I read MR,Classic Trains and R&R.
Subscriptions: Model Railroader, Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette and am a member of the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association so I get their publication “The Mainstreeter” Regularly pick-up Railroad Model Crafstman and irregularly pick-up other model railroad magazines and proto-type mags. Considering Classic Trains.
Besides MR,Trains,Railfan & Railroad,Railpace,CTC Board, Trainline(SPH&TS Publication).
Normally I only read MR, and even then not every month–aside from the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association’s monthly newsletter. I tend to pick up old back issues of RAILROAD or TRAINS if I can get them cheap, as well as TRACTION & MODELS, but generally don’t buy a lot of new model railroad magazines. The articles are just as good and the price is generally much more affordable!
I have subscribed to MR for 10 years. In that time I have subscribed to 4 other modeling mags. I have let all of those subscriptions drop except MR. The only other mag I read at all is the occasional RMC issue off the newsstand when an article strikes my fancy. All said, MR is the best all around model railroading magazine in the English language that I am aware of.
Ron
Model Railroader,Trains,Railpace,CTC Board,RMC,Railroad&Railfan,RMJ,Model Railroading,The SOO,Milwaukee Railroader,Northwestern Lines(CNWHS member), N -Scale Railroading,my trucking,forest,paper, and construction trade magazines like Asphalt Contractor,Public Works,Roads and Bridges,Construction Equipment Guide,Equipment World,Railway Age,Progressive Railroads and Paper Age,not to mention the vast assortment of railroad books I have and am ordering in both historical and present day railroads.
MR, Trains, Classic Trains, Railroad Model Craftsman and any RR history books I can get my hands on. Other than that, I like Tolstoy, “The Great Gatsby” and anything by James Ellroy.
subscribe to Model Railroader and own a few Kalmbach books. The Last Steam Railroad in North America & Steel and Stars by O. Winston Link are my favorite “prototype” books. The text is interesting but the pictures, well, no need to elaborate…[:P]
The only train magazine I buy is Model Railroader. I also buy a few car magazines, High Performance Pontiac, Muscle Car Review and the occasional Hot Rod or Car Craft. A few Hunting and fishing and a few ATV magazines if they have a good article in them. I subscribe to the Hockey News.
Model Railroader and Scale Rails (NMRA).
New York Central System Historical Society Central Headlight
Monon Historical Society The Hoosier Line
QST (ARRL)
PC World
I subscribe to MR. I get Trains , RMC , Railfan & Railroad , Mainline Modeler when something is in them I want to read about. Model Railroading when I can find it. Would get Rail Model Journal , but no one in central Kentucky seems to carry it.
I read anything and everything I get hold of.
Model Railroader
Trains
Classic Toy Trains
O Gauge Railroader
Model Railroad Craftsman
Model Railroading Journal
Those are just a few. I read so many more, I cannot list them all. Working at a train store gives me an infinate supply of older magazines to read. [:D]
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Model Railroader
Trains Magazine
Classic Trains
Railfan & Railroad
Historic Rail
Plus I’ve got tons of RR books.
I subscribe to MR and Trains only. I will only pick up an issue from some one else if there is an article I really want to read. The others just don’t have the value content to warrant a subscription.
I subscribe to MR, Classic Trains and I have just subscribed to RMC as I begin to miss the articles in MR which were in depth and aimed at slightly better than novices. I do not wi***o criticise MR as it is kinda pivotal to my need for model rail info, but I felt that RMC might fill this gap. Like the brilliant article on the railway/meatpacking industry in the last two editions.
I read PRRHS Keystone Modeller on line. What a great magazine!
I pick up copies of Australian Railway Model Magazine from time to time.
I subscribe to Fine Woodworking magazine …for the woodworking articles and news…and an English publication “The Router” for …the woodworking articles.
MR, CN SIG, Canadian Model Railroader and Locomotive Quarterly and instructions to kits.
Fergie
I subscribe to both MRR and RMC. I think the two compliment each other as each seems to have a different emphasis. I also keep all my old issues with sticky notes on articles that either contain a project I want to do or contain some info that will help on future projects.
I also try to find books that are related to my modeling. Pennsy Power and the Pennsy Diesel Years are fantastic. I’ve also found many out of print books on ebay related to my modeling.
Model Railroader, Trains, Classic Trains, Railfan & Railroad, Railpace, The Railroad Press, and Diesel Era. Every once in a while I’ll get another if it has something good in it.
MR, Mainline, RMC, Diesel Era, Narrow Gauge Gazzette, and anything else that catches my eye.
I currently only subscribe to MR, but I want to start getting others.