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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 9:36 AM

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Is Trains Of Thought really the April Fools joke? I have a hard time with that. Tony Koester has never been noted for a sense of humor that I can recall.

 

IIRC wasn't the April Fool's joke a couple years ago Tony writing a column saying he'd given up on HO, and was going to rebuild his Nickel Plate Road as a hi-rail (1:48 scale, O gauge using three-rail track) layout?

Anyway, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who can't find the joke - if there is one?

BTW since there were comments in this thread about (mis)pronouncing "Kato"...note that Marklin is correctly pronounced "Mare-clean"; not like the names "Mark" and "Lynn" stuck together.

Speaking of O gauge, do you say "Line-ull" or "Lye-a-nell"??

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Come on now, everyone knows it is "lion-ell"..........

    

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Posted by SBCA on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 7:02 PM
I think I'm going to have to go out on a limb and say there is no April Fool's joke this year... Wouldn't be that shocking - every December was traditionally a Christmas-related issue, which has also disappeared...
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Posted by Water Level Route on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 6:24 AM

SBCA
I think I'm going to have to go out on a limb and say there is no April Fool's joke this year... Wouldn't be that shocking - every December was traditionally a Christmas-related issue, which has also disappeared...
 

A truly sad state of affairs.  I always looked forward to the photo that would accompany their Happy Holidays greeting.  Now no April Fool's joke.  Disappointing.

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 6:28 AM

Apparently, traditions have no value in our today´s society. Only the so-called political correctness rules!

Spare me to voice what I think about that!

Happy times!

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Posted by rrinker on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 8:08 AM

 Yet at the same time, they've been recreating classic old cover photos with the current staff - the latest one has Cody and (is that his actual son?) working on a kit.

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Posted by mbinsewi on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 8:32 AM

OK, I just sent a PM to Dana.  I don't know if anybody else has.

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Posted by mbinsewi on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:18 AM

From Dana:

Hi Mike,

It's true. There is no April Fool's in the magazine this year. We decided to take a break and come up with something new for next year. Stay tuned.

Have a good day,

 

Dana

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:30 AM

CryingCryingCrying

Happy times!

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Posted by York1 on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:57 AM

mbinsewi
Hi Mike, It's true. There is no April Fool's in the magazine this year. We decided to take a break and come up with something new for next year. Stay tuned. Have a good day,   Dana

 

Well, at least I got my money's worth out of the issue.  I read it cover-to-cover about 300 times.

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Posted by Harrison on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 1:19 PM

mbinsewi

From Dana:

Hi Mike,

It's true. There is no April Fool's in the magazine this year. We decided to take a break and come up with something new for next year. Stay tuned.

Have a good day,

 

Dana

Mike.

 

CryingAngry Whats the big idea MR? I spent way to long looking for it.

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Posted by maxman on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 2:42 PM

mbinsewi
There is no April Fool's in the magazine this year.

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Posted by York1 on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 2:58 PM

Oh, well.  It gave us something to talk about.

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Posted by drgwcs on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:48 PM

mbinsewi

From Dana:

Hi Mike,

It's true. There is no April Fool's in the magazine this year. We decided to take a break and come up with something new for next year. Stay tuned.

Have a good day,

 

Dana

Mike.

 

Surprising- but if that NMRA museum takes another year- I'm counting that.....

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