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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 6, 2004 3:42 PM
Monthly! More good stories of old trains.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 6, 2004 3:42 PM
Monthly! More good stories of old trains.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:38 AM

4 or 6 times a year is good. Yet as time go's on the meaning of Classic changes. A Lackawanna 4-8-4 hands down is classic, but to the younger generation (me included) Find a Eire Lackawanna SD45 classic as well (If any one feels older, sorry[:)] ) To my generation pre-Conrail is classic, to another Conrail is classic. Could we see this years from now?
In the next issue of Classic Trains, Winter 2028
*A salut to Conrail's SD80Macs on the Boston Line
*Life before BNSF
* The F40: Salut to a Classic
*A classic year: 1993

"What is news today is history tommarow"
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:38 AM

4 or 6 times a year is good. Yet as time go's on the meaning of Classic changes. A Lackawanna 4-8-4 hands down is classic, but to the younger generation (me included) Find a Eire Lackawanna SD45 classic as well (If any one feels older, sorry[:)] ) To my generation pre-Conrail is classic, to another Conrail is classic. Could we see this years from now?
In the next issue of Classic Trains, Winter 2028
*A salut to Conrail's SD80Macs on the Boston Line
*Life before BNSF
* The F40: Salut to a Classic
*A classic year: 1993

"What is news today is history tommarow"
-justin
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 28, 2004 7:04 PM
Howsabout weekly, . . . or maybe daily? Great stuff. I'll pay.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 28, 2004 7:04 PM
Howsabout weekly, . . . or maybe daily? Great stuff. I'll pay.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:10 PM
I think it's a fabulous magazine great photos, stories, and the layout is good, too.
I like it just the way it is, maybe the quality would suffer if pushed to a month. I have purchased a few of the special issues, and think maybe that might the best alternative to monthly issues.

Ed
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:10 PM
I think it's a fabulous magazine great photos, stories, and the layout is good, too.
I like it just the way it is, maybe the quality would suffer if pushed to a month. I have purchased a few of the special issues, and think maybe that might the best alternative to monthly issues.

Ed
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Posted by ValorStorm on Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:38 PM
Monthly would be nice, but would possibly delute the magazine.
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Posted by ValorStorm on Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:38 PM
Monthly would be nice, but would possibly delute the magazine.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:15 PM
Remember 'Classic' is a moving target......

20 years from now....NOW will be a 'classic' age.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:15 PM
Remember 'Classic' is a moving target......

20 years from now....NOW will be a 'classic' age.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 19, 2004 7:27 PM
If there is enough material to take Classic Trains monthly, I'll buy it monthly.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 19, 2004 7:27 PM
If there is enough material to take Classic Trains monthly, I'll buy it monthly.
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Posted by mecovey on Thursday, December 2, 2004 5:04 PM
I'd like to see Classic Trains go monthly - I'd buy it in a heartbeat. The stuff that's really classic is the first hand stories from the people who worked on the railroad. Life from the telegrapher's viewpoint differs greatly from the right hand seat and the track worker and porter have other perspectives as well. When these folks are gone, the information will be lost forever. Maybe there is some way MR could encourage otherwise recalcitrant(sp?) authors from working with a staff ghost writer to "tell the story".
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Posted by mecovey on Thursday, December 2, 2004 5:04 PM
I'd like to see Classic Trains go monthly - I'd buy it in a heartbeat. The stuff that's really classic is the first hand stories from the people who worked on the railroad. Life from the telegrapher's viewpoint differs greatly from the right hand seat and the track worker and porter have other perspectives as well. When these folks are gone, the information will be lost forever. Maybe there is some way MR could encourage otherwise recalcitrant(sp?) authors from working with a staff ghost writer to "tell the story".
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 2, 2004 11:47 PM
I would, of course, like to see Classic Trains monthly. I would also continue to subscribe if on a monthly cycle. However, I would be very concerned about running out of in-depth material. Each issue now seems to be fresh and original. Perhaps a compromise of bi-monthly such as the Gazette or Light Iron Digest would be appropriate.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 2, 2004 11:47 PM
I would, of course, like to see Classic Trains monthly. I would also continue to subscribe if on a monthly cycle. However, I would be very concerned about running out of in-depth material. Each issue now seems to be fresh and original. Perhaps a compromise of bi-monthly such as the Gazette or Light Iron Digest would be appropriate.
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Saturday, December 4, 2004 8:56 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by u6729csx

Remember 'Classic' is a moving target......

20 years from now....NOW will be a 'classic' age.

So they'll NEVER run out of material!
"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Saturday, December 4, 2004 8:56 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by u6729csx

Remember 'Classic' is a moving target......

20 years from now....NOW will be a 'classic' age.

So they'll NEVER run out of material!
"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~
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Posted by BraddS on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 9:33 AM
Have to agree with the posters who say they'd buy it monthly if the content was there. Although 3 months IS a long time to wait between issues, the wait seems worth it (to me anyway) given the excellent content of each quarterly issue. Tough call though...
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Posted by BraddS on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 9:33 AM
Have to agree with the posters who say they'd buy it monthly if the content was there. Although 3 months IS a long time to wait between issues, the wait seems worth it (to me anyway) given the excellent content of each quarterly issue. Tough call though...
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Posted by gabe on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 10:55 AM
I would subscribe to it if it were monthly. Quarterly, it just doesn't seem worth it to me.

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Posted by gabe on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 10:55 AM
I would subscribe to it if it were monthly. Quarterly, it just doesn't seem worth it to me.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 10, 2004 5:18 PM
Going to a monthly format is an excellent idea. Would the articles still be as in-depth? Might there be fewer stories due to less development time between deadlines?

For me the comprerhensive nature of the articles is what sells the magazine.

As long as you can maintain the quality and content of the articles, going to a monthly format would be like a trip back in time to see SP cab-forwards attacking the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mtn's - Awesome!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 10, 2004 5:18 PM
Going to a monthly format is an excellent idea. Would the articles still be as in-depth? Might there be fewer stories due to less development time between deadlines?

For me the comprerhensive nature of the articles is what sells the magazine.

As long as you can maintain the quality and content of the articles, going to a monthly format would be like a trip back in time to see SP cab-forwards attacking the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mtn's - Awesome!
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 18, 2004 4:12 PM
I vote to leave Classic Trains as it is. Going monthly would greatly increase the cost. W Stolper , Marionville, Mo.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 18, 2004 4:12 PM
I vote to leave Classic Trains as it is. Going monthly would greatly increase the cost. W Stolper , Marionville, Mo.
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Posted by hdreifus on Monday, December 20, 2004 5:10 PM
Possibly include classic articles from D.P. Morgan era
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Posted by hdreifus on Monday, December 20, 2004 5:10 PM
Possibly include classic articles from D.P. Morgan era
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