The Railway Magazine Archive

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

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Alex Bestwick

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16th May 2023

These images from the November/December 1942 edition reveal bomb damage in London and York
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From the archive: Stockton and Darlington Railway

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Alex Bestwick

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9th May 2023

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.
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From the archive: Train indicators at Waterloo

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Alex Bestwick

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5th May 2023

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.
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The Golden Age of the ‘Big Four’

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Shannon Butcher

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10th March 2020

The 1930s were the golden age of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies, placing the country’s many diverse railway companies under government control.
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The Railway Magazine Archive: 120 years of rail history…

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Shannon Butcher

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5th December 2019

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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