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Andy HummellOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I've been looking through back issues of the TCA Quarterly on the TCA web site and noticed that from around the middle of the 70's through the middle of the 90's, the TCA Quarterlies were numbered by volume and numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 --- no number 3 issues for any of the volumes 23-40. Does anyone know why they did this? I quickly looked through issues surrounding the "missing" No. 3's at each end, but didn't see any mention of it. I did notice that Volume 23, No. 5 was wrongly labeled "Volume 24, No. 1" when it was originally printed, and this was noted in the actual Volume 24, No. 1.

Andy

3/7/243:43 PM

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poconotrainOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

And, maybe someone has some kind of a fear of the #3. That’s really strange.

3/7/244:33 PM

ADCX RobOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

No. 3 is the member directory.

3/7/246:07 PM

Andy HummellOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

@ADCX Rob posted:
No. 3 is the member directory.

Makes me wonder why they would choose to insert it into the Quarterly numbering system. Discount from printer maybe?

Andy

3/7/246:56 PM

ADCX RobOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@Andy Hummell posted:
Makes me wonder why... Discount from printer maybe?

Probably not. Completely different format - & perfect-bound into a book.

3/7/247:07 PM

Andy HummellOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

@ADCX Rob posted:
Probably not. Completely different format - & perfect-bound into a book.

This makes it even stranger IMHO. I know us train people can be an eccentric lot , but 5 quarterlies a year?

Andy

3/8/248:44 AM

ADCX RobOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@Andy Hummell posted:
but 5 quarterlies a year?

There were sometimes even more. There was a No. 2A one year.

Lou Redman or Bruce Manson were probably the guys to ask why it was done this way.

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