Love this topic As a heads up: Pinball Magazine No. 5 will hopefully be available by the end of April 2018 and will feature Wayne Neyens' entire career in pinball. From the early days at Western, going to Gottlieb, WWII, becoming a designer, all the games he designed, his days as chief engineer up to his retirement in 1980. There will be many woodrail games featured and discussed, as well as many insights on how the Gottlieb plant was working. A must-read for anybody who likes woodrail games.

Still love this topic. Thanks for mentioning Pinball Magazine No. 5. It features the entire story of Wayne Neyens' career in pinball, starting at Western, and continuing at Gottlieb. All of Wayne's game designs are featured, including some prototype game sketches. The magazine also features a great article by Gordon Hasse about the brilliance of Wayne, as well as others discussing working with Wayne and/or collecting his games. If you haven't ordered your copy yet: www.pinball-magazine.com/shop/. Note: the magazine has 360 pages and about 2/3rd of that is dedicated to Wayne Neyens-related content. One of the stories Wayne kept bringing up is why Gottlieb moved away from woodrail games, but there is so much more as well in the magazine.
The magazine is also available at The Pinball Resource and at various U.S.-based pinball shows with Rob Anthony / Pinball Classics and/or PinSound (TPF, Allentown).

Thanks for these pics. This is actually the first time I see photos of a converted game, as well as of a game with the compression bumpers. Wayne Neyens tells a great story about the origin of that type of bumper in Pinball Magazine No. 5.

For those visiting Europe, France to be more precise: make sure to check out the Paris Pinball Museum. Only open during weekends and by appointment, but a great collection of over 200 EM games with many of them being woodrails. All of them restored, working and playable.

For those who missed it: Pinball Magazine No. 5 has a huge coverage on Gottlieb woodrails in various articles. The massive cover story is an in-depth interview with former Gottlieb designer Wayne Neyens, who designed many of the finest Gottlieb woodrails and also explains why the company steered away from woodrail cabinets. Woodrail collector Randy Peck is also featured in a special article on his Amusementpark-themed gameroom. And there's lots more. Order your copy on: http://www.pinball-magazine.com/shop/
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Here's a friendly reminder for those new to woodrails: Pinball Magazine No. 5 contains a huge interview with former Gottlieb designer Wayne Neyens, who designed the majority of Gottlieb's woodrails from 1947 onwards. He designed over 180 games that went into production, all of them are featured in the magazine and Wayne discusses many of them. www.pinball-magazine.com/shop/

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