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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:08 PM
Matt
The track area stayed the same just better track .BEN
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:27 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by shanson2

Rene,

Regarding Rocky Goat's concern about his subscription, where are Kalmbach's publications verified by the USPS and entered in the mailstream? I imagine that most of the mailing is drop-shipped to the farther destinations, but my guess is that subscribers in the Midwest get their copies a few days earlier....


shanson2, I've found based on postings by other forum members surrounding a current articlethat I get mine about to days later than others. Where the others live I can't recall.
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Posted by shanson2 on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:13 PM
Rene,

Regarding Rocky Goat's concern about his subscription, where are Kalmbach's publications verified by the USPS and entered in the mailstream? I imagine that most of the mailing is drop-shipped to the farther destinations, but my guess is that subscribers in the Midwest get their copies a few days earlier....

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 7:03 PM
Benny, Glad to here it! Improving on what you already have makes it an even bigger acomplishment, especially after including demolition into the equation.
Did you keep the layout the same or did you change it?
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 15, 2004 9:12 PM
Carpenter Matt
I got my inside track all done today , took all the bachman indoor track down and put up all new aristo craft brass track , around 100 ft., it made a different in the running of my trains, Ben[:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 1:06 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by carpenter matt

With my work schedule and 4 girls and a wife I'll be lucky to get all that done before this time next year!

Man I feel for you 5 women....WOW
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:56 PM
Are there any pure Large Scale Shows? I think a traveling one that was small, yet well stocked would be very sucessful. I know I'd cash in one of my U.S. Savings Bonds if I knew one was coming.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:24 PM
Benny, I understand, the train shows around here are mainly Ho and Lionel.[:(]
I go anyway after all there trains none the less.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 1:45 PM
Matt
Just got back from the trainshow 2;35 pm WHAT a disappoiment not much G scale, lots of small stuff, next year i will not go back their,i left their drove about 15 miles to a train shop that i new and bought 72 ft of brass track . now to take my old b-man track down in side and put up the new aristo brass track. ben
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 5:34 AM
Benny, I'm never ready for winter, I hate the cold weather. This winter I plan fini***he rest of my boxcars and bash a 460 bachmann into a 260 mogul like the one in my signiture. Plan to attend some train shows when they hit columbus, I need to sell some American flyer stuff to aquire G stuff.[:D]
With my work schedule and 4 girls and a wife I'll be lucky to get all that done before this time next year!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 7:42 PM
MATT
are you getting things ready for winter????? going to train show in Allentown penna tomorrow ,maybe more track. i need around 72 ft. to start to rebuild inside the basement train. Ben
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 7:29 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by iandor

I don't subscribe to any magazines but I have many text books on the subject.

In any case I think I know better than them, see our clan motto on my profile.

Rgds Ian


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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 6:45 PM
I don't subscribe to any magazines but I have many text books on the subject.

In any case I think I know better than them, see our clan motto on my profile.

Rgds Ian
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 4:11 PM
I think that GR should keep the bimonthly schedule but make the magazine bigger so It'll take me longer than a week to read it cover-to-cover.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 11:28 AM
Thanks Rene, I will do that [:)][^]
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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 11:20 AM
Rocky,

Feel free to email customerservice@kalmbach.com about your issue. They know which titles should be arriving when--and can send you a replacement if needed.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 9:22 AM
rocky
i just got my DEC.issue yesterday Ben
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 9:19 AM
Hmmm, seems everyone has got their Dec. issue [8)]
I renewed my subscription, but haven't received my Dec. issue [:(] anyway to check the status on if [?] Thanks, Rock
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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Monday, November 1, 2004 9:44 AM
Ben,

Yes, we usually have someone at that show--though I don't know who it will be. Marc Horovitz also usually attends the The Big Train Show (aka Queen Mary show) in Long Beach CA.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 29, 2004 8:54 PM
Matt ,are you talking about the east coast train show??? if so go to WWW.ECLSTS.COM,this is their site . Ben
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 29, 2004 6:48 PM
Benny, I must have missed that place and time thing in GR, now where is my calender?
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 29, 2004 6:30 PM
Rene
thanks for the information , I will be looking for it . Are you people going to come to the east coast large scale train show in York Penna. in April of 2005 [?] Ben[:)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 29, 2004 5:52 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Rene S

Ok, ok Matt, I'll answer the question. Right now, there are no plans to increase the frequency of the magazine. This has come up in our marketing discussions in years past, but has not materialized. If things should change, we would certainly let you know. But, we're staying with the bimonthly schedule for the foreseeable future.

Rene


Rene, Get back to that marketing meeting! Or will have to find another lobbiest![:D]
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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Friday, October 29, 2004 3:25 PM
Ben,

We're starting to include more RR pics! We now run a "gallery" several times a year with reader photos, plus have changed the format of the convention preview to be more of a gallery too. Stay tuned to the Feb issue, where we'll have a gallery of online photos that we don't have room for in the mag!

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Posted by powlee on Friday, October 29, 2004 1:36 PM
Hi Rene
Received my new issue today. Enjoying.
Ian P

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 29, 2004 10:45 AM
Rene
I don't have a problem with that , just put more garden RR pictures in it ,so i get more ideas ,for my GRR. BEN


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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Friday, October 29, 2004 8:02 AM
Ok, ok Matt, I'll answer the question. Right now, there are no plans to increase the frequency of the magazine. This has come up in our marketing discussions in years past, but has not materialized. If things should change, we would certainly let you know. But, we're staying with the bimonthly schedule for the foreseeable future.

Rene

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 29, 2004 2:11 AM
Hi gang,

Know we have been here before, received my December issue yesterday, 28/10/04 or Americanised 10/28/04!!
Cheers,
Kim
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 28, 2004 6:49 PM
Rene, Quit evading the question!

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