Grab the brand-new January issue of Railways Illustrated magazine for the best coverage of today’s railway scene.
Railways Illustrated reflects the energy and vitality of the present-day railway scene. Here’s what’s in the January issue:
In pole position on the grid
Next year sees the Class 56 fleet reach its 50th birthday, but of the 135 built, just a handful remain. In this issue, Pip Dunn goes out for the day on a Colas RHTT with a pair of these veteran locos.
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They tried to run a railway
In this issue, Ian Mclean turns back the clock almost 40 years to look at the control logs for a week on February 1986 and the challenges operating staff had in keeping trains run amid a plethora of loco failures.
Love for the little locos
The BR shunting fleet of the 1970s was massive, but during the following decade, as the railway sought to cut costs, the fleet was dramatically cut back as rationalisation of the railways rendered many of their jobs redundant. In this issue, Paul Shannon provides a pictorial look back the 03s and 08s at work in their heyday and Pip Dunn adds the captions.
