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Another thing Model Railroader had was their own model railroad layout, the Milwaukee, Racine and Troy, which was located on the second floor of the Kalmbach Media offices in Waukesha (the original was located on the 3rd floor of the old offices at 1027 N. 7th Street which was in operation from 1975 to 1989 [6]).
Kalmbach began publishing its annual Great Model Railroads in November 1990. [6] In 1991, Kalmbach purchased Greenberg Publishing of Sykesville, Maryland. Also included in the purchase was Greenberg Shows, which sponsored nearly two dozen combined model railroad and doll house shows on the East Coast. [7]
It took Kalmbach seven years to pay off the loans used to launch the magazine. Al Kalmbach did much to popularize the hobby. His main interest was operation. He enjoyed being the dispatcher at the Model Railroad Club of Milwaukee, and published many articles on operation. He also wrote a book, How to Run a Model Railroad, under the name Boomer ...
He founded Model Railroader in Milwaukee at 545 S. 84 th St., now the site of a car wash, and moved the magazine several times to locations including what’s now Milwaukee Area Technical College ...
Great Model Railroads, Easy Model Railroad Wiring, The Model Railroader's Guide to Passenger Equipment & Operations and The Model Railroader's Guide to Freight Yards Andy Sperandeo (September 1, 1945 – October 2, 2015) was an editorial employee of Kalmbach Publishing 's Model Railroader Magazine beginning in 1979.
Carstens was the chief competitor to Kalmbach Publishing in the scale model hobby and enthusiast field. What made Carstens stand out from the competition was the in-depth detail and active voice of the books and magazines. The company's list of monthly magazine titles included: Railroad Model Craftsman; Railfan & Railroad; Flying Models
The magazine is distributed to hobby shops by Kalmbach Publishing. [2] The first issue of the magazine was March/April 1975, and the magazine has been published continuously since then. [3] The magazine specialises in, as the title says, narrow gauge and short-line railroads from both a prototype and modeling perspective.
The odds of slot-like “gray machines” returning to gas stations, bars and convenience stores across Kentucky just got longer. Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd ruled to keep a ban on the ...