Had PTJ starting with issue #1 until they folded it into Pacific News. Have had Trains for many years, but think it's becoming just one big "ad" with some train stuff thrown in to justify the name. Tried the new "classic trains" - a clone of "Trains" itself. Find most of the info nowdays on the internet boards. Read the Shasta Rail Group pubs to pick up what I miss. IMHO "Flimsies Northwest" and "SP Review" are their best rags. Flimsies West is OK, and "The Overland" has a way to go. Haven't seen "BNSF Review" yet, also waiting for their "Western Railfan" new color mag.
I take 'Trains' on subscription, and have to say that I usually enjoy it very much, especially when they have a 'theme' issue. Like when they did General Electric, and other things. ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com
I like MRR and RMC. I really liked Vintage Rails, for the fiction and first hand accounts. Classic Trains has great pics, but is a big disappointment to me, story wise. Instead, I went to ebay and bought 125 or so issues of Railroad Magazine. I made sure I didn't go past 1960, as I am a steam era fan. These mags are a gold mine of fiction, first hand accounts, and tutorials on steam era, early diesel, and traction equipment. I've been learning about different parts and appliances on steam lokies, plus the fiction is a mother lode of common practices and methods, and good morals and behaviour. Too bad they were printed on pulp paper! ------------------ John
Hello John, welcome to TrainBoard. You sure have a lot of reading to do I have in the past bought loads of back-numbers of magazines (British ones, years ago), and they took me ages to read theem all and log any articles, photos, plans etc. I ma need later. What fun ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com
I subscribe to Model Railroader, Model Railroading, and Garden Railways. I also read RMC, Trains and Classic Toy Trains on a regular basis. Each and every one of these magazines has been stored away for future reference. I've been fortunate to acquire back issues for many mags I didn't have, including some neat issues of Model Trains magazine, which was published by Kalmbach in the '50s. I still don't think my wife realizes how many magazines I've picked up in the last ten years! I don't really have any complaints about these magazines, but I too miss Rail News. Their articles seemed to appeal to me more than those in Trains. Of course, there's never enough about the SP&S! Pat ------------------ Wishin' I wasn't so far from the railroad...
I think that it would be a waist of my $$ for me personally get Classic Trains. I think I have seen 2 things of interest in it, and if there is that few I read it "in store" Happy Railroading! Dane N. ------------------ TAMR2860-AKA BC Rail King TAMR2860@hotmail.com
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Alan: Which magazines do you all read, both Railroad and Model Railroad, and why those? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <font face="tahoma" color=blue> Well was buying MR, but after trying to get some info out of them by EMAIL, and the reply saying basically, "we dont keep any information after the story runs, you people annoy us for asking" I would rather eat razor blades than spend anothe cent on it. Plus its just full of ads and little else. Been looking into N scale mag.. seems like the right stuff.. but some of the others mentioned here are not the usual ones in the newsagents.. Be interesting to see a webpage noting all the different magazines.. </font> [This message has been edited by virtual-bird (edited 17 May 2000).]
MR is really bad Taking student fare was like taking my trains! Arrg Dane N. ------------------ TAMR2860-AKA BC Rail King TAMR2860@hotmail.com
VB, and everyone - go to http://www.index.mrmag.com/ - it has a near full listing of magazines, both proto and model, available and is the site of the magazine index created by Jeff Scherb and recently sold to Kalmbach. It is one of my chief aids for searching prototype and modelling information. Gary ------------------ Gary A. Rose The Unofficial TC&W page N to the Nth degree!
Thanks for the link, Gary - very useful, and I have bookmarked it ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery Alan's European Gallery Alan's British Steam Gallery
Me too Gats! Thanks for the link! Alan .. we must have been in there at the same time! ------------------ Bill "Get Goosed on the Yreka Western"
Great link Gats! Happy Railroading! Dane N. ------------------ TAMR2860-AKA BC Rail King TAMR2860@hotmail.com
Like alot of you , I really like the CTC Board mag , great photos , news , & stories . It's the BEST railroad magazine I have ever seen
Fur this ol' furrball,it's Nscale railroading,Nscale magazine,Model Railroader,Model Railroading,Railroad Model Craftsman. Get my prototype info at some little place on the web y'all may have heard about called Trainboard.com. <marquee>North American Rail Alliance</marquee>
I can't believe I've missed this topic! Right now I buy everything from the news stand. Trains, N Scale Railroading, Model Railroader and sometimes Railroad Model Craftsman but not very often. The mag I buy the most often at this time is NSR. I think it's VERY COOL !
I subscribe to a bunch, sometimes they all have something to read I like, other months I can breeze thru it in a minute. I've subscribed to MR since 1961, I like it for the stories about other pikes, the product reviews (engs on pulling power) (kits on ease of assembly), RMC since 1967 (recently I question why), GR since 1995 because it is (I think) the best on outdoor rr's, Trains, Railpace, Railfan, and The Short Line for over 20 yrs or more for railfanning reasons. I always take a stack of old MR & GR with me on vacation for relaxing moments.
I think currently, I subscribe to N Scale Magazine and Diesel Era (I have been a Diesel Era subscriber since they started!) I like the coverage that Diesel Era gives: news, general interest, plus detailed articles and exceptional pictures! I used to pick up Extra 2200 South when my local hobby shop had it, but always hesitated from subscribing since it's schedule was inconsistent at best for a while. (They may have gotten better, but I can't gauge since my Hobby Shop has disappeared ). I like CTC board, Trains, and Railroad/Railfan, etc. I used to be able to thumb through them at the Great Train Store in a couple of minutes and be totally satisfied without buying them: they were not "reference quality" to me [read: not worth the money, time, and space to buy and store them IMHO] As far as Modeling, as I said I do subscribe to N Scale. I have saved all of my back issues. The magazine is not crammed with ads, and at least the ads are all relevant to the scale featured (N). I like to keep my back issues for modeling references; although the current issue may have a construction article on scratchbuilding a certain type of building, I may not really be interested in that or ready to undertake that task YET; when the time does come, I can refer to the techniques listed. I have not had the opportunity to sample the new N Scale Railroading magazine, but most of the reviews have been excellent. I used to subscribe to Model Railroader, but found the amount of ads (especially scales way too large ) bothersome. Also, since a vast amount of the magazine was geared towards other scales and beginners, I lost interest. (Yes, I know you can learn techniques, etc. from other scale articles, but I'd rather stick with my own). I think Model Railroading is a good magazine too, devoid of most of the multi-page ads that you see in MR and it seems geared more to an advance modeler. However, most modeling depicted is HO scale. I do still buy it occasionally for the reference pics & articles [the Nov/Dec '00 issue had articles on Southern/NS GP30's, kitbashing the same, plus an article/pics on EMD GP40's.] That's my two cents worth. Harold
For you magazine freaks, I would like to make a recommendation that I thought I would "unsubscribe" to, and instead, look forward to it. In www.trains.com you can subscribe to their on line magazine, it just sends you back to their site with links, but I like the convenience of scrolling and going to what I am interested it. The calibre of articles is excellent. One article I have already recommended for example out of this issue is the WC/CN merger, but another one is about the food on past passenger trains, and at the the end of the article is some great recipes from famous food service trains from days gone by. When you consider this on line magazine is free, I would recommend it to you.
*shoving the magazines away, dust flying everywhere* *cough cough* Diesel Era Extra 2200 South CTC Board Branchline Flimsies West The Overland Green and Silver Review I tend to shy away from the big mags anymore, too many ads, I want to read what I read, not be innondated with advertising. Jon (the picky but loveable CP Mod)
