From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "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.   
      
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