May, 1972 for me....the issue with the Super Chief and the actress detraining. Also had a great article on the Erie Lackawanna passenger service. I believe it was all passenger issue, no doubt in honor of the fallen private service one year earlier.
I have not missed an issue since...and recently cataloged all issues in the basement with personal index of each issue with articles, maps, etc.
No, it doesnt seem like 45 years to me.
ed
I've got most of the issues of Trains (not to mention MR, RMC, Firehouse, and several other rail and fire magazines) I've ever acquired. They sure take up a lot of space!
It is interesting to reach into one of the files and pick out an old issue.
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...
Mine also was June 1962. I don't have the issue now. The only article I remember was an article concerning the Santa Fe and Frisco operating some sort of locomotive run-through from California to Birmingham AL. It had a big photo of a set of Frisco F units pulling a freight at Cajon Pass.
I believe my first was in June, 1962, with Steffee's Annual Speed Survey, so 55 years of sporadic reading. The survey's peak 60mph mileage was 1954 and was dropped in 1973. A survey now would be interesting but pretty skimpy.
C&NW, CA&E, MILW, CGW and IC fan
Firelock76 I have to ask, does it seem like 50 years?
I have to ask, does it seem like 50 years?
Good question, as it certainly doesn't seem like 50 years. What's even scarier is one of my earliest memories is riding the Olympian Hiawatha from Seattle to Miles City and that's maybe a month away from 60 years ago.
It's thought provoking looking back on what various projections of what railroading would be like in the future and seeing what changes actually did come about.
- Erik
Last couple of years of high school in the mid 60s I bought every issue of MR, but only the occasional Trains. I hardly bought any thru college and grad school. In 1976 I started buyng Trains again, and have not missed an issue since.
I saw my first issue, on a newstand, in April of 1952--with the picture of a young father and his son watching the Abraham Lincoln in Joliet. I managed to scrape together enough for a one year's subscription--and I have not missed an issue since.
Johnny
Erikm,
Not that far along as a reader. Other interests domimated my younger years; think women. All else was secondary.
Norm
I picked up my first issue of Trains magazine (June 1967 issue) 50 years and a few days ago, spotting it when picking up the June '67 issue of MR (June 1964 was my first issue of MR). The cover photo of a GG-1 was what first attracted my attention, but the article that made the biggest impact was the one on the D&H high pressure compounds. My next issue was May 1968 and I really got hooked with the June 1968 issue (Steffee Speed Survey), started collecting back issues shortly after and have been a subscriber since January 1970 (age 15 at the time).
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