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

Breadth and depth

Summer 2024 for Northumberland Line • Construction challenges include remediation of old mine workings.

GBRf Class 69 named Pathfinder Tours

Darjeeling Tank stays in Britain • Trust successfully bids for Adrian Shooter’s 1889-built loco in midsummer day’s auction.

Repaired Nuneham Viaduct opens

SIDELINES

SIDELINES

Enthusiast wins Welsh Highland centenary research competition

East Coast operators lead the way • Passenger numbers get closer to pre-pandemic levels, but some areas are doing better than others.

Report rejects North Wales line reopenings in favour of bus links

Royal Scotsman • After its visit to the Royal Duchy of Cornwall at the end of April, Flying Scotsman went one better in June by hauling the Royal Train with King Charles III aboard, to Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Half-a-century of preservation • Great Central Railway marks 50 years of heritage operations with anniversary gala.

Railways in Parliament

Colne Valley construction reaches an ‘exciting stage’ • First piers completed in the middle of a lake for the two-mile long HS2 viaduct.

10 MINUTES 10 QUESTIONS • This month, Steven Knight has a longer chat with the National Railway Museum’s Andrew McLean.

Corwen’s new station • Gareth Evans reports on the formal opening of the Llangollen Railway new terminus.

FREIGHT FROM FELIXSTOWE • GBRf invited John Heaton FCILT to Felixstowe to get a driver’s eye view of the cross-country route to the Midlands via Peterborough.

Walking the Welsh Highland • As the Welsh Highland Railway celebrates its centenary this year, John Stretton takes a pictorial journey along the line, showing scenes before and after its reconstruction in the late 1990s and 2000s.

A BERLIN BREAK • The German capital boasts some fascinating railway architecture, from timbered cottages to cathedral-style underground stations and ultra-modern designs. Chris Milner paid a visit to seek them out.

Seaton Tramway and the New Age • John Heaton FCILT visits the Seaton Tramway in Devon and finds a rare example of a former railway branch line reinvented to satisfy the modern focus on conservation and climate change.

Readers’ Platform

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Bittern will be back! • Popular ‘Streak’ to be overhauled by Sir Nigel Gresley’s team with Locomotive Services Group for use on the main line.

Overnight steam trips return to the valley • Popular feature to make comeback at Severn Valley Autumn Steam Gala.

Duffield heritage services resume • Landslip stabilises, enabling full-line operations to resume at Derbyshire heritage line.

Wagon museum opened • Nene Valley Railway Wagon Group completes a key educational project, telling the story of...