There will never be enough space for me to share all the "tales of the rails" from my eight years on the staff with Jim at R&R. Many memorable road trips together, countless deep discussions with him about everything from train photography to music to movies, full-time five-days-a-week (or more) with him in the office or art room, long hours into the night on deadline week, etc. After several years of seeing my work published on a freelance basis at other magazines, I was given the opportunity of a lifetime when Jim invited me to join R&R in 1988. It opened the door to a career in the publishing and printing field that still employs me to this day. You can expect to see commentary and tributes from those of us who knew Jim best in some upcoming issues of R&R.