No 2013 calendar

Must not have been a good seller.  I always liked it.....Greg

I asked the same thing when I visited the Museum during York Week in October.  As much as those who do buy them love them, apparently they are hard to sell. 

 

I think there were still some 2012 calendars for an obviously very discounted price sitting on the counter too.

 

Apparently Toy Train calendars don't have a high demand.  I used to love the CTT calendar back when they did those, but they also stopped.  When I asked, they also indicated there was not enough demand to make it worthwhile.

 

-Dave

 

I thought they were doing a special anniversary calendar this year for the museum? Perhaps it's just late.

 

J White

Unfortunately calendars, like wristwatches, phone books, world globes, record albums, dictionaries, books, calculators have been replaced by smart phones and the wide world interwebs.

I was looking for a calculator the other day, and my son looks at me and says, "Why don't you just download an app?!? - would take a whole lot less time."  Yeah, made me feel old.

Do not forget how easy it is to make your own. I have Shutterfly that I used to load pictures for this forum. There revenue generating business is to make prints and do things like make calenders.

Gentlemen,

   Bummer, I was lookin forward to the new TCA train calender, I liked them.

PCRR/Dave

Gee, and last year I actually got a picture of my layout in it, which you could clearly see, if you had a magnifying glass...  Calendars are getting harder to find...I always

am hunting for ones with scenery, such as castles, grain elevators, steam trains,

etc.  Walmart had a lot of them last I checked, but nothing exciting to me was pictured.  Dunno what those people with apps do when they forget to charge their

toys.

That's an interesting point about younger people replacing a wall calendar with a smartphone app. Probably true - but a calendar app is more convenient than a wall calendar only if you are one of those who has made the smartphone the center of their lives, consulting it constantly, using it as an alarm clock, for shopping, etc. For those of us who still prefer to live most of our lives in the real, as opposed to cyber, world, a calendar is still a nice thing to have. It combines decoration with information - and if you don't spend your entire life with a phone in hand, it's actually a more, not less, convenient way of checking what day of the week is the 17th. I keep three in my house - one in the office, one in the guest room, and one in the workshop. 

 

I've also noticed a trend toward calendars disappearing. For the past several years I've been buying three Milwaukee Road calendars - one from the Milwaukee Road Historical Association and two more from commercial calendar makers. This year I've only been able to find the MRHA and one of the others. 

 

Another reason for the loss of calendars may be the disappearance of bookstores. I used to browse calendars sometimes at Borders at the local mall - but Borders went out of business. You still get seasonal calendar kiosks at the malls - I wonder if they will keep going. 

I gave calendars to people for gifts, and thrilled one of them with one I found in

a holiday mall storefront, of their pet breed, but I didn't think to get me one or

more..and, as cited above, one bookstore I used to raid for them ist kaput.  They

used to be sharply discounted, after you were into the new year, and I stocked up.

My wristwatch is self-winding, my wall calendar holds its charge for a year and I don't need a data plan for either!  And, if I walk into a lamp post, at least I see it coming!

 

Technology is nice, but it's also nice not to have to rely on for every little thing.

 

Rusty

I subscribe to "Classic Trains" magazine and seems to me that there are pages of ads in there with companies that still offer a variety of train-related calendars.

 

No, they're not toy train, per se, but might meet your fix for a 2013 calendar. 

personally, i'm looking around for a new Mayan calender.

mine ran out a few days ago.

Amen, Rusty!

 

I like printed calendars, and will be venturing over to the local B&N tomorrow to pick up a couple--one for home and one for the office.  A train calendar would be nice, and a toy train calendar would be even better, but I'll likely have to settle for some other subject.

 

I have an iMac and an iPhone, and I like them very much.  But I darn sure haven't made them the center of my universe when it comes to relating to the world around me.

Try here:

http://www.kalmbachstore.com/m...ading-calendars.html

 

Or DIY here:

http://www.calendarlabs.com/photo-calendar.php

 

Barnes and Noble has many to choose from, search on 2013 train calendar.

So does Amazon

So does eBay

Dig out your 1991 or 2002 train calendars. They will "work" for 2013.

I stumbled across a Lionel calendar on Amazon.  You can ask for an email when it is ready.  2013 - 2014 16 month

 

http://www.amazon.com/Lionel-2...2014+lionel+calendar

The calendars I really miss are the Ted Rose painting calendars and, sadly, I haven't found anything that appeals as much as those did.

If it wasn't already March I'd say let's make one of our own. Maybe keep that in mind for 2014. We submit shots to a photo post, then we pick the top 12 and the owners send in the high res images, and we make them via snappish or similar

http://www5.snapfish.com/snapf...ndars/size=11x14/v=B

 

Could look into making a public version and everyone can order their own. 

 

thoughts?

 

Tim

Here's your chance to get your layout on the 2014 TCA calendar. 

 

The TCA is gathering photos for the 2014 Calendar.  

 

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