Is the news OGR DEC/JAN in your Hobby shop or Barnes & noble ?

Just picked up my copy of the DEC21/JAN22 issue at the Strasburg Train Stop (next to the Choo Choo Barn).

Nicholas Smith is my LHS but has not carried OGR for a few years now, or they order a low quantity and sell out quickly.

Hennings Trains carries OGR in store as of last Christmas; I haven't been there since last holiday season.

@mowingman posted:

While I get both print and digital, I much prefer the paper issue. I consider the digital OGR a backup, in case the PO makes off with my printed copy. I doubt I would subscribe if I could not have the printed copy in my hands.

FYI: The latest issue of OGR arrived today. Yippee!!!

Jeff

Same here.  It’s sort of like the Sears or JCPenney Christmas catalogs.  There’s something about flipping through the colorful, glossy pages.  Since those catalogs have vanished, I haven’t shopped at either of them, and one barely exists anymore.

@WRGMILW posted:

I knew the Digital issue was out ,  But I like the Printed issue .   

Is the Digital version in Pdf Format ?

How would I retrieve it/ get it if  I paid for the digital version ?

Thanks

Bill in Wawautosa

At the completion of your Digital Subscription purchase, you’ll get a link to your own private reading room in the OGR Digital Library. Literally every issue that OGR has published - more than 300 of them dating from 1969 - are all available there.

It is in the PDF format which you can read online or download for offline reading.

I for one am glad that the print copy still comes to the house. I have zero interest in a digital copy. Old school, oh well.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Mike, have you checked the price of gas lately?   The shipping isn't so bad when you consider the driving costs and time.

Depends on the type of vehicle you drive. Doesnt it?

@Prr7688 posted:

Just picked up my copy of the DEC21/JAN22 issue at the Strasburg Train Stop (next to the Choo Choo Barn).

Nicholas Smith is my LHS but has not carried OGR for a few years now, or they order a low quantity and sell out quickly.

Hennings Trains carries OGR in store as of last Christmas; I haven't been there since last holiday season.

Yeah! I too have to make that trek!

@prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Depends on the type of vehicle you drive. Doesnt it?

Well, I'm one of the 98% of car owners in the US that drive gasoline powered cars.

Of course, printing out a digital magazine on your home printer likely costs you more than the print version alone would cost when you consider paper and printer ink expenses (not to mention overall quality of the printing). Still, there's something for everybody--at least at the present time--and it's strictly a matter of personal choice.

Let's be optimistic and say it costs 10 cents a sheet to print on a color printer.  Truthfully, it's more like at least 15 for inkjet and maybe 10-12 for a color laser.  The last OGR mag, Run 321, was 101 pages.  That's at least $10 to print it in color on any printer, and probably realistically more like $15.