[RITSlist] A Rocket Survey

[D & E Hutchins]

I will inject here, (pardon the injection) that we did hear a lot of 
complaints about the length of the covered hopper article in The Rocket 
2007-1.  When the magazine is limited to 32 pages, apparently some 
folks prefer to have variety rather than lengthy articles.  But then, 
you know the ole saying "you can't please all of them"
Dick Hutchins

On Jun 29, 2007, at 8:24 PM, DAVID SCHMIDT wrote:

> Bill,
> I see no reason why articles of greater length could not be used in 
> the Rocket format. RTR recently did a 5 part article on modeling the 
> Twin Star Rocket. Why shouldn't the Rocket carry continued articles if 
> the subject matter warrants an article of such length?
> With the Riebe's considering retirement as I hear they are and the 
> associate editor having been relieved of his duties, perhaps it is 
> time for the Digest to be retired as well, with all future material 
> being included in the new and improved Rocket?
> This could result in a sizeable cost reduction for RITS, and might 
> even allow either a reduction in dues OR an increase in the size of 
> the Rocket.
> Just my nickels worth
> David Schmidt
> Beach City TX
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Arkrail at aol.com
>> To: whiteriverandym at dishmail.net ;
>> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 8:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [RITSlist] A Rocket Survey
>>
>> As  the responses thus far have shown, the preferences for the Rocket 
>> are as diverse as the RITS membership.
>>  
>> My particular interest is RI history -- particularly operational 
>> details and decisions, both passenger and freight, for any time 
>> period after 1900.  From a regional perspective, the Arkansas 
>> Division holds primary interest, followed by the expanded Southern 
>> division.  I model the RI - intermittently - but more to recreate a 
>> particular locomotive, car or train than to operate a layout, so I 
>> would have to say that historical articles are of greater interest to 
>> me than strictly modeling articles.  Of course, there is so much 
>> overlap between a historical article with some hints for modelers 
>> versus a modeling article with some historical background, that most 
>> RI fans can find something of interest in every article.
>>  
>> I would be interested in seeing how the new Rocket editor -and the 
>> RITS membership represented on this list- views the relationship 
>> between the Rocket and the Digest.  Thus far, the Rocket seems to 
>> have focused on shorter, more photo oriented articles.  The Digest, 
>> on the other hand, frequently has lengthy articles, covering a 
>> specific topic in great detail, with a much heavier text to photo 
>> ratio.  I do not see the lengthy historical articles of the Digest 
>> easily lending themselves to Rocket format, and if the Digest is not 
>> available as a publication venue, these articles are going to get 
>> dispersed and published in a variety of other publications, rather 
>> than being collected in a series of convenient volumes for RITS 
>> members.  On the other hand, the Rocket type of shorter articles lend 
>> themselves to a more regular publication schedule because they can be 
>> researched and completed in a much shorter time frame. 
>>  
>> There is a place for both publications.  To my knowledge, neither the 
>> board nor the publications committee has formally affirmed any formal 
>> position regarding the two publications, or explained their intent 
>> for the two publications to coexist. 
>>  
>> Bill Pollard
>>  
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