wjstix I think having someone who was there 100 years ago telling what it was like, and including his own artwork showing what it was like, was more valuable than another copy of the same photos I've seen many times before.
I think having someone who was there 100 years ago telling what it was like, and including his own artwork showing what it was like, was more valuable than another copy of the same photos I've seen many times before.
Yeah, but I haven't seen any of those photos many times before. In fact, I haven't seen those photos any times before.
And, before you post any links to those photos, let me add that it is one of the main reasons that I subscribe to the Special Issues, sight unseen, relying on the fact that there will be photos, not drawings, of times gone by.
If I can just Google them, then why subscribe to the Special Issues?
Rich
Alton Junction
Art work can sometimes convey a feeling for a time and place that a photograph cannot. As a long-time fan of the Missabe I have many books and copies of the historical society's periodical with pictures of DM&N / D&IR steam. I think having someone who was there 100 years ago telling what it was like, and including his own artwork showing what it was like, was more valuable than another copy of the same photos I've seen many times before.
Kalmbachs publications are readily available, in this part of the the UK anyway, on most booksellers shelves.
Classic Trains and the 'Special' issues they print are a great source of information for me. My modeling niche is 1:29 in the garden and my shortline is set in the era 1950 - 1970. Much in the magazines pages have been inspirational and have allowed me to get a good idea of what American railroads in my chosen period were like.
Alan, Oliver & North Fork Railroad
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. Lewis Carroll English author & recreational mathematician (1832 - 1898)
I buy the Special Issues as much for the photos, maybe more, as I do for the stories. I felt cheated without any photos.
thanks yes i realized that , but i didnt realize until later was that the article was written in 1952 so the author is long dead, i loved the article thou !!!! big thumbs up !!
Keep in mind the 2-8-8-4s didn't come until about 25 years after the time the author was writing about.
The Missabe Road Historical Society's website has lots of pictures of steam by the way....
http://www.missabe.com/cms/gallery/v/Prototype/Steam+Roster/
i understand what you mean but i still ould have loved a couple of stock pics of the 2-8-8-4s but shalll we say i loved loved loved the mag !!!!
The drawings were by the guy who wrote the story, who had worked on the DM&N and D&IR 100 years ago. I thought the drawings made from his memories added a more "human" touch. There weren't a lot of railfans standing trackside in remote northeast Minnesota in 1910 fighting off deerflies and mosquitoes while snapping pictures!! Action photos were pretty rare at that time due to the relatively slow shutter speeds required for the film of that time, most of what's available are just static / roster shots.
This is Special Issue #11 and, as usual, worth every penny of the purchase price.
My one disappointment relate to the story on Minnesota's Iron Range, no photos, just drawings.
What's up with that?
Half the benefit of each Special Issue is the outstanding photo coverage.
So why drawings?
I feel cheated.
Hi everyone,
I just picked up a copy of Classic Trains "Steam Glory 3". I completed the first story and scanned the rest, It seems to me to be an excellent history of some transitional steam motive power. A very interesting read. I highly recommend it. By Kalmbach of course.
Enjoy
Lee
EDIT: Except for the one story I was delighted at the numerous period photographs.