The Railway Magazine Archive

  • From the archives: Air raid damage and British non-stop runs in wartime

    From the archives: Air raid damage and British non-stop runs in wartime

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    These images from the November/December 1942 edition reveal bomb damage in London and York

  • From the archive: Stockton and Darlington Railway

    From the archive: Stockton and Darlington Railway

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    Read this fascinating archive article on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, with words and photography as originally printed in the July 1925 issue of The Railway Magazine.

  • From the archive: Train indicators at Waterloo

    From the archive: Train indicators at Waterloo

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    Read this fascinating article from the January 1898 issue of The Railway Magazine, written by N. WILSON, then Superintendent of Line’s Department, L. & S.W.R.

  • Lion roars

    Lion roars

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    BR celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opening with a number of events throughout 1980, including the ‘Rocket 150’ cavalcade at Rainhill in the May that featured replicas of Rainhill Trials locos Novelty, Sans Pareil and Rocket. Also taking part in that event was L&MR loco Lion – not a replica,…

  • Wireless telephony and an Elizabethan railway – read more in this 100-year-old issue!

    Wireless telephony and an Elizabethan railway – read more in this 100-year-old issue!

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    We’ve had a look through the archive and found the 1922 December issue of The Railway Magazine. You can step back in time by taking a look inside the issue now.

  • The Golden Age of the ‘Big Four’

    The Golden Age of the ‘Big Four’

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    The 1930s were the golden age of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies, placing the country’s many diverse railway companies under government control.

  • The Railway Magazine Archive: 120 years of rail history…

    The Railway Magazine Archive: 120 years of rail history…

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    The Railway Magazine’s entire archive has been scanned to give subscribers access to more than 120 years of Britain’s best-selling rail title.

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