FINALLY!!!

[Anonymous]

I finally got the April MR today. I'd like to congratulate Horicon Shops for entering the model railroad market. I think I'll buy one of their cars. Anyone got $50K? LOL.

BTW I wonder why it took soooooooooooooooooooo llllooooooooonnnnnnnnngggg for the MR to come. for your info I live in eastern PA.

[Anonymous]

I don't have my April issue yet! It should come tomorrow, though.

[Anonymous]

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PistolPete]

I just received mine today and i live in Maine.[:)]

[Anonymous]

Oh, so most of you haven't gotten it yet. When I heard l--o had it a week ago, I was worried that the Post Office truck wrecked with MY MR!

[Big_Boy_4005]

This happens to me every month, I wish you guys wouldn't rub it in.[:(][:(][banghead][banghead][swg]

[censored]POST OFFICE

[Anonymous]

That's what I say about the Post Office, 4005.

[Big_Boy_4005]

I didn't think I was going to get ANY argument from that remark, unless someone here is a postal employee. That could very well be the case, because in my 30+ years in this hobby I have actually met quite a few postal employees, but I don't think that there are any at my local office, or they would understand the importance of delivering ALL OF MY TRAIN PERIODICALS IN A TIMELY MANOR!!!!![|(][|(][2c][V][:(][sigh][soapbox][swg][swg][swg]

[joecool1212]

I havent gotten mine yet. It usually shows up between the 7th and 10th. I live in NJ. Joe

[Anonymous]

Hello Dougal, I used to haul mail for a Trucking company based in Wisconsin that was contracted out to the "USPS" (United States Postal Service). The USPS can be very quick or very slow at times. For instance I was at the "BMC" (Bulk Mail Center) in Chicago IL. unloading at one of the docks & while I was waiting I was able to see the automated sorting line, ( A track conveyor with flat carts about 2' x 2' square & spaced apart aprox. 1' on a tracked conveyor moving nonstop , A computer system operates it. There are hundreds of chutes , Each one having a different destination, Each chute has a box about the size of a refridgerator that catches the mailbags & packages , The computer has the information, & when the cart gets to the correct destination chute it trips a trigger that tips one side of the cart & then the mail will slide onto the chute & into the box.) Well anyway some of the times things don't go quite as planned, Some of the time the mail gets hung up & goes farther down the line unexpectedly & drops into the wrong chute , So let's say instead of going to you it might get sent somewhere else like maybe Anchorage Alaska ect. & then they find the mistake & they have to redirect it back & then more time goes by , Next thing you know it's way past due your location. Here's an example on how fast they can be also , Every two weeks I did a run designated , The Eagle Run, Madison Wi. -to- Indianapolis Int. Airhub. Depart Sunday mornings 1:40am - Arive 7:06am with no time to stop. They had a crew waiting for me & generaly had the whole truck unloaded in 5min. They would process it & send it out on various aircraft ( passenger, cargo, ect.) to be sent all over the world. Almost over night. It's a pretty impresive system that the USPS has, & they ship by rail also , I've dropped alot of trailers at the BNSF yards to be sent westbound from Chicago . " Go Rail With The Mail " Oh Yeah! I just thought you'd like a little info. "Happy Rails..... To You " & I forgot to mention, The USPS has their own aircraft too Boeing 727s ect.

[Anonymous]

Hmmmm,,,,,Had mine since Friday![(-D] (Mid Maryland)
Sure is nice when it comes on a Friday night, and I can relax with a few cold ones, read MR and Trains. Nice relaxing way to start a weekend!!![^][^][^][^][^]

[krump]

FYI - it's March 1, 2004
April is next month[:-^]

[Anonymous]

Be careful what you say here--someone's liable to go POSTAL!!! on someone--couldn't resist!!! Hi y'all!!![:D][^][C):-)][;)][:P]

[snowey]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dougal

I finally got the April MR today. I'd like to congratulate Horicon Shops for entering the model railroad market. I think I'll buy one of their cars. Anyone got $50K? LOL.

BTW I wonder why it took soooooooooooooooooooo llllooooooooonnnnnnnnngggg for the MR to come. for your info I live in eastern PA.

I also live in eastern PA.-in Bridgeport, between KING OF PRUSSIA & NORRISTOWN, and I also just got mine today.

[Anonymous]

Hey, it seems that Croatia is not at the end of the world after all! I received my April MR last tuesday or wednesday, and Trains arrived on friday. On the other hand, there's not a single model train hobby shop in the entire country. So count yourselves lucky, you can have all those nice items from the ads in MR or from ebay with no customs fees and other charges + expensive postage (driving the prices up into unacceptable).
Greetings from (this morning sunny) Zagreb,
Oliver

[greatn]

I live way out west, 30 miles north of Seattle, Washington and I got April's issue on March 1st!! Am injoying reading (studing) the article on how to scratch build a house using plaster. Happy railroading

[GerFust]

In Mid-Michigan I get mine about the last day of the month. Had it Saturday this time.

-Jer

[smcgill]

Got mine on Sat, ( Mass.) Most good stuff comes on saturday!

[Anonymous]

Got mine today. I live in Western Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Finally got mine!! Why is it getting so slow?

[trainfan1221]

The store I go to doesn`t have it yet. Plus they just rearranged everything so when it does come in I don`t even know if I`ll be able to find it!

[Anonymous]

Well I don't mean to make you all feel bad, but ya see I have the inside line right to the publisher and they sent mine out 3 weeks ago, I've had it now since Feb 24, [8D][8D][8D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][yeah][yeah][yeah][tup][tup][tup][:D][:D]Great reading, wait till you get it[:D][:D]

[lupo]

being in europe I must say I got the april MR magazine just a few weeks ago, but I think they use an airplane to get them overhere !

[acpardo]

I received in Argentina tuesday Feb 24th, and ordered the 1:1 car offered in the product reviews, but they want to charge me 50K$ for the mail.[:D]

Adrian

[Anonymous]

I don't understand. If they have having trouble getting the magazine to us in a timely matter why not send it out earier. Emeraldisle got his 3 weeks ago. If they can send it to him that early why out send out the rest a little earlier too!!

I work in Marketing for a Bank. We always attempt to mail distant zips earlier then closer zips. It just makes sense. All the mail hits the box at once.

[dragenrider]

Strange...I live in the rural Ozark Mountains and got mine last week. I live in the middle of nowhere here in the woods. You know, near places like Yellville, Snow, Peel, Ralph, Pyatt, Lead Hill, etc. I thought our mail was the last to arrive compared to the rest of the world. Maybe I'm wrong?

[Nieuweboer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by lupo

being in europe I must say I got the april MR magazine just a few weeks ago, but I think they use an airplane to get them overhere !

looking at the adresslabel of both MR and Trains I deduce that all European
subscription copies are sent in one batch to a central distribution center, in this case the German Post, and from there to the various european subscribers and newsstands.

[lupo]

YEP and they do their work with German "GRÜNDLICHKEIT"

[Anonymous]

My MR usually shows up on the first of the month and March is no exception! Nice issue.

[krump]

me thinks it's a crazy world when you get the April issue in Mid February... I'm cracking the March issue now, will tackle the April issue in, well April... I can't wait for the November issue to come...[%-)][banghead][:P]