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

Hard work pays off

New LU ‘Inspiro’ Tube trains to be tested in Germany • Siemens has installed Tube-style fourth-rail electrification to its Wildenrath test track loops.

EWR announces preferred Bedford-Cambridge route

First coach arrives at Welsh test track • Former Talgo high-speed coach moves from Barrow Hill to South Wales.

A1ST moves into new home

SIDELINES

SIDELINES

Irish steam breaks new ground • The multi-day ‘Emerald Isle Explorer’ took Q Class No. 131 to Galway, Limerick and Waterford for the first time ever.

RAIB says no urgent safety notifications were issued in 2022

TPE nationalised

Obituary: Brian Morrison 1930-2023

Railways in Parliament

10 MINUTES 10 QUESTIONS • This month Steven Knight meets UKRL’s managing director Mark Winter.

Material moved by rail target smashed early • Goal of 10 million tonnes reached in just over two years, some seven years earlier than planned.

CORONATION DAY SPECIALS • West Coast Railways train guard Phil Marsh shares his experience of ‘Project Golden Orb’, the special operation taking troops to and from the King’s Coronation.

Scotsman goes West • Network Rail’s Craig Munday gives an insider’s account of Flying Scotsman’s recent visit to Cornwall, and the restored turntable at St Blazey.

A BRIGG TOO FAR (AND OTHER NORTHERN CUTS) • The removal of services from Northern’s summer timetable has left some rural journeys impossible and others increasingly difficult to make by train. Graeme Pickering investigates the changes and scope for their reversal.

Midland Transitions FROM ‘SPINNERS’ TO ‘BRITANNIAS’ • In the first of three occasional articles looking at different eras of traction on the Midland Main Line route, John Heaton FCILT examines steam age performance through to the 1960s.

50 years of Pathfinder • Chris Milner speaks to Pathfinder Railtours’ Peter Watts who, after 50 years and more than 1100 tours, has decided it is time to step back from planning and running charter trains.

Ropley’s other railway • Raymond Briscall tells the story of the 10¼in gauge Ropley Miniature Railway, which runs alongside the ‘Watercress Line’ in Hampshire.

Readers’ Platform • Send your letters to: The Railway Magazine, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR. email: railway@mortons.co.uk NB. Publication of a letter does not imply that the Editor or staff of The Railway Magazine necessarily agree with its contents.

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FROM THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE ARCHIVES

The RCTS: then and now • RCTS Britain’s leading Railway Society

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Go-ahead for Rother Valley Railway revival • Transport & Works Act Order granted, including compulsory purchase powers.

West Somerset gala declared a success • Further boost as supporters raise £50,000 to repair landslip in under six weeks.

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