I am sad to report that I just got news that my friend J. David Ingles passed away today, October 4, 2020. He was 79. Many know him from his years at Trains and Classic Trains.He and I communicated just a week or so ago trying to track down some locomotive and railroad information for a future article. Sad news. Details will certainly follow.Bart
Major figure at RyPN as well.
I'll miss him.
bartman-tn I am sad to report that I just got news that my friend J. David Ingles passed away today, October 4, 2020. He was 79. Many know him from his years at Trains and Classic Trains.He and I communicated just a week or so ago trying to track down some locomotive and railroad information for a future article. Sad news. Details will certainly follow.Bart
Sorry for your loss of a friend...May he rest in peace....
Many of us 'knew' him through his work, articles, and his place in the Kalmbach World. God rest his soul.
My sincere condolances bartman, I too lost a good friend September 19, suddenly and unexpected. It's hard, I can more than empathise.
Dave Ingles was a fine man, and a great rail writer and photographer. He will be missed!
Never met him, but he had quite a collection of outstanding articles. I really enjoyed his work in Classic Trains which covered his many railfan journeys in the 1960s. Outstanding work!
My condolences to his family and friends.
Ed
David is to be featured in the December issue 'at Winslow Arizona'; so this may be his last aarticle for Trains. I always enjoyed and appreciated his 'presentations'.
JDI's "Salute to a Different Diesel" introduced me to the PA's that existed beyond Erie/EL. Even at high school age, I recognized very good writing and happily discovered other articles when I began buying back issues. As mentioned in today's obit, he showed that railroading stayed interesting in the diesel era.
MP173 Never met him, but he had quite a collection of outstanding articles. I really enjoyed his work in Classic Trains which covered his many railfan journeys in the 1960s. Outstanding work! My condolences to his family and friends. Ed
Sad news indeed, and as much an "end of an era" as was David P. Morgan's death. For those of us who grew up reading Trains in the 1970s, JDI and DPM were an unbeatable pair, part of the team that made Trains what it was, and they both felt like part of an extended family. JDI often seemed to labour in the shadow of DPM, but he was every bit as good a writer and journalist as his boss, and deservedly went on to be editor himself.
The standout article for me? The one I always remember is his two-part eulogy of the Alco FA in the June and July 1975 issues. As much as any single article it defined the magazine and the hobby for me when I first read it. I've just been reviewing my collection to confirm the date it appeared, and am reminded that the December issue that same year had another major piece by him, "The Power Behind the Pointless Arrow", that was just as influential in developing my railfan interests. There were many, many more, of course, as well as his chatty "Second Section" column which, with Morgan's opening "News and Editorial Comment", nicely bookended every issue.
Dating myself, aren't I?
Thanks, Mr Ingles, for all of it.
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