I know most if not all of you have seen the full page ads placed in recent issues of Trains by a Diane S. Segal. Each ad containing railroad related poetry and verse, all pertaining to the C and O or affiliated companies, each page dedicated to Ms Segal's mother Dorothy. I have done some googling but the only things that came up were the same questions being asked on other forumns as to exactly who Ms Segal is and why the memorial poems. I did find references listing her as the author of several articles for the C and O Historical Society.

Anyone know the story behind these "memorial ads"? Ive looked thru every issue of Trains for some sort of editorial explanation but I havent found a thing. They may not need to explain if its a privately paid ad, but still. On the other hand full page ads, even in a lower circulation perodical like Trains must still be pretty pricey.