''Model Railways and Locomotive Magazine'' was an early British magazine devoted to railway modelling. It existed between January 1909 and September 1918 when it was renamed Models

History and profile

The first volume was published in January 1909. The founder was Henry Greenly. It was edited by Henry Greenly and

W J Bassett-Lowke Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke (27 December 1877 Northampton – 21 October 1953) was the son of Joseph Tom Lowke, a Northampton boilermaker and his wife, Eliza, and is noted for having founded the firm of Bassett-Lowke which specialised in producing ...

, who are well known in the history of model railways. Henry Greenly was a prolific author, while Bassett-Lowke went on to found a model railway manufacturing company which still exists as part of the

Hornby Hornby may refer to: Places In England * Hornby, Lancashire * Hornby, Hambleton, village in North Yorkshire * Hornby, Richmondshire, village in North Yorkshire Elsewhere * Hornby, Ontario, community in the town of Halton Hills, Ontario, Canad ...

company. ''Model Railways and Locomotive Magazine'' was published on a monthly basis. The magazine was informative on railway lore and carried many construction articles. It ceased publication in 1916.

References

*Model Railways and Locomotives bound volumes 1 to 12 1909 Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1909 Magazines disestablished in 1916 Rail transport modelling publications Rail transport magazines published in the United Kingdom {{UK-mag-stub