Cinthia Priest
Academic
Degree: 1994 - Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, School of Pharmacy,
Lawrence, Kansas; 1987-1990 - Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas -
Pre-pharmacy
Professional Experience: 1996-Present - Vice President,
Paired Rail RR Publications, Ltd. Home based publishing company. Involved in
all aspects of pre-press from conception, copy and art preparation and page
layout. Have published fourteen books, authored or coauthored nine, edited
and page layout production for five. Currently assistant editor of Scale
Rails, a national monthly magazine. Extensive knowledge of Adobe
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, ImageReady, QuarkXpress and
numerous other Macintosh programs. Familiar with pre-press requirements
including trapping, font collection, outlines, clipping paths, RGB to CMYK,
.pdf workflow, FTP site, etc. Involved with all aspects of publishing
business including marketing/advertising, distribution, accounts receivable,
etc.
Publications, Author or coauthor
1988 - Modeling Santa Fe's 2nd-order GP35's Model
Railroader Magazine
1988 - 1989 - The Santa Fe Newsletter - home
based current newsletter
1990 - 1991- Santa Fe news columnist -
CTC Board Magazine
1997 - The Santa Fe Diesel, Volume 1 (Out
of print)
1998 - The Santa Fe Diesel, Volume 2 (Out of print)
2000 - The Union Pacific Diesel, Volume 1 (Out of
print)
2001 - Santa Fe Heritage, Volume 1
2002 - Santa Fe Heritage Volume 2, and 3
2003 - Santa Fe Locomotive Facilities,
Volume 1: The Gulf Lines
2004 - Santa Fe Heritage Volume 4
2006 - Alco and the Santa Fe – single copy
hardbound, not published for resale
Assisted production
1997 - Santa Fe Freight in Color Volume
1: Boxcars
1999 - Santa Fe Waycars (Out of print)
2001 - Porter Steam Locomotives
2002 - Steam on the Feather River Route
2005 - Kansas City Southern Lines
In production
Scale Rails (NMRA's monthly membership magazine, began
with September 2006 issue)
Santa Fe Locomotive Facilities, Volumes 2-5
The Santa Fe Diesel Cyclopedia
Video Appearances
2005 - Great Model Railroads, Volume 49 - Allen Keller
Productions - 1 hour long video on our model railroad layout
2005 - Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Network "Workin' on the Railroad"
- Do it yourself network presentation on our model layout - aired August
2006
Honors/Awards/Special Achievements
Invited guest speaker at Rotary Club, 2002 - The Santa Fe
in Kansas City (multi-media presentation)
Invited guest speaker at Santa Fe Railway Historical and
Modeling Society 2001 National Convention Publishing as a Form of
Historical Preservation (multi-media presentation)
First Place, Young Author Contest, Model Railroader Magazine
- 1988

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