I like Trains and Classic Trains in print. Forums like this are great for communicating, but reading print and looking at physical great photographs is even a greater pleasure.
jeffhergert It's just not as pleasurable as holding a magazine in my hands.
Every now and then, I'll stop into my "stacks" and grab an old issue of this magazine or that just for my amusement.
I don't have 70 years of Trains (or any other magazine), but going back even 25 years can prove amusing, no matter what the magazine.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Wow! Two opportunities in a row to respond to a post by Jeff!
I also prefer holding a book or newspaper in my hand to looking at a screen. It's much easier to go back when I want to, and, in the case of a newspaper, quickly scan to see what interests me.
However, I appreciate the opportunity to see, quickly, what fellow posters have to tell the rest of us--and to respond as I feel moved to respond. You can't do that with print!
Johnny
I've subscribed to the on-line version of the DM Register. What I read is a scanned copy of the regular paper. If they do away with that have only the website type news items where there are a few top stories and you have to hunt for other stories I would stop reading it altogether.
If Kalmbach dropped the print editions, I don't think I would subscribe. I have the Trains electronic 70 year collection on my laptop, but hardly ever read them like I thought I would. Mostly it's looking up information and that's not very often. It's just not as pleasurable as holding a magazine in my hands. I pick up Model Railroader at retail outlets, I don't subscribe now. Will there be a way to buy single issues via internet? Or will those that go totally electronic just lose the casual buyer?
Jeff
Quad prints quite a few of the rail enthusiast magazines some of us read. If any of them end up needing a new place with a Harris M1000 press to produce their product, a certain printing plant here in northern Idaho is ready to begin receiving their page files via InSite. As for coal, not everyone is feeling the downturn:
http://bnsf.com/about-bnsf/financial-information/weekly-carload-reports/pdf/20151031.pdf
God forbid we lose print media! I am NOT taking a computer or any other electronic device in the bathroom! Drop it in the "you-know-what" and that's the end of it!
Paul of CovingtonWhat are you going to use to start a fire in your wood-burning fireplace?
Them Canadians live so close to the North Pole they keep the fire stoked year round.
Norm
Don't forget the ever popular fish wrapper and kitchen scraps. Somewhere along the line all the afore mentioned was brought by a train.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Ulrich I'm surprised newspapers have lasted this long. It is only a matter of time before they and magazines and directories and books go 100% digital.
I'm surprised newspapers have lasted this long. It is only a matter of time before they and magazines and directories and books go 100% digital.
What are you going to hold over your head when caught in a sudden shower? What are you going to put on the bottom of your birdcage? What are you going to use to start a fire in your wood-burning fireplace?
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
In the wake of disappointing financial results, Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. said Tuesday it will begin closing plants and taking other steps to cut $100 million in costs.
"Our third quarter financial performance was challenging and below our expectations," Joel Quadracci, CEO of the commercial printing firm, said in a statement.
Quadracci said the company would move swiftly to slice costs and bring them in line with sales.
http://www.jsonline.com/business/quadgraphics-to-close-plants-cut-100-million-in-costs-b99609370z1-339983321.html
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