My own interest in quaint, rundown and failing railroads of any gauge is minimal, so I rarely buy a Gazette issue at a hobby shop--though I often look through the current one to see what's up.
And yet you model the SP? I can now understand the desire to stay within the years bounded by this list.
Ouch, Bob, that even woke ME up. The Espee was doing just fine until Big Ninny, er, Biaggini took over in the late Sixties. Jeez....