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  • JUNE ISSUE OF THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE OUT NOW!

    JUNE ISSUE OF THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE OUT NOW!

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    Britain’s best-selling rail title is back for another month of award-winning photos, news, features and exclusives from the rail industry, past and present.

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  • The Railway Magazine May 2019 out now

    The Railway Magazine May 2019 out now

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    This issue has a free DVD, with all new content, which looks back 190 years to the Rainhill Trials.

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  • The Railway Magazine – April 2019

    The Railway Magazine – April 2019

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    The April issue of The Railway Magazine contains an exclusive feature from Nick Pigott which recalls the history of coaling towers – the massive concrete or steel structures found at many steam sheds to coal locomotives.

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  • March 2019 out now!

    March 2019 out now!

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    This month’s issue of The RM is packed with some great features, the latest news and some fantastic photographs of both heritage and the main line railway.

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  • FEBRUARY 2019

    FEBRUARY 2019

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    Headline News ‘Caley’ Sleeper Mk5s make London debut, Vintage Trains to expand railtour operations, Class 50 Alliance teamsup with GB Railfreight, TfL shortens ‘378s’ for GOBLIN stand-in role, Island Line decision deferred, East Lancs heritage operations threatened by commuter andtram-train proposals. Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest 70 Steam & Heritage March launch…

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  • JANUARY 2019

    JANUARY 2019

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    Headline News Crossrail opening delayed indefinitely, MPs savage rail industry and DfT over May timetable fiasco, Springburn Works to close, first electric trains for Manchester-Bolton-Preston, NER Autocar wins heritage awards, Crewe Diesel Depot open day planned for June. Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest 62 Steam & Heritage Restoration plan for ‘forgotten’ BR…

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  • DECEMBER 2018

    DECEMBER 2018

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    Headline News Northern denies crisis talks; Virgin scraps Friday ticket restrictions; ‘Scotsman’ nameplate sells for £64,500; Vintage Trains launches main line ‘Polar Express’; Talgo plans Scottish factory; West Somerset closes for three months; TPE’s ‘Nova 3’ delayed until May; Porterbrook ‘Flex’ sets for new year debut; Immingham coaling tower demolished; Days of lineside permit numbered?…

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  • NOVEMBER 2018

    NOVEMBER 2018

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    Headline News South Yorkshire Tram-Train launch marred by collision, Network Rail outlines £200m Werrington Junction plan, German high-speed train gutted by fire, ScotRail InterCity 125 passenger debut, tributes flood in for RTC founder Nigel Dobbing and ace photographers Malcolm Ranieri and Colin Garratt. Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest 70 Steam & Heritage…

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  • OCTOBER 2018

    OCTOBER 2018

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    Headline News Crossrail opening delayed until 2019, Grayling announces wide-ranging Rail Review, ORR blames industry for May timetable chaos, XC franchise competition cancelled, Greater Anglia unveils new trains, Porterbrook and Angel reveal hybrid DMU trials, Digital Railway plan for ECML, Crumbling hotel causes chaos at Ayr. Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest 66…

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  • SEPTEMBER 2018

    SEPTEMBER 2018

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    Headline News Fares to rise by 3.2% in January, ScotRail puts Class 385s into passenger service and receives first refurbished HST, 11 Class 50s for SVR Golden Jubilee gala, GWR introduces Class 802s on Penzance route, Locomotive Services Ltd buys HSTs and Class 90s for charter work. Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest…

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