The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine has been published since 1897 and is now the UK's best-selling general interest rail title. Every month, The RM provides enthusiasts and professionals with authoritative and informed news coverage of the following: - Network Rail and the train operating companies - Locomotives, multiple units, carriages and wagons - Steam, heritage and the preservation world, inc narrow gauge- Metro and underground systems - In addition, the magazine carries frequent items of overseas interest.

The Railway Magazine is also renowned for its wide-ranging and innovative feature coverage, encompassing up-to-the-minute developments as well as historical, nostalgic and foreign subjects. The magazine is also renowned for its award-winning photographic content.

The Railway Magazine

Join us at Statfold Barn for a day out with DHR No. 19B

The RAILWAY Magazine

‘Red’ rating given to HS2 project • Public auditor the Infrastructure and Projects Authority considers successful delivery of HS2 Phase 1 and Phase 2a as‘unachievable’.

Opposition mounts to ticket office closures

Scots’ strategic plan reflects Carmont lessons

Network Rail faces prosecution over fatal Carmont HST crash

Two-seater Wickham joins Somerset venue’s events

Two arrested for alleged mail raid

TPE tells staff loco-hauled Mk.5 sets will end this year • Operator plans to return to a unit-based fleet.

Grand Central takes on ‘Voyagers’

Application process for Transport and Works Act Orders modernised

Britannia suffers main line failure

SIDELINES

Seeking the best in railway photography! • The RCTS and Mortons Media, publisher of The Railway Magazine, Heritage Railway, Rail Express, Railways Illustrated, have teamed up to launch a major new railway photographic competition with the chance of winning some fantastic prizes.

GREAT PRIZES TO BE WON

SIDELINES

First HST sets exported • Off lease power cars and MK.3s head across the Atlantic.

Railways in Parliament

You can join us for a special ‘19B’ readers’ day at Statfold Barn • The new owners of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway No. 19B are offering Railway Magazine readers the chance to ride behind the loco before it is taken out of service for overhaul.

10 MINUTES 10 QUESTIONS • Former managing director of South West Trains Graham Eccles interrupts his retirement to speak with Steven Knight.

SIDELINES

Underbridge, overbridge in the West Midlands • Three bridges moved into position and one demolished as part of HS2 route preparations.

Conveyor takes the strain

Farewell to Cornwall’s CDAs • Paul Stanford FCIRO looks back at the CDA china clay wagon fleet, which was taken out of traffic in August after 35 years moving Cornwall’s ‘white gold’.

From Blue Pullmans to Fragonset ‘47s’ • John Heaton FCILT examines performance on the Midland Main Line in the diesel locomotive era from 1960 to the turn of the century.

Life’s a drag… • More than 25 years after the end of British Rail, many BR-era diesel locos are still finding a useful niche on today’s railway hauling new, stored and withdrawn vehicles between locations around the country.

Swiss gauge changers • Through trains between Montreux and Interlaken in Switzerland make use of novel technology to switch between standard and metre gauges en route, as Keith Fender explains.

NRM opens Wonderlab • York museum’s new interactive gallery aims to inspire a new generation of railway engineers.

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