In the Editorial Offices for \u00dcber-Art & Railway Journal, the phone rings:<\/p>\n Editor-in-chief,<\/strong> Hello production office, \u00dcA&RJ enterprises<\/em>.<\/p>\n Contributor 1,<\/strong> Yo!<\/em> You need rail pics? I\u2019ve got tons of rail pics<\/em>.<\/p>\n Editor,<\/strong> Well, we only do one issue a year, and we\u2019re all set through 2018, but what do you have in mind?<\/em><\/p>\n Contributor 1, <\/strong> I\u2019ve got lots of wedgies! Every kind of wedgie you\u2019d ever want from the greater Tri-State area! <\/em><\/p>\n Editor, <\/strong>Which states are those?<\/em><\/p>\n Contributor 1, <\/strong>What? You don\u2019t know? I thought you guys knew it all! The three Biggies! If you want wedgies from the Biggies, I\u2019m your guy.<\/em><\/p>\n Editor, <\/strong>We really haven\u2019t had a lot of call for that sort of thing. Maybe you have some glinting rails at sunset?<\/em><\/p>\n Contributor 1, <\/strong>Hell no! Don\u2019t waste pixels on that sort rubbish!<\/em><\/p>\n Editor,<\/strong> Ok, well, maybe some abstract architectural images?<\/em><\/p>\n Contributor 1, <\/strong>No way. Just Wedgies Mac. Three-Quarter Wedgies. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve got. Only the best.<\/em><\/p>\n Editor, <\/strong>Right, right, ok so, maybe some pastoral scenery in the background?<\/em><\/p>\n Contributor 1, <\/strong>Nope. I crop that stuff out.<\/em><\/p>\n Editor, <\/strong>Hmm, well, I think we\u2019re all set. Lots of photos here already. And did I mention, we\u2019re all set through 2028? Oh my, look at the time! Thank you for calling \u00dcA&RJ enterprises<\/em>!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>Episode 2<\/strong><\/p>\n At the Paste-up desk for All-Engines Magazine.<\/p>\n Art Director, <\/strong>We\u2019ve got issues here! Page 67 needs an effin\u2019 picture and alls we got here is words!<\/em><\/p>\n Junior Assistant Editorial Intern, <\/strong>I\u2019m on it boss. I\u2019ll get you a picture right a way. What do you want.<\/em><\/p>\n Art Director, <\/strong>Don\u2019t be pestering me with trivia Boy! Just get me an effin\u2019 picture, pronto!<\/em><\/p>\n Junior Assistant Editorial Intern, <\/strong>On it boss! Not to worry.<\/em><\/p>\n Assistant Layout Artist, <\/strong>Try calling that guy that was around last week, he has all kinds of pictures.<\/em><\/p>\n One minute later, down the hall, phone wedged in his ear;<\/p>\n Junior Assistant Editorial Intern, <\/strong>Hey Bud, are you the fellow that has all the Engine-pics?<\/em><\/p>\n Contributor 2, <\/strong>Um, well I prefer the term <\/em>Photographs, but yeah.<\/em><\/p>\n Junior Assistant Editorial Intern, <\/strong>Great! Well Bud this is your LUCKY day. Here at A-E Magazine<\/em> we are looking for your shi . . I mean <\/em>Photographs. Can you Email me a photo of an engine ASAP. Might use it . . . like on the cover, or something.<\/em><\/p>\n Contributor 2, <\/strong>Really? Wow! That\u2019s great! I\u2019ve a shot of an old Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 making lots of steam in front of the Strasburg depot, will that do?<\/em><\/p>\n Junior Assistant Editorial Intern, <\/strong>Hold the line Bud, lemme find out . . . <\/em><\/p>\n Hand covering phone, the JAEI shouts down the hall, I\u2019ve a got a guy with some-kind of steam engine pic near a station someplace, will that work?<\/em><\/p>\n Assistant Layout Artist, <\/strong>See if he has a diesel. Something a bit wedgie-like.<\/em><\/p>\n Junior Assistant Editorial Intern, <\/strong>Hey Bud, that steam ain\u2019t gonna cut it, got any diesels?<\/em><\/p>\n Contributor 2, <\/strong>Diesels. Oh yes, I\u2019ve got those. A great shot of a Conrail C32-8 bursting out of the State Line . . .<\/em><\/p>\n Junior Assistant Editorial Intern, <\/strong>He\u2019s got a Conrail!<\/em><\/p>\n Assistant Layout Artist, <\/strong>Get it here, like <\/em>yesterday!<\/em><\/p>\n Junior Assistant Editorial Intern, <\/strong>Hey Bud, that Conrail, that\u2019s what we here at A-E Magazine are looking for. Send that over ASAP! Thanks Bud!<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0Episode 3<\/strong><\/p>\n An Email Exchange:<\/p>\n From: AspiringTrainPhotographer671@SuperRwyDude.dpn<\/a><\/p>\n To: Editorinchief@railwayremember.publishing<\/a><\/p>\n Dear Sir,<\/p>\n I\u2019m inquiring as your needs and requirements for submission to your publications. I have in my collection a wide range of railway images from across South America, Mongolia, and Iceland, plus a complete photographic roster of every extant railway bridge on the former Cork, Bandon & South Coast. I love your magazine. Last month\u2019s article on the Mallets of Mexico was by far the best treatment on the subject I\u2019ve ever read! Kudos on a job well done. I look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n ATP671.<\/p>\n From: Editorinchief@railwayremember.publishing<\/a><\/p>\n To: AspiringTrainPhotographer671@SuperRwyDude.dpn<\/a><\/p>\n Cc: Editorinchief@SouthernHemisphereRails.publishing<\/a><\/p>\n Dear ATP,<\/p>\n You timing is perfect. We are preparing a story on railway bridges in Cork for our September 2016 issue. Please send a sample of your material as soon as you can. If you have any vertical views of the Chetwynd Viaduct please send them along, we might find space for those. Also, I\u2019ve forwarded your contact details to the editor of our sister magazine, Southern Hemisphere Rails. You may wish to send them a sample of your work at your leisure.<\/p>\n Yours Truly,<\/p>\n James P. 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