Behind The Scenes Interviews Meet Steven Otte, Model Railroader Senior Associate Editor

Meet Steven Otte, Model Railroader Senior Associate Editor

By Steven Otte | October 3, 2023

| Last updated on February 20, 2024


A top-notch dreamer, planner, and doer too!

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Meet Steven Otte in this latest installment of Q&A with the Editors! Here, Model Railroader Magazine Senior Associate Editor Steven Otte speaks about his time at Kalmbach, interests in railroading and model railroading alike, and – of course – his role at Model Railroader. Learn the full backstory on how Steven’s many talents steered him from Sunny Florida to the Frozen Tundra of Wisconsin!

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!

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