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Well, it´s past 5pm on a bright, but cold day, so it´s fine to say Good Evening! I received my copy of the 1,000th issue of MR today. I was eagerly awaiting it and had already feared that it got lost on the way to my mailbox. I don´t think any other model railroading monthly in the world has made it into being published for 83 years, from the years of the Great Depression all the way into  a globalized world, surviving WW II, the Cold War, the Gas Crunch and many, many years people nearly talked the hobby into death! Congratulations to the MR staff and a big thanks to Al Kalmbach, who had the bravery and the  entrepreneurial spirit to start off this magazin in a time of mass unemployment and a bleak outlook into life for millions! MR was in my teenage days a little more than just a hobby magazine - it was my teacher! Through reading it, I learned more of the English language than through my English teacher´s attempts in high school. At first, reading it required to have a dictionary at hand, but I have to confess that quite a lot of that railroading lingo could not be found in my Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Pictures helped a lot to figure out what these words meant. This is also the time to say thank you to our host for this forum. Through it, I have found new friends and friendship in a time, when the "friends" I knew before abandoned me. This means more to me than I am able to express in words. I have not found the time to read the magazine thoroughly, but I ill do so tomorrow. <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gZvwBwUqNEM" width="425" height="350"></iframe> Enjoy this video, showing the best of European made layouts! Janie, just a cup of coffee for me, please. I hear Petra in the kitchen cooking up supper.
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