Is the magazine posted on this webpage the current issue , or last month's ?
I went to Books a Million and they have the Aug issue and its not this one ...It should be Sept. issue thats on the racks now,right ?
The one posted is the one that just came in the mail monday for me.
moelarrycurly4 The one posted is the one that just came in the mail monday for me.
Ok, so I guessing its the Sept issue...
Thanks
Subscriber copies usually beat newstand copies by at least a week, often more. I generally don't count on seeing a given month's copy of any magazine on the newstand much before the 5th of the month (usually preceding - September issue on stand o/a August 5).
Beat the rush - subscribe. You won't have to waste trips to the bookstore, and you'll save money besides. Sure, it means having to come up with a bigger chunk of change all at once, but you won't have to hope you've got enough cash in your pocket when the mag does hit the streets.
And go big, if you can. I just re-upped my "Trains" subscription for three years....
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tree68Subscriber copies usually beat newstand copies by at least a week, often more. I generally don't count on seeing a given month's copy of any magazine on the newstand much before the 5th of the month (usually preceding - September issue on stand o/a August 5). Beat the rush - subscribe. You won't have to waste trips to the bookstore, and you'll save money besides. Sure, it means having to come up with a bigger chunk of change all at once, but you won't have to hope you've got enough cash in your pocket when the mag does hit the streets. And go big, if you can. I just re-upped my "Trains" subscription for three years....
Over the course of a year, driving to the outlet to purchase each month's TRAINS at newstand prices....surely will end up being somewhat more espensive than the subscription price to have it sent right to your residence. Add convience too.
I too am a very long {in time}, subscriber of said magazine.
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Yep. Humble, too...
tree68 A.K. CummingsYou're a great American, Larry! Yep. Humble, too...
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I have already misplaced mine.
There was an article by Fred Frailey too....cant find the magazine anywhere, probably got packed up (I'm moving).
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Awesome! Andy! You just hit 100 posts!
TRAINS MAG is the best magazine ever published! I need to up my subscription as well. Andy, or anyone who knows, if I say, add 3 years to my subscription, will I get 2 for the same magazines each month until the end of this year? Or will it wait to kick in till next fiscal year?
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Speaking of getting the September issue a little after the first of August, I remember when I was beginning to wonder as each month drew to its close if I would get the issue dated for a particular month in that month. I don't remember for certain, but this may have been after Rosemary Entringer's leaving. She was quite a gal; I had the pleasure of meeting her, in her office, in September of '68.
bubbajustin Awesome! Andy! You just hit 100 posts! TRAINS MAG is the best magazine ever published! I need to up my subscription as well. Andy, or anyone who knows, if I say, add 3 years to my subscription, will I get 2 for the same magazines each month until the end of this year? Or will it wait to kick in till next fiscal year?
A.K. CummingsYou're a great American, Larry! tree68 Subscriber copies usually beat newstand copies by at least a week, often more. I generally don't count on seeing a given month's copy of any magazine on the newstand much before the 5th of the month (usually preceding - September issue on stand o/a August 5). Beat the rush - subscribe. You won't have to waste trips to the bookstore, and you'll save money besides. Sure, it means having to come up with a bigger chunk of change all at once, but you won't have to hope you've got enough cash in your pocket when the mag does hit the streets. And go big, if you can. I just re-upped my "Trains" subscription for three years....
tree68 Subscriber copies usually beat newstand copies by at least a week, often more. I generally don't count on seeing a given month's copy of any magazine on the newstand much before the 5th of the month (usually preceding - September issue on stand o/a August 5). Beat the rush - subscribe. You won't have to waste trips to the bookstore, and you'll save money besides. Sure, it means having to come up with a bigger chunk of change all at once, but you won't have to hope you've got enough cash in your pocket when the mag does hit the streets. And go big, if you can. I just re-upped my "Trains" subscription for three years....
ANDY:
I remember when Model Railroader offered a life-time subscription for $50.00,when it was still in diapers....
Did TRAINS ever do the same?
Just curious if there are any of those early life-time subscriptions still active?????
