Knowing that I may want to have future articles published in MR, I better stay on their good side, lawyers or no lawyers.
It's my understanding that the contract I signed was meant forever.
But you're right, it's a shame that any good model RR stuff should remain hidden. Although I'm glad that I'm the one in possession of it, it's not fair to you. And who knows how much stuff is kept from all of us while hidden in someone else's house?
I should write MR and ask if I can submit the 6 articles to RMC. Looking back through the magazines, I think RMC was kinder to E. L. Moore. They published the bulk of his work (66 articles compared to MR's 28), plus RMC left in his humor while MR kept it to "just the facts". (Model Trains, later bought by Kalmbach, published 11, Railroad Modeler published 5, the NMRA Bulletin, 1.)
I'll bet RMC would be delighted to feature "The Lost Articles of E. L. Moore".
And whatever money they want to give can be sent to Kalmbach.
I've been also wanting to submit an article about my own N scale version of E. L. Moore's Elizabeth Valley RR. Mine is set in the fall and is pretty much ready for sharing with the world. (It has been ready for years, actually; I should dust the thing off.)
But I want to get the best photos of it. I've got the camera, I know what software to get (Hexicon-- that miracle software that combines the best focused parts of a series of shots into stunning photos.) But knowing how and actually DOING it are two different things. Sometimes I can be darned lazy.
The purchase of my first computer 8 years ago brought my modeling to a halt. (I discovered the wonderful world of converting LPs and cassettes to new sounding CDs.) Since then, I've gotten trifocals. I guess a magnifier is gonna be my next hobby purchase!