Promoting the Hobby We all have railroad magazines lying around on shelves, in bookcases and in boxes under the layout never again to be read except on that rare occasion we need information on something we read somewhere. I purchased the Model Railroader 75th anniversary DVD a few years ago and decided to get rid of those old magazines prior to 2009. I tried giving them away at my last two open houses but everyone laughed and said they had their own piles at home. Then I got the idea of taking four Model Railroader magazines and leaving them at the doctor’s office, dentist office or anywhere I go that has reading material in the waiting room. When I go back the next time they’re nowhere to be found. Someone is taking them home. That’s a good thing! Doing this serves a twofold purpose. Getting much needed space at home and most importantly “Promoting the Hobby”. Remember the more model railroader's, the more manufactures and local hobby shops stay in business. We should do this as a way of getting people interested in Model Railroading. Bill Fagan Warminster, PA NMRA member
I took fifteen years of MRs to the local train club. They always have free magazines for visitors to take if they wish, so they found a good home and I gained some shelf space. MRs from the early-to-mid 1980s were ridiculously thick, with ads heavily outweighing interesting content.
