Model Railroader: August 1965

Copyright © 1965 Kalmbach Publishing Co. Used with permission of Model Railroader magazine. Not to be reproduced under any circumstances.

"For enjoyment with everlasting challenge." That slogan still sums it all up for me. When I purchased this magazine in a Franklin five-and-dime store in Meredith, New Hampshire in the summer of 1965, it almost immediately caused a radical shift in a journey I had only just begun. For those of you who have this issue, on page 41 is a photo of Ken Davis' magnificent Great Northland Railway. This is the photo that convinced me to buy the magazine, the photo that would light the fire of ambition and keep it lit for years to come.

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