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

Loco-hauled delight

The RAILWAY Magazine

Great British Railways structure will be ‘Network Rail-plus’ • A Government consultation document indicates that the current Network Rail organisation will form the basis of GBR to preserve system operator and train planning skills.

NEW LOOP FOR NEWQUAY BRANCH

Newsham returns to the railway network • The station is the first of two serving the Blyth area to open on the Northumberland Line.

Latest ORR figures show passenger and freight growth

SIDELINES

SIDELINES

GWR confirms lease of 26 ex-TfW Class 175s DMUs • The first units are expected to be introduced by the operator later this year, allowing its four remaining HSTs to be retired from service.

Deal set to be signed for £100 million Irish wagon fleet

DIARY

Dates for bicentenary exhibition train announced • The special Railway 200‘Inspiration’train is due to visit around 60 locations across Britain over 12 months from the end of June.

Lineside signs to mark S&DR 200

Eversholt Rail to sponsor Bluebell visits

Railways in Parliament

Sushila is returned to ground level after five-mile excavation mission • A gantry crane was used to lift an 850-tonne section of the tunnel boring machine to the surface.

Civil engineering completed at Long Itchington Wood

Bigger and better • Following the building mania of the 1840s and the establishment of early networks, the next stage in railway development was the amalgamation of smaller lines into larger conglomerates, as Dr Joseph Brennan describes.

Marches hares • Regular locomotive-powered passenger workings are now rare in Britain, one welcome exception being the Transport for Wales Class 67 and Mk.4 sets on the Welsh Marches route, as John Heaton FCILT describes.

Rolt and all the rest • Where would we be today without the efforts of railway preservationists keeping our history alive? Bob Gwynne highlights some of the key names and the roles they have played.

Chasing ‘Tugs’ • Chris Gee describes the best spots to photograph Class 60s at work on the picturesque Rylstone branch near Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Readers’ Platform • Send your letters to: The Railway Magazine, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR. Email: railway@mortons.co.uk

MEETINGS

From the archive • Subscribe and read previous issues at www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/archive

The RCTS: then and now

PANORAMA • A showcase for the best in railway photography

TRACK RECORD • The Railway Magazine news digest

Mayflower fills in for Tornado at ELR gala • ‘A1’visit postponed while it prepares for 2025 main line runs.

NYMR launches Green Knight appeal • Long-term stalwart of the NorthYorkshire Moors Railway needs help to return to service.,

Police seeking former Avon Valley staff member

Hornet to return at Ribble • Peckett 0-4-0 leads a pack of four...