Re: Australian Railway Magazines which is best

[nldoncas@cobweb.com.au (Nic Doncaster)]

telljb@ozemail.com.au (Tell) writes:
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> Railway Digest is very much towards NSW, but there is a
> simple reason for this.  There are plenty of people in
> that State with the interest to go out noting and
> photographing rail events.
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> I remember years ago that Australian Model Railway
> Magazine was pasted by some of it's readers for too
> many NSW modelling articles. 

My beef with AMRM is that they, along with other (mainstream and in-house) mags 
(local and interstate) publish data that is later proved to be incorrect, yet 
seem to  avoid retractions.

The classic example is the NT Saga. They printed my own letter, yet they, 
apparently, would not listen to others who picked up their mistake.

I certainly will not say that the magazine I edit is perfect, undoubtley, 
despite cross referencing material with many kind and supportive colleagues, I 
still let the odd error through.(I will decline on some grammatical probs in the 
next edition, they are the softwares fault!)

I will however happily accept anyones corrections, if there is reasonable 
substantiation (eg a CME, Senior Foreman, other hard copy evidence).

All magazines, and their editors, have the obligation to publish accurate data 
that has been at least partly validated and checked. I certainly value magazines 
that have sections for corrections, and one that, in my opinion, excells in this 
area is RNV. Each copy I have seen has had a spot for corrections.

Nic Doncaster
Editor, "The Partyline"
In-house magazine of Steamtown, PRPS

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