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Kalmbach Media, a 90-year-old Wisconsin publisher, has sold its Model Railroader, Trains, Astronomy, and other magazines to a Tennessee publisher.
It was founded as Trains in 1940 by publisher Al C. Kalmbach and editorial director Linn Westcott. From October 1951 to March 1954, the magazine was named Trains and Travel . [ 2 ] Jim Wrinn, a former reporter and editor at the Charlotte Observer , served as editor from 2004 until his death in 2022. [ 3 ]
Kalmbach Media (formerly Kalmbach Publishing Co.) was an American publisher of books and magazines, many of them railroad-related, located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. [ 1 ] History
When returned to service on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, it will be the largest steam locomotive in regular scheduled service in the United States and take 2-8-0 No. 734’s place as the largest active steam locomotive in the state of Maryland. (Trains.com Newswire [9])
Model Railroader also has several other "sister" magazines, also published by Kalmbach, including such titles as Trains magazine, Classic Trains, Garden Railways, and Classic Toy Trains. They are often advertised in Model Railroader, and on occasion, an article will refer to these other magazines.
Trains News Wire. Kalmbach Publishing. 18 May 2005 dead link ] "President of West Japan Railway to Resign". ABC News. Associated Press. 26 December 2005. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011 "JR West admits fatal crash could have been avoided".
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 1309 (officially nicknamed Maryland Thunder [2]) is a compound articulated H-6 class 2-6-6-2 "Mallet" steam locomotive.It was the very last steam locomotive for domestic service built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in November 1949 and originally operated by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway where it pulled coal trains until its retirement in 1956.
They were stored at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Restoration on the two began in 1986 and was completed in 1995. [2] In January 2007, the Lancaster Chapter donated the 902 to the Reading Company Technical and Historical Society. Reading FP7s #903 and #902 parked next to Reading 4-8-4 #2124 (October 2021).