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:<br><br> - Network Rail and the train operating companies<br>- Locomotives, multiple units, carriages and wagons<br>- Steam, heritage and the preservation world, inc narrow gauge<br>- Metro and underground systems<br>- In addition, the magazine carries frequent items of overseas interest.<br><br>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

Scotsman at 100

The world’s most famous locomotive… bar none! • The RM’s longest-serving editor Nick Pigott pays tribute to Flying Scotsman through a personal journey, from his days as a young spotter at Grantham, to covering its many highs and lows in the pages of this magazine, and then finally getting chance to fire the celebrity ‘A3’ at the one of the premier heritage lines.

100 years of history • The Railway Magazine has chronicled the many twists and turns in the fascinating and unique history of Flying Scotsman over the past 100 years, with the following extracts and notes highlighting some of the key moments from its career with the LNER, British Railways, in private ownership, and as part of the National Collection.

Flying ‘Talisman’ • John Heaton FCILT examines two runs by Flying Scotsman from King’s Cross to Newcastle on the prestigious ‘Talisman’ service, one before and one after the loco was fitted with a performance-improving double-chimney.

A Baker’s dozen SCOTSMAN ABROAD • John Baker presents his pick of images from No. 4472’s trips abroad to the United States of America at the end of the 1960s, and then 20 years later to Australia.

The People’s Engine • We asked you for your favourite memory of Flying Scotsman and were overwhelmed with the response. The following is a selection of the many entertaining, insightful, touching and funny stories sent in, but we would like to thank everyone who got in touch.

Farewell to a former editor of The Railway Magazine • It is with great sadness that we record the passing of Peter Kelly, one of only 10 men to have held the post of editor of The RM in its 126-year history.

WMCA agrees £36.8m ‘kick-start’ for VLR • Investment will enable city centre demonstration track in Coventry and development of business cases for fully-operational Very Light Rail in the West Midlands.

LMMR takes first Class 153 ‘Sprinter’ into preservation – as a cafe

SIDELINES

Levelling Up Fund provides £170m for rail projects • Cornwall, Cardiff and Peterborough are among biggest grant award winners.

GBR plan in doubt • There is a growing belief that the proposed Great British Railways could become too powerful a body, acting in a centralised ‘command and control’ role rather than supporting the industry as a guiding mind.

South West Main Line closed by major landslip

HS2 claims ‘world first’ with new bridge move • A structure weighing 12,600 tonnes that will carry the high speed route over the M42 motorway has been slid into place.

Railways in Parliament

10 MINUTES 10 QUESTIONS • Steven Knight’s ‘hotseat’ visits the West Midlands to put Severn Valley Railway managing director Helen Smith in the spotlight this month.

‘OUR LOCO’ PHOTO WINNERS • After the rededication of Freightliner’s No. 66503 last August, to mark The Railway Magazine’s 125th anniversary year, we launched a competition to find...