Not an active "S" gauge participant here either, but yes a critical loss to the model railroading community.
And I like others fill that printed publications are seeing a slow decline, which myself can remark on since my youngest son being a free-lancer for newspapers, has seen his work decline to near nothing.
It' s a real shame because it is a generational trend that's taking over with digital media. I'm a paper type person myself and see this as a threat to my kind.
It would be an asset to the hobby to see an "O" gauge publication to combine with the "S Gaugian" to continue the knowledge and archives to share with future hobbyist.
Maybe the rights of the archives and previously published articles could be bought for reprint.
Just like printed pictures, magazines to me are always handy and more accessible to MY generation 
