Chicago Tribune on Railfanning

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ironhorseman

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Posted by ironhorseman on Monday, January 12, 2004 12:33 PM

WHOO HOO!

You found it!

Thanks Nora
[:)][tup]

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techguy57

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August 2003
From: NW Chicago
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Posted by techguy57 on Monday, January 12, 2004 4:10 PM

I stopped in Saturday night and grabbed the early edition. I thought it was a nice article that pointed out some of the more enticing aspects of the hobby. Also did a nice job covering Rochelle. As Jim said my only complaint is that I thought is was a bit sterile, but that was probably because of trying to get the info and interviews crammed in. Overall grade A-/B+.

Mike

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tree68

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December 2001
From: Northern New York
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Posted by tree68 on Monday, January 12, 2004 9:38 PM

I, too, found the article refreshingly neutral. As I was thinking about it later, it was obvious that it could apply to just about any hobby - fire buffs come to mind, obviously, but much of the article could have replaced "railfan" in it's various forms with "fire buff" without changing much more.

A-/B+ sounds about right.

Mark - Are we really that hard to please?!?!?![^]

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