Wish I'd bought one of those, whatr a bargain!
samfp1943 I remember when Model Railroader offered a life-time subscription for $50.00,when it was still in diapers.... Did TRAINS ever do the same
Did TRAINS ever do the same
I remember the Model Railroader offering lifetimes for 100 bucks. Don't remember TRAINS or Trains & Travel offering it. Man-oh-man I should have taken up MR on that offer.
I have copies of both MR and TRAINS in the small format. Think of the money I could have saved!!! GROAN.
You Guys are so right!
Back then fifty cents per issue was a stretch....If steamlocomotives had been ten cents apiece back then, all I could have done was run up, and down the tracks hollaring-"Ain't that cheap!"
OH, WELL! The times they are a changin'
I still wonder if Kalmbach is still delivering to one of those 50.00 life-time subscribers?
Group,
I only buy TRAINS when there's an article in it that interest me (LIKE THE KCS) or stories piticular to TX or the SW,Im not into every short line and other RR's of the NE..Thats mostly all I can see they talk about,I guess thats where the action is,just not my cup a tea...
Thanks for the info...
videomakerI only buy TRAINS when there's an article in it that interest me (LIKE THE KCS) or stories piticular to TX or the SW,Im not into every short line and other RR's of the NE..Thats mostly all I can see they talk about,I guess thats where the action is,just not my cup a tea...
Indeed. I don't read every article in every issue - some things just don't interest me, either. But there is usually enough in just about every issue to make it worthwhile having - coast to coast and around the world.
And many of the things I enjoy about the magazine, like "Railroad Reading," really don't usually have a geographic quality about them - they could be about just about anywhere.
The same is true here on the forum. I don't think I've read a single post in the "Sunset Route Double Tracking" thread, even though it's been running for months and is up to twenty-some pages. I just don't care about all that much about that route.
Trains had lifetime subscriptions available as well.
Kalmbach cancelled all lifetime subscriptions several decades ago, they weren't honored.
Leo_AmesTrains had lifetime subscriptions available as well. Kalmbach cancelled all lifetime subscriptions several decades ago, they weren't honored.
Leo —
Not sure who told you this, but I did some checking and can assure you it's flat-out untrue. I wasn't able to get a hold of circulation to find out exactly how many lifetime subscriptions remain, but there are a handful, and those individuals continue to get TRAINS every month for free.
Best,
Thanks, Andy for the response.
I remember reading some time back, reading in MR that there were still a couple of Model Railroader lifetimes still being honored...
I had not ever seen or heard the Trains had done a similar deal, although I always thought it was a pretty good idea for a promotion... I guess, until I win a lottery prize, I'll be one of the ones who buys it a yaear at a time...
Keep up the good work, TRAINS is a bright spot in my reading each month.
A.K. Cummings Leo_Ames Trains had lifetime subscriptions available as well. Kalmbach cancelled all lifetime subscriptions several decades ago, they weren't honored. Leo — Not sure who told you this, but I did some checking and can assure you it's flat-out untrue. I wasn't able to get a hold of circulation to find out exactly how many lifetime subscriptions remain, but there are a handful, and those individuals continue to get TRAINS every month for free. Best,
Leo_Ames Trains had lifetime subscriptions available as well. Kalmbach cancelled all lifetime subscriptions several decades ago, they weren't honored.
Was it your sister publication Model Railroader than? I read I think what was an answer to a question someone had sent in concerning this and the answer then had been that they were cancelled.
And are you sure they're not winners of contest? Doing a search just now seems to reveal that lifetime subscriptions have been offered in the past for contest winners occasionally.
I'm pretty certain I wouldn't remember it if I hadn't actually read it in response to a question sent in and published in Trains in print, but I can't pinpoint when I read it. Could pretty much be anywhere in old issues of Trains from the 60s until the 90s. Only possible thing I can think of is I actually read something about Model Railroader instead and have confused the two or assumed it was a Kalmbach wide decision. Hopefully I stumble across it again someday when reading old issues of the magazine.
Any chance of digging a bit deeper? I can only go back to the mid 1990s searching both publications electronically since my college subsribes to a service that includes these two publications among their online database. If you have a easy way to go back into the years before that electronically, I bet it would be easy to locate what I read.
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