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I disagree. The staff wrote the article about the Utah Belt and it was awful. The general writing ability of the MR staff has been getting worse for years. I know of people who have submitted what I think are really good articles and are still waiting three or four years later to hear from the editorial staff while yet another article on the various permutations of making rock molds gets published.
The last funny MR cartoon - as in, I actually laughed at - was in 1975 or so during the "Convoy" CB craze, of a "cop diesel" hiding on a siding behind a billboard to catch a speeding train.
Last one before that was the famous "passenger train in the shower" which was truly funny. It was on the cork board at Johnnys for years, but I don't remember what month/year it came from.
Andy
In 1979 I wrote an article about our club in Mobile, Jim. One of our members, Bill H was a professional photog, (Bill modeled a shortline called the Haleburg and Ardilla, from two small towns in SW Alabama),and he took more than 30 color slides and 10, 8x10 B&W photographs of the club. I got paid for the article and Bill got paid for his photos. Several of us down there around that time submitted articles for a few years, with some being paid for, and others rejected for some reason or another, but to this day none that were sold to MR have ever been published. We couldn't submit them to RMC, as MR had the rights.
MR has been going down really fast lately even though the decline started many years ago. Its gotten so bad that I only buy one or two a year. I get more enjoyment and ideas from my collection of MR's from the 50's-mid 80's than I get from them now. These have way more how to's, and such than any of the fluff the past 15 years or so.
Amen brother, Amen!
But in the spirit of the OP on this thread, my favorite cartoon was of the two guys talking in an office with the door labeled "ABC Models". One said to the other; "That new 2-10-2 of ours is selling really well! Don't you think we oughta start making it???"
And by the time that runs out, they'll have pictures of Pluto - a whole new (dwarf) planet of rocks to mold!
Andy
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OldGettysk
Running the MC & Buffalo
Must be running out of creative minds !!!!!!
+1 on the same ol', same ol' thing, Andy. I'm so sick of rock molds and how to do thing like make a crossbuck I could scream. That last article about how to install DCC decoders was the biggest waste of space I've ever seen and the Utah Belt article, which used to get 7 or 8 pages when it was featured, hardy gave enough information for a new guy to know what all the hoopla was about. My subscription expires in January and I'm seriously thinking about dumping MR and getting Scale Modeler or some other mag that actually has some content.
Railphotog
Railroad Photographer
Didn't even notice the lack of a cartoon, they're always pretty lame anyway.
Larry
Long Winded Old Fart
My Subscription runs out in 2009 & I'm going to cancel mine too. I've been taking MRR for about 50 years. I cancelled RR Model Craftsman last month & I had been getting that 1 for about 20 years. MRR mag went up to about $42 a year from $35.
I can get almost all my updates on new equipment in Model RR News mag. or online. The mags that I use to get that was more on newer trains was Mainline Modeller, but the yearly price was way over my limit & other people must have thought the same thing, because they went out of business.
Larry
I can get almost all my updates on new equipment in Model RR News mag. or online. The mags that I use to get that was more on newer trains was Mainline Modeller, but the yearly price was way over my limit & other people must have thought the same thing, because they went out of business.
Larry
Mac Loco Works
Member
I hope there are not any problems over there.
I just recivied a letter from Railmodel Journal that the June 08 is the last issue. All remaining issue's owed on any current subscriptions were sold to Carstens Publications and I will be getting Railroad Model Craftsman.
I'm not happy with this because RMC is one that I olny buy if there is a artical in it i'n intrested in.
This is the second mag that I really liked to go under. I had a 3 yr subscription with Mainline we they went out of print.
I just recivied a letter from Railmodel Journal that the June 08 is the last issue. All remaining issue's owed on any current subscriptions were sold to Carstens Publications and I will be getting Railroad Model Craftsman.
I'm not happy with this because RMC is one that I olny buy if there is a artical in it i'n intrested in.
This is the second mag that I really liked to go under. I had a 3 yr subscription with Mainline we they went out of print.
I disagree. The staff wrote the article about the Utah Belt and it was awful. The general writing ability of the MR staff has been getting worse for years. I know of people who have submitted what I think are really good articles and are still waiting three or four years later to hear from the editorial staff while yet another article on the various permutations of making rock molds gets published.
The last funny MR cartoon - as in, I actually laughed at - was in 1975 or so during the "Convoy" CB craze, of a "cop diesel" hiding on a siding behind a billboard to catch a speeding train.
Last one before that was the famous "passenger train in the shower" which was truly funny. It was on the cork board at Johnnys for years, but I don't remember what month/year it came from.
Andy
Cjcrescent
Master Mechanic
...I know of people who have submitted what I think are really good articles and are still waiting three or four years later to hear from the editorial staff while yet another article on the various permutations of making rock molds gets published.
In 1979 I wrote an article about our club in Mobile, Jim. One of our members, Bill H was a professional photog, (Bill modeled a shortline called the Haleburg and Ardilla, from two small towns in SW Alabama),and he took more than 30 color slides and 10, 8x10 B&W photographs of the club. I got paid for the article and Bill got paid for his photos. Several of us down there around that time submitted articles for a few years, with some being paid for, and others rejected for some reason or another, but to this day none that were sold to MR have ever been published. We couldn't submit them to RMC, as MR had the rights.
MR has been going down really fast lately even though the decline started many years ago. Its gotten so bad that I only buy one or two a year. I get more enjoyment and ideas from my collection of MR's from the 50's-mid 80's than I get from them now. These have way more how to's, and such than any of the fluff the past 15 years or so.
Couldn't agree more, CJ. As I said, I know several guys taht have submitted top quality atricles and photos to MR, got paid for them, and then they never fot published. That was back in the day when MR worried about MRC getting better articles than they had so they'd lock up the content with a small payment. Now they don't even do that and it sometimes takes over a year just to get a rejection letter. MRC seems to a bit better about reader submitted articles but even they have gone downhill. It almost seems like articles are viewed as filler for the ads. When I have to get to page 40 of a magazine before getting the first useful editorial content, something is wrong.
Cjcrescent
Master Mechanic
Amen brother, Amen!
But in the spirit of the OP on this thread, my favorite cartoon was of the two guys talking in an office with the door labeled "ABC Models". One said to the other; "That new 2-10-2 of ours is selling really well! Don't you think we oughta start making it???"
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And by the time that runs out, they'll have pictures of Pluto - a whole new (dwarf) planet of rocks to mold!
Andy
wheeler1963
Aurora & Portland Owner
I personally haven't purchased a model train magazine in over 10 years. With the advent of the inter-net and forums such as this. I have learned more useful information and see some of the greatest modeling efforts from around the world. I think between the Weekend Photo Fun, Monthly Photo contest and everyday questions and answers on this board and others like it, we get more than a years worth of any magazine. My 2 cents worth.
Old 97
Hogger
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