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

The 50 loco challenge

Counting the spiralling costs • The Bluebell and Mid-Hants railways have implemented financial restraint measures, while the Severn Valley Railway announces plans for compulsory redundancies to save money.

Greenford trial to go ahead after Vivarail collapse • GWR acquires assets to secure future of battery-powered Class 230 project.

SIDELINES

Preserved ‘Bone’ to star at Severn Valley spring gala

SIDELINES

First of new DLR trains unveiled • Introduction of new fleet set to be completed by 2026.

Future uncertain as Class 69 fleet withdrawn for modifications

NRM ‘Western’ joins Didcot’s GWR line-up

Battery ‘37’ ready to start work • Meteor Power has developed a battery conversion system for locomotives that offers a greener, cheaper and quieter solution for freight or ‘super shunter’ work.

Revenue growth is main goal in new Great British Railways plan • The Government has set out revised proposals for how a new Great British Railways organisation will oversee post-pandemic railway operations in England.

Transport Scotland aims to raise standards

ARRIVA CALLS FOR OPEN ACCESS SUMMIT

ORR issues final warning to Avanti

Ten-mile Chiltern tunnel passes halfway point • After 18 months of excavation, the tunnel boring machines are over five miles into their 10-mile underground journey.

Railways in Parliament

10 MINUTES 10 QUESTIONS • This month it is the turn of Network Rail chairman Peter Hendy, officially known as The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE, to face the tough questions from Steven Knight.

CLASS 777 Merseyside’s long-awaited arrival • Graeme Pickering looks at how the Liverpool City Region-owned units, the first of which are now in service on the Kirkby line, form part of Mayor Steve Rotheram’s plans for a ‘travel revolution’ on Merseyside.

The summer of ’62 • 1962 was a year of change that saw diesel traction begin to dominate over steam power, but there were still some great steam performances to be had, as John Heaton FCILT finds out.

Help preserve a rail legacy

By rail to sea! • Tom Ingall tells the extraordinary tale of how Florida’s Key West became one of the world’s most unlikely railroad termini.

Hanging by a thread • The future of the world’s oldest pier railway currently hangs in the balance as the Hampshire rail and ferry link between Hythe and Southampton seeks a new operator.

The 50 loco challenge • Dave Richardson goes on the hunt to find out if there’s anywhere in Britain where you can still see 50 locomotive movements in one 12-hour spotting session.

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