August 2004 - great issue

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theonejp

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From: Upstate NY
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Posted by theonejp on Friday, July 9, 2004 5:29 AM

I thought it was a great mag too but I have one little problem! The map on pgs62-63.The last node point listed in the text of the article is the beautiful city of Toronto. Funny, the map itself puts the dot somewhere around Montreal or Quebec City. Which one is it?

locomutt

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September 2003
From: Louisville,Ky.
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Posted by locomutt on Friday, July 9, 2004 9:58 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Kathi Kube

Hey, all.

There actually are three forum members whose names appear in our pages this month. Give up? Check out pages 80 and 81. Props to a very cool individual who accepted my edits with maturity and grace that rivals many folks many times his age. (No, I won't tell. You have to go find it for yourself.)

We're glad you're enjoying the issue; I'll pass your thoughts on to the rest of the guys here who make it all happen.

Have a nifty day!
Kathi

Kathi,
Quite right!!
And the August issue IS one of the BEST !![:D]

Oh,and I did read Pgs 80-81.
That,s awesome for a person of that age!

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 9, 2004 11:37 AM

Got it yesterday, it was better than any issue in the last few years.

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edblysard

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Posted by edblysard on Friday, July 9, 2004 7:36 PM

Uhhh...
WOW!

I think you might want to hire this guy, if he can write that well at 16, just imagine how good he will be in a few years...
Way to go, Justin....

Ed

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jeaton

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September 2002
From: Rockton, IL
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Posted by jeaton on Friday, July 9, 2004 11:00 PM

I've been "out of town" since the 4th and won't be home until Tuesday. Guess where my issue is at? I read everything, made the connection to the multi-talented Ed, (photography, switching cars, writing) but missed the other two. I'll be patient.

The article on commodities is worth keeping for reference when someone tells you that railroads are obsolete. Just because the item you bought on the internet wasn't delivered to you out of a boxcar on a rail siding at you house...

I am also sorry to see Mark leave the Editor's spot at Trains. That didn't have to happen, but I guess a corporate jet for commuting was not in the cards.

Jay

"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:50 PM

It was ok,not the greatest.

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MP57313

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From: L A County, CA, US
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Posted by MP57313 on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:21 AM

Agree this was a great issue.

Speaking of obscure branch lines...I had no idea there once was a branch from Oceanside to San Luis Rey on the Surf Line. This area is largely developed now and I doubt there are any traces left.

The SDG&E building is still across from the San Diego station, though much modified from the picture. There is still a short segment of a rail siding in the sidewalk (on the Broadway side facing the station), but I don't know if that was a Santa Fe siding or a remnant from the streetcar system.

MP