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John I'm not sure, and I don't really think the page count of the MR directly reflects the success of the magazine. The decline in advertising pages in the magazine may reflect two things; the shift of publication expenses to the subscriber and the effects of efficiency which in turn lowers the requirement for advertisers. Granted, the more advertisers the better for MR but I also think they may be aware that the ratio of advertisers to articles is noticed by the readers. I would suspect they have to ration the articles to each monthly publication in order to keep the magazine alive with a steady flow of material. Your analysis didn't really focus on what was reduced in MR with the page count, advertising or articles. I have been subscribing to MR for about 18 years now and have had subscriptions to the other magazines off and on as well. It seems MR is more of a cross the board generalist on the hobby while the other magazines get further down in the weeds than I really care to or have time to go. The depth of the coverage would certainly dictate who reads it thus advertisers go where their products are considered. As far as share of pages per month among the magazines. That may not be a valid means of magazine success because it is comparing different levels of interest. It would also be difficult to pick apart because we don't know how many subscribers would be counted in the readership to more than one magazine. MR may respond to our curiousity but then they may be cautious to give away their trade secret of product mix. Ken, D&J Railroad, Stafford, VA
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