From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Michael Finfer"  wrote in message   
   news:_v2Nv.93275$Wt5.70281@fx01.iad...   
   > On 8/29/2014 8:50 AM, conklin wrote:   
   >> "Benjamin.Kubelsky"  wrote in message   
   >> news:ltotbp01gma@news4.newsguy.com...   
   >>> I just read that Carstens Publications is going out of business. This is   
   >>> the publisher of "Railfan and Railroad" and "Model Railroad Craftsman"   
   >>> and   
   >>> some other title about model planes.   
   >>>   
   >>> R&R deteriorated a lot over the past 5 or so years, particularly after   
   >>> Curtis Katz and Jim Boyd passed away. I let my subscription go a few   
   >>> years   
   >>> ago, partly due to the state of the magazine and partly due to my not   
   >>> having time to get through what I had. I'd pick up a copy here and there   
   >>> on a newsstand, and enjoyed some of it.   
   >>>   
   >>> Sorry to see it go, but I guess the combination of losing key people,   
   >>> the   
   >>> general decline in paper press, and, I gather they suffered a lot of   
   >>> damage at their headquarters from Super Storm Sandy.   
   >>>   
   >>> Regards,   
   >>>   
   >>> DAve   
   >>   
   >> Sorry to hear that.  I still enjoyed Railroad and Railfan but I did miss   
   >> the   
   >> monthly column about the O&W.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > White River Productions bought the magazines and the mail order book   
   > store.  Look for R&R to resume soon.   
   >   
   > Michael Finfer   
   > Bridgewater, NJ   
      
   Good to hear this.  The June 2014 issue of Railfan and RR just arrived   
   today, with a spread on the Streamliners at Spencer, an evenr I attended.   
   it was a good "last" issue.  I had renewed my subscription not long ago and   
   the label showsn an expieration date of Feb. '17.  Where did you hear about   
   White River?   
      
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