What do you read?

[TrainFreak409]

I read anything and everything I get hold of.

Model Railroader
Trains
Classic Toy Trains
O Gauge Railroader
Model Railroad Craftsman
Model Railroading Journal

Those are just a few. I read so many more, I cannot list them all. Working at a train store gives me an infinate supply of older magazines to read. [:D]

~[8]~ TrainFreak409 ~[8]~

[Anonymous]

Model Railroader
Trains Magazine
Classic Trains
Railfan & Railroad
Historic Rail

Plus I've got tons of RR books.

[darth9x9]

I subscribe to MR and Trains only. I will only pick up an issue from some one else if there is an article I really want to read. The others just don't have the value content to warrant a subscription.

[lyctus]

I subscribe to MR, Classic Trains and I have just subscribed to RMC as I begin to miss the articles in MR which were in depth and aimed at slightly better than novices. I do not wi***o criticise MR as it is kinda pivotal to my need for model rail info, but I felt that RMC might fill this gap. Like the brilliant article on the railway/meatpacking industry in the last two editions.
I read PRRHS Keystone Modeller on line. What a great magazine!
I pick up copies of Australian Railway Model Magazine from time to time.
I subscribe to Fine Woodworking magazine ....for the woodworking articles and news...and an English publication "The Router" for ...the woodworking articles.

[Fergmiester]

MR, CN SIG, Canadian Model Railroader and Locomotive Quarterly and instructions to kits.

Fergie

[Anonymous]

I subscribe to both MRR and RMC. I think the two compliment each other as each seems to have a different emphasis. I also keep all my old issues with sticky notes on articles that either contain a project I want to do or contain some info that will help on future projects.

I also try to find books that are related to my modeling. Pennsy Power and the Pennsy Diesel Years are fantastic. I've also found many out of print books on ebay related to my modeling.

[Anonymous]

Model Railroader, Trains, Classic Trains, Railfan & Railroad, Railpace, The Railroad Press, and Diesel Era. Every once in a while I'll get another if it has something good in it.

[Anonymous]

MR, Mainline, RMC, Diesel Era, Narrow Gauge Gazzette, and anything else that catches my eye.

[Anonymous]

I currently only subscribe to MR, but I want to start getting others.

[orsonroy]

Considering I'm a voracious reader, I'll stick to railroading literature here:

Model Railroader: for the photos and ads. They've got the best photos in the hobby. Their text content sucks, and I can generally read the mag cover to cover in 1.5 hours.
Mainline Modeler: scratchbuilding articles and plans.
Rail Model Craftsman: all around more interesting articles than MR, but photos, plans and diagrams are of much lower quality. Their series on essential freight cars is highlighting the absolute best modeling in the hobby, in any scale.

I go through almost every other mag looking for content, and generally buy one a year of all the major mags. In addition, I've been collecting backissues of MR, MM, RMC, PM, and RMJ, since there are more plans in older issues, and the mags from the 1980s and 1990s carried the most useful modelling articles and more text.

I occasionally buy Trains, Railpace and Railfan to see what's going on in the modern RR scene and preservation. Trains is the best.

I also have every book printed that deals with my target railroads of interest, and use them extensively for reference. Thankfully, I'm interested in smaller regional roads, instead of big popular roads like the Santa Fe or Pennsy!

I also collect RR paperwork that deals witht he operation and look of the railroad. While I ignore advertisements, passenger timetables, and promotional material, I collect train orders, employee timetables, track diagrams, blueprints, and anything else that seems like a useful source for hard data. I collect the paperwork for it's information, not it's "collectibility status". I'll run off a few copies of the material, and either trade or sell either the copies or the originals, just to get more data.