Grab the brand-new September 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 September issue:
50 years of the Class 56s
It’s now five decades since the first Class 56s arrived in the UK, and since then the fleet has had an incredibly interesting history. Pip Dunn looks at their varied lives, which are still not over yet.
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Book-ing on for a good read
There have been many great railway books for the modern traction enthusiast over the last five decades, and some are now very hard to get hold of. RI offers a few tips for buying railway books.
Standing out from the crowd
Over the years there have been a number of locos that were, well, just that little bit different. Sometimes it was because they had an alternative engine, or some other alteration which made them stand out. In the first of two parts, Pip Dunn rounds up some of the notable oddities…
It’s always cool to be green
Due to popular request, we return to the SiCol collection again for a helping of images of the variety of trains in the BR green era of the 1960s when the infrastructure, rolling stock and locos were just that little bit more interesting.
