Fantastic shot and congratulations Russel. It really gives the atmosphère of the old Colorado narrow gauge.
Cheers,
Simon

 

Congratulations Russell! Your passion for steam, and the Colorado NG, really shows! Would love to see the pictorial article..... your frequent contributions to this MLS Forum are always appreciated, too. Blow yer own trumpet all you like!! Now that you have become a "Published Author" and famous, we all will be harassing you for more! 🤪
"Vaporis In Fraternitate!" -- Ken
(Eat yer heart out..... I have always lived in and explored 'Narrow Gauge Country' in Colorado!! 'Tis me 'ome! 🤠)

 

Congrats Russell!! Your layout and trains are very worthy of the cover story! It's nice to see large scale live steam featured in a magazine, makes me miss Steam in the Garden!

 

Thanks everyone and I am proud of that image I took and it's as taken, with no cropping except to fit the magazine page.

I like magazines so do support the few that are left as this where you can see great images, plans and articles that you can keep and find in many years to come. This is something not yet appreciated by the younger enthusiasts who struggle to swipe and find where that image or info was on Facebook from just a month ago let alone years ago !

Also magazine images are viewed bigger not just on a tiny phone screen so better detail and study is absorbed by our brains. Trouble is now the cost of delivery ( and fewer outlets ) make publishing a magazine a very expensive business.

I like the communication with electronic means but social media info is very fleeting and to me useless, that's why I like posting here on a forum site that while it has it's limitations I can look up a persons old posts and view what was commented on, ideas and images. Just looking up my old posts reveals a lot about me and my modelling so do dig around a bit as I also look up your old posts with lots of info, not quite a magazine but MLS will do for me.
I'll get off my other soapbox now and put the loudspeaker down.