Keith George Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I have given up on the GWJ.! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Having just spoken to Titfield Thunderbolt (the shop not the train in case anyone is questioning my sanity) it is apparently due imminently. So we'll wait and see Thats something, I suppose! At least it gives time to issue a GWR style "Late, Please Explain" notice...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted December 15, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2016 I have given up on the GWJ.! I always think it's worth waiting for, it's an excellent read. But these days, they do need to get their act together, it really is inexcusable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted December 16, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2016 Just spoken to Cygnet, they are hoping to get the magazines into their office next Tuesday (20th Dec) with them being posted out from there. Issue 101 is then due at the end of January and I was assured would catch up the schedule at that point. Regards, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Just spoken to Cygnet, they are hoping to get the magazines into their office next Tuesday (20th Dec) with them being posted out from there. Issue 101 is then due at the end of January and I was assured would catch up the schedule at that point. Regards, Next one on time? Good God, they'll be having a website next! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2016 Yoho ho - GWJ No.100 arrived at Alton Model Centre today about 10 minutes before I got there and was duly unpacked and 'entered on the system' before my very eyes with my copy duly making its way into the bag of goodies I brought home. Somewhat perversely considering the issue number the centrepiece is a three page fold-out of drawings and a photo; not of No.100 but of No.111 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Thanks for the heads up. I shall call into Ian Allan tomorrow and see if it has landed there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted December 21, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2016 I shall be venturing into Smiffs tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 .... the centrepiece is a three page fold-out of drawings and a photo; not of No.100 but of No.111 Excellent. Maybe there'll be a kit for it....oh wait....hang on.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted December 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2016 Yoho ho - GWJ No.100 arrived at Alton Model Centre today about 10 minutes before I got there and was duly unpacked and 'entered on the system' before my very eyes with my copy duly making its way into the bag of goodies I brought home. Somewhat perversely considering the issue number the centrepiece is a three page fold-out of drawings and a photo; not of No.100 but of No.111 What else is in it Mike? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Thanks for the heads up. I shall call into Ian Allan tomorrow and see if it has landed there. Waterloo? May need to wander over that direction myself... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2016 What else is in it Mike? Labelling of Passenger Trains Part 2 Melksham St Ives Station in Detail Standard Boards - (single page only alas) original sketches dated 1923, with some dimensions The Great Bear - including the frame plan and sectional drawings Castles in Traffic, Part 3 Letters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Somewhat perversely considering the issue number the centrepiece is a three page fold-out of drawings and a photo; not of No.100 but of No.111 Does that mean I have to stand on one leg whilst reading it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted December 22, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2016 Thanks Mike, I guess mine is now delayed in the Christmas post! Looking at the contents, it does make you wonder what in there was sufficient to delay the printing by 2 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Not Jeremy Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 Thanks Mike, I guess mine is now delayed in the Christmas post! Looking at the contents, it does make you wonder what in there was sufficient to delay the printing by 2 months. What hasn't been reported is that this issue marks the standing down of John Copsey as editor, together with other comments about the journal both past and present. Once the current "subscription cycle" is completed, it will be going over to a more "book like" production produced on a less frequent basis. As far as reasons for delay go, illness played a part I think, but also considering future options for the journal. At least with the new arrangements nobody will have dates to worry about. End of an era really, and one hell of an achievement too. Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 ....Once the current "subscription cycle" is completed, it will be going over to a more "book like" production produced on a less frequent basis..... Ah, possibly an Annual, then? (A bit like the old BRILL "Summer Specials".) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold melmoth Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2016 Ah, possibly an Annual, then? (A bit like the old BRILL "Summer Specials".) I'd really hope it would be a bit more frequent than that. How often does the Southern Way come out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Pannier Tank Posted December 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2016 I'd really hope it would be a bit more frequent than that. How often does the Southern Way come out? Hopefully with say 2 editions per year we will get to see a complete article and not one that is spread over 3 - 4 or more editions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Hopefully with say 2 editions per year .... Yes, but the annual would mean they only have to meet one deadline, rather than two. And given how we've all been poking fun at the uncertainty of release dates , surely a single deadline would be more feasible? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 What's issue 100 called? Is it Autumn, Late Autumn, Bl00dy Late Autumn, Early Winter or "Bet you thought you were never going to get this!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted December 22, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2016 That's a shame, I really enjoy the magazine, when it arrives. Although I am surprised that some of the longer articles were never thought of worthy of going into their own book. Does MRJ suffer with the same delays? Is the start of all of their magazines being wound down I wonder. Again I hope not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 What's issue 100 called? Is it Autumn, Late Autumn, Bl00dy Late Autumn, Early Winter or "Bet you thought you were never going to get this!" I did double take when I saw it labelled "autumn" and had to check the issue number... fortunately the large pristine pile in Ian Allen was a give away it was the new issue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Not Jeremy Posted December 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2016 For information and clarification, from the Autumn 2016 Issue number 100 and verbatim: Publishers Notice We plan to end the publication of Great Western Railway Journal as a quarterly magazine at issue 103. Thereafter we may publish the occasional special. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben04uk Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 For information and clarification, from the Autumn 2016 Issue number 100 and verbatim: Publishers Notice We plan to end the publication of Great Western Railway Journal as a quarterly magazine at issue 103. Thereafter we may publish the occasional special. What if anything is going to replace it? Bookazines? Surely there is still plenty of content. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 ....Publishers Notice We plan to end the publication of Great Western Railway Journal as a quarterly magazine at issue 103. Thereafter we may publish the occasional special. Once a year, then. If that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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