have selected it.
going back some time, i can’t figure manchester ga as a train spot of such
tremendous proportions. give me dalton ga any time [outside atlanta].
It was a great issue and I enjoyed all the articles very much. However, I enjoyed “In The Footsteps of David and Doc” the most. I’m a really big steam fan and am very interested in places where steam lingered on after the Class 1’s dieselized. Keep up the good work in producing such a great magazine!
Bellevue with David and Doc a very close second. I grew up wtih steam and miss it, soot and all. A very good issue all around as usual! Keep them coming.
Grrrrrr and i passed most of the locations on the council bluffs-omaha route on my way to Gillette Wyoming to film the orion sub in July…I did noticed tracks along I-80…and now I am sad i didnt look further…ok so I retun at another time to scope out this piece of railroading…Once again “TRAINS” has gone out and beyond to give us railfans the best source for train watching…“thanks”…oh…sorry I have my green signal now…gotta to go>>>>>>>…
Hey Erik, I would have to go with the cover story of the NO MAN TRAINS, because it was very informative to me since I want to be an engineer when I grow up. By the way in the picture of Rochelle in your profile is that you down there? [^] David
I picked the blue print of bellvue, the nickle plate main is 6 miles from my house. I used to go to new have ,in. to see the steam engines that were stiil operating , run out towards payne, oh. then on east. Nothing like seeing a big Berk.pulling hard when your 7 yrs. old!!!
I like the railroad maps because it made reference to the Frisco railroad. The old Frisco was and always will be my favorite railroad. I just wi***he hobby manufacturers will produce more products with the Frisco roadname.
I picked Bellevue as I find it interesting to find out about the older installations. It is before my time for working on the railway and helpful in my modeling. The whole magazine was infomative and interesting to read
I couldn’t vote…my favorite thing about that issue was the coverage of the Chicago Plan. I hope I get to see that put in place by their deadline. Mike Blaszak did his usual thorough job. There are a few inaccuracies (even between the map and the text), and more than a few unanswered questions, but I think this is about the biggest news in railroading, or will be once it moves forward.
The Article on remotes could have been more informitive. It offerd very little information on how the device actually works. Such as, How is the box inside the cab wired so it can control the movements. What frequency do they use and how do they control possible interference. Most of the information the article gave, I could have figured out looking at a picture. I have subscibed to TRAINS mag. for over 10 years, I have a question: Do the Publishers at TRAINS hold back some of there information so we are forced to buy there books??
TIMOTHY ARGUBRIGHT
Buffalo Grove, ILL.
Tim - sounds like a plan to me! Good marketing?
Also, I think they read the forums and get some of their ideas from what we post. Which makes us unpaid idea specialists! Insert Brilliant Idea Specialists.
Hmm… we may want to speak to them about this…
Mookie
Yeah, that was me. Everyone was bugging me for a profile picture so I had the cam capture that when I was in Rochelle for the UP Global III intermodal yard grand opening (read about it here: http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/004/534tzogv.asp). I’ve updated the photo to my normal mug shot because everyone gave me static about the web cam picture. I thought it was cleaver! It’s so hard to please you guys sometimes! [:D]
Erik
What, do you think we’re going to do a book about remote control locomotives? Just kidding, I know what you mean. [:o)]
I don’t think it’s practice to hold things back for book use. Especially in TRAINS, which is often information of a time-sensitive nature (like the remotes). Plus, the magazines and books are two different entities. While they often work together in unison, I don’t think TRAINS is going to hold off on something so you’ll be forced to buy a book. They want to provide a product with such a high level of detail that you’ll be happy to subscribe or purchase the magazine on the newsstand. Now granted, there are only so many pages in each magazine, so you can’t cover every single aspect of a topic. For example, how the innards of the remote control unit works. I think they were focusing on the effects of the device on the industry, not the technical aspect of it.
Take care,
Erik
When does the october issue hit stands in Canada?
Oh and also, as i e-mailed the Trains magazine staff, maybe Erik can answer this… did you know that it’s only 10-20 dollars cheeper to subscribe to trains magazine then it is to pick it up at the grocery store?
Because to start off, it’s 40 bucks AMERICAN just to get the magazine here, now on a good day that’s 60 dollars canadian, plus the momney order converted into american funds… 10 bucks so over all those charges it wonds up to be at least 70-75 bucks…
I really would subscribe to the magazine, but i jsut don’t have 75 bucks to send in all one shot… sorry
So anually i pay 7 bucks a shot, 12 issues, provided i don’t miss any which is… 84 bucks over 12 months…
yes at any pint i do have 10 or so dollars in my pocket…
[V][:(] I really wanted to subscribe too… sorry guys.
It hit the newsstand in American today, September 9 (or it was scheduled to). I don’t have the full dates in front of me. I’ll find out and let you know.
Erik