BTW, Neil: On behalf of the On30 community, I am imploring you to recognize that On2 1/2, however consistent that designation may be with other, related, designations for narrow gauge scale/gauge combinations, is not the designation favored by its adherents.
Hear our plea, Oh Great Mogul of the Flagship Mag: we prefer On30!
We thank you for your consideration.
I thought Niel did a great job!! I hope he does well at MR. Although I read and enjoy both CTT and MR, Neil was the 1st CTT editor who I thought actually treated those of us in tinplate and hirail as having a legitimate hobby.
I can't tell you how patronized I was in certain correspondence from CTT by other editors who seemed to have no understanding of Toy Trains (my favorite was when the editor couldn't understand why I was upset when a collumist told someone to throw out an American Flyer transformer because it was "malfunctioning" when it was actually preforming as it was designed to do, although the editor who felt there was no need to have a yearly index to CTT because those of us in Toy Trains "never needed to look things up" wasn't one of my favorites.)
I hope the new editor won't treat us as badly as some have done in the past.
LittleTommy
Neil, congratulations on your promotion to MR editor! Thanks for the great work you did with CTT.
Of course, the weenie scale guys are going to wonder about all of the 3 rail articles that start showing up in MR.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Congrats and good luck!!! You have done a great job with CTT and Model Railroader will benefit with your expertise.
Chris
Congrats, Neil!
- Clint
Buckeye Riveter wrote:Whooo!!! Whooo!! Congratulations, Neil!!And now the $100 question, who will replace Neil? Qualifications:... 10. Believes that the third rail is invisible.
Whooo!!! Whooo!! Congratulations, Neil!!
And now the $100 question, who will replace Neil?
Qualifications:
...
10. Believes that the third rail is invisible.
What third rail?
Rob
Neil, Congratulations and best wishes in your new position. I have been a long time reader of MR as well as CTT so will still benefit from your top notch work.
See you at York next month.
So Long Neil and my best wishes for your success at Model Railroader. I had been a subscriber to CTT for a few years when you became editor. You have done an excellent job of keeping an excellent magazine on top and taking it to new heights. Now I will have to take a peek at Model Railroader from time to time to keep "track" of what you are doing.
Thank you, Dick
I guess now you'll become the HOgaugeoverlord! Thanks for all your good work. Best to you!
Brian
Congratulations , Neil !!!!!!!!!
And good luck to you !!!!!!!!!
Chuck
Congratulations Neil,
As a relative newbie to the O gauge hobby thank you for your informative magazine. I have felt that CTT is the most international aware O gauge magazine. I hope this continues under your replacement as it helps involve readers such as myself and helps promote the growing interest in 3 rail O in Europe and elsewhere. Good luck with the new job.
Nick
Neil, congratulations! Please remember us here in the world of O. A lot of very usefull information transends scales, so please keep it up at MR. As to your replacement, I may have just the fella. How about Jim Duda? Not sure what all his qualifications may be, but he does handle a snow blower....but I think he does it in the buff...may have to rethink this one.
Anyway, congrats and best wishes,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Neil Besougloff
editor, Model Railroader magazine
1. Likes to drink Milwaukee Beer.
2. Is a big Packers' fan.
3. Owns his own snow blower.
4. Loves to fish, hunt and snowmobile.
5. Hates the Bears. (Sorry, LAZ, it is just one of those things.)
6. Looks good wearing a Cheesehead to work.
7. Plays in a Polish Beer Band.
8. Loves to say, "Wait until next year" as it relates to baseball and basketball.
9. Knows what LHS, MTH, LCC, RMT, ERR, and TAS mean.
And the big one:
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Frist of all, congrats to Neil! It definitely is a promotion in the truest sense of the word.
"Model Railroader" is the flagship of Kalmbach publications (which encompass more than the model railroading hobby). It is, indeed, the foundation of the company, and I assume it remains the publication with the largest circulation and greatest frequency of publication (at least as far as this hobby is concerned).
I'm sure it means a whole lot more work for Neil, but that's generally part of any promotion.
All the best to Neil! I'll be interested in seeing which of the scales he elects to go with in his own modeling interests, beyond his already well developed interest in O gauge.
Please don't tell me that even Bob Keller subscribes to the silly theory that somehow "Model" trains are superior to "Toy" trains. . .
Dang.. Scale Wars.. Episode V
Long ago on a layout far, far away..........
Best of luck and congratulations, Neil!!!
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Good luck with the new position Neil. I'll miss your input into CTT.
walt
GOOD LUCK NEIL. Will you still be at YORK?
laz57
Congratulations to Neil. CTT is the best toy train magazine in the world, and MR is the best model railroading magazine, IMO.
My take is MR is a publication with about 3-5 times the circulation (can't recall specifically) so it's a much bigger job, and presumably better paid :). Thus, a promotion of sorts.
First of all, congrats to Neil (assuming this is a move he wants to make)!!!
But how does the move rate as a promotion? He was chief editor of CTT; now he is for MR. I suppose, by virtue of age, MR may be a somewhat more prestigious post and it may even pay more, but how is the move a promotion?
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