tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post4881149734088626003..comments2024-03-25T15:23:21.286-04:00Comments on Central Vermont Railway: Magazines - Aspirational Clutter? CVSNEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875631602890773160noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-64390539395644003842015-02-19T14:34:03.424-05:002015-02-19T14:34:03.424-05:00I have started simply scanning the pages I want to...I have started simply scanning the pages I want to keep into a PDF file, 1 file for all the pages of the article. It is quick and simple, and solves that indexing problem as I can simply just browse the folder I put them into on the hard drive. I can create subfolders if I want for further classify them. Right now though I only have a few things that really made the cut to actually scan and store, so it is all in one folder. Interesting how many things really do not have much interest after reading once. Now, that being said I still need to go back and start removing magazines. I figure I'll give them a once over to see if anything is of interest and then toss them. But I will be sure to scan all those McGuirk articles.... Mike McNamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902543654492633693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-69000930378698349012015-02-17T12:39:04.148-05:002015-02-17T12:39:04.148-05:00Thanks for the comment.
It's not my assertion...Thanks for the comment. <br />It's not my assertion, but the blogger I was quoting. <br />As far as freight car articles and like I've amassed a decent reference library of books (such as Railway Prototype Cyc), some of Tony's books, etc….<br />As far as Ted's articles go, I believe he always planned to offer the Essential Freight Car series as a book of some sort. In the meantime, remember those magazine cuttings I mentioned? Most of them are Ted's series. <br />As I finish a model covered by an article in the series that article goes in the recycle bin and the model goes on the layout. <br />CVSNEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875631602890773160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-29681581902485569842015-02-17T12:29:26.952-05:002015-02-17T12:29:26.952-05:00I think there are exceptions to your assertion tha...I think there are exceptions to your assertion that anything you need can be found on the internet. Plans, the detailed prototype info in articles on freight cars by Thompson, Swain, Culotta are examples of stuff that is not AFAIK certain to be found on the internet if you toss all your old magazines. That 1950 scenery article that says "we all know the best material for scenery is asbestos furnace cement" on the other hand...N. E. Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697147224817952244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-74750538047719329472015-02-13T17:43:42.343-05:002015-02-13T17:43:42.343-05:00Well said Marty. I used to collect cuttings and st...Well said Marty. I used to collect cuttings and store them but then, guess what? I changed scales and interests, so all that I had collected were of no use! I do, however, keep magazines for about a year, and re-read them again, before throwing them out.<br /><br />BrianBrian K.Woolvenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432181047691958712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235592861494546755.post-18758481791909138112015-02-13T07:10:46.150-05:002015-02-13T07:10:46.150-05:00A very thoughtful post, Marty. The world is changi...A very thoughtful post, Marty. The world is changing and the ways in which we interact with one another and the various aspects of our hobby are changing, too. I recently got rid of almost all of the old magazines that I had kept under the layout. I did this in order to be able to install the new signal system more easily but also because circumstances have changed. My inspirations today come primarily from a little box just like yours. I did take time to cut out the articles that I wanted to keep and placed them in folders in a file cabinet next to the little box. We'll see over time if that effort was worthwhile.<br /><br />And I enjoyed your thoughts about inspiration versus aspiration- very insightful.<br /><br />Tom Patterson Tom Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787028891178734529noreply@blogger.com