R.I.P. Model Train Magazine Index

[nachoman]

Model Railroader used to publish a paper index once a year... Anyone remember that?

I am curious what format the database is in. At my last job, they had old databases stored in a variety of unfamiliar formats (some paper indexes), and slowly they had made them available through Microsoft access. Of course, not all the information made it over. Some of the databases the public could purchase on CD, and query using Microsoft access. Eventually, they made the information available online and quit selling the CD databases. Since then, the people who maintain the database have been laid off, the people that maintain the website information have been laid off, the bookstore personnel who sold the CD to the public were laid off...

I guess my point is that perhaps Kalmbach is facing budget issues, and maintaining this database is no longer priority. Depending on the format, the maintenance of such an index took someone some time, and the publisher decided they "had to cut somewhere", and the index was deemed low priority.