The Railway Magazine

  • June 2024

    June 2024

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     The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new June issue is out now!

  • May 2024

    May 2024

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     The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new May issue is out now!

  • Are we heading for a rolling stock crisis?

    Are we heading for a rolling stock crisis?

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    Despite the rapid return to almost pre-Covid passenger numbers, 2023 saw several fleets of trains withdrawn and placed in store. Chris Milner casts an eye over the current rolling stock situation.

  • April 2024

    April 2024

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     The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new April issue is out now!

  • From the archive: Leeds and its railways

    From the archive: Leeds and its railways

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    A detailed look at Leeds and its railways by S P Thompson from The Railway Magazine, July 1915.

  • February 2024

    February 2024

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    The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new February issue is out now!

  • The story of ambulance trains in World War I

    The story of ambulance trains in World War I

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    The story of British-funded ‘ambulance’ trains, in use on the Continent during the ‘European War’. First published September and October 1915.

  • When British Railways deliberately crashed a train

    When British Railways deliberately crashed a train

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    British Railways and the Central Electricity Generating Board deliberately destroy a train to prove the safety of nuclear fuel flasks. Reprinted from the October 1984 issue of The Railway Magazine.

  • The history of GWR’s ‘Castle’ Class, from design to preservation

    The history of GWR’s ‘Castle’ Class, from design to preservation

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    Celebrating the GWR’s ‘Castle’ Class, which entered service over 100 years ago in August 1923.

  • January 2024

    January 2024

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    The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new January issue is out now!


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