The 2004 FR Logging & Mining Annual arrived today. Watch out for this one Bart Salmons. A treasure trove of little Porters from the 20" gauge Coronado Railroad. Scale drawings for nine diferent little saddle tankers, rosters and the most comprehensive photo coverage I’ve ever seen in one place on this little road. 46 pages by Mallory Hope Ferrell on just this road alone. I don’t pay cover price since I subscribe to FR but if this article were placed by itself between separate covers I would readily pay the $14.99 cover price just for it.
Plus beautiful color photo coverage of two different dioramas, photo story on a great On30 railroad by Gordon North, how-to article on some nifty backwoods water cars, a photo splurge on Mich-Cal Shay no.2, article on Shay driveshafts and catalog reprint pages from American Hoist & Derrick Co.
Advertisements are all placed discretely in the back of the book so as not to break up the page layouts containing the superb photo coverage. Printed on heavy coated paper that rivals any hardbound book.
Not to sound enthusiastic or anything but…FOR PETE’S SAKE!! Check this one out !!!