Well, I tried it, and my “spot” smelled more like a cheap leather jacket. Probably just as well, as if it DID smell like creosote, the magazine would have been pulled from store shelves in California. I sniffed the Frailey column and it was nice and clean, but somewhat generic. The circus train pictures reeked of elephant poop. Do an article on the Coors cars and try the sniff thing again. If it works, I’ll buy a “six-pack” of issues…
The smell I’m gonna miss? Opening up a box of fresh K-64 and uncorking that plastic lid.
Before anyone starts suggesting that I was slamming the issue, I should make it clear that my first post was tongue-in-cheek (nose-in-face?)… The selection of articles looks like great reading for many cold evenings to come, and the pictures were stunning. A great start for the New Year!
I seem to be in the same boat Mookie. Seems my issue must swim across Lake Michigan, then the the postman takes a few days to read it. I get it later than most.
As you probably know, the last roll of Kodachrome to be processed was processed today. This was supposed to include the very last photograph taken with Kodachrome.
Never used the stuff, but have met a lot of people who swear by it.
You are all so lucky. Here it is New Year’s eve and my magazine has not arrived. If it takes much longer the scratch and sniff patch will be faded into history. I guess this is one of the disadvantages of living in a rural area near an abandoned rail line between Dallas and EustaceTexas.
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Thank you SV. I am now on central standard time. I have been to London many times on business and very familiar with GMT. Lots of good railroading there. On the Gatwick Express between Gatwick airport and Victoria Station you will pass more passenger trains than we have in this country. Unfortunately freight trains are rare. About all you see are MOW trains. Guess they run the freights at night when passenger traffic is low.
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As to smelling creosote, if I wanted to, I would go a place where ties or poles are treated.
My copy has not arrived yet, but I’m not concerned. The idea of a Scratch n’ Sniff spot doesn’t seem very progressive. I don’t see what is to be gained by it and I will probably put a piece of tape over mine. Maybe my issue will clarify that.
The last I remember, they were being used to sell perfume.
Well, my “Scratch & Sniff” Issue arrived today, I think I like the “Empty Mailbox Smell” better than the “Smells like Newsprint & Ink”. It most assuredly did not smell like creosote.
Yes - right in the middle of page 35. I thought it smelled more like faint English Leather or flavored pipe tobacco than creosote, which is really pungent. [:-,] I wonder what the former Editors of Trains would think of this stunt ?
Someplace in the last week or so I read an article that listed several other recent or current issues of magazines which had “scratch ‘n’ sniff” in them for more typical substances (this one was not mentioned). That caused me to wonder if there was a big promotional or demonstration push by the print media publishing industry to include “scratch ‘n’ sniff” in the January 2011 issues ?