My favorite was Gordon Odegard: He was the resident 'craftsman' in the office. I met him several times and conversationswith him were always interesting. His 'sidekick' in the 50's was Paul Larson - Someone I never met, but I admire his work as well.
The current favorite is either Andy Sperandeo or Cody Grivno - Both are 'real' modelers!
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
The late Linn Wescott and Tony Koester.
Joe
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Way back when, Linn Wescott.
Now it's a toss-up David Popp and Jim Hediger.
My vote is for Andy Sperandeo. (sp?) His writing demonstrates great knowledge, a sense of humor, and an over all appreciation of all aspects of the hobby.
I have almost three decades of MR magazines. My favorites are from the time period when he was leading the magazine's production. He had the right mix of firmness, leadership, and variety to turn out some excellent reading material.
Yep, Andy gets the prize!
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
Art Curren, by far.
CNJ831
Does the winner get a raise?
-George
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
I dunno, I liked em all. I say Andy was my favorite. A recent article about steam locomotive accessories is like sitting down to a meal with meat, taters and gravy. Thanks ANDY!
It seems to me that everyone is a valued part of MRR. Even more so today.
Not a staff member, but a prolific writer--E.L. Moore.
Staffer...maybe Linn Wescott.
Mark P.
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While tryhing to unbox a bunch of stuff from my move, I came across bunches of old Model Railroaders (dating back to the early 60s). Of course reading them was much more fun than moving them so I sat for awhile - ok a long loong while. I thn thought it might be fun to get ya'll's opinion on MRR guys past and present. (Remember when Andy S. was the "new guy"? lol)
In my opinion my favorites had to be Art Curren and Gordon Odegard. I always would look forward to construction articles by these guys. I learned much from each and every one. Art always had a way to take a couple of plain jane seen on every layout buiildings and make something fantastic out of them - and wrote the article in such as way that I got all fired up to do this "kitbashing thing." Gordy? I just considered him "old reliable." Every article a pleasure to read - even if the topic had no appeal to me at all.
Would be interested to see what others have to say.