Behind The Scenes Interviews Meet David Popp, Trains.com Director

Meet David Popp, Trains.com Director

By David Popp | May 30, 2023

| Last updated on February 22, 2024


Get to know one of the most enthusiastic and prolific leaders in model railroading

Viewers have a chance to meet David Popp in this latest installment of Q&A with the Editors! The long-time, hobby-loving leader of various tracks-related brands within Kalmbach Media sits down (a rare occasion!) to talk about his multitude of interests in model railroading, his role(s) at the leading hobby publisher, and what keeps him so enthusiastic about the hobby overall!

This video series is exclusively for Trains.com Unlimited Members to get to know the editors and staff of the titles they enjoy so well. In turn, we will interview all editors and staff of the “tracks titles” at Kalmbach Media, including Trains, Model Railroader, Classic Trains, Classic Toy Trains, Garden Railways, Trains.com, and Kalmbach Books!

Although each interview is different, and each person unique, we ask five standard questions of each interviewee:

•What is your favorite railroad present or past? And why?
•What is the best part about what you do?
•Tell us about something exciting you’ve been working on lately.
•What interests you most about railfanning, modeling, research, etc.?
•If you were working for the railroad … what railroad craft or position best describes you?

We hope that these personal videos allow you to gain more insight into how your favorite magazines and media about railroading and model railroading are formed in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

More importantly, YOU, the Unlimited members at Trains.com will be able to ask editors questions in future episodes. Be sure to check each issue of the Trains.com Member newsletter for when we post more details!

If you are not already signed up for the Trains.com Unlimited Newsletter, sign up online today!

So please enjoy this Trains.com article, as a way to get to know David Popp even better!

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