''Modern Railways'' is a British monthly
magazine
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covering the
rail transport
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industry which was published by
Ian Allan until March 2012, and
Key Publishing
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History
''Airliner World'' was launched in 1999. In 2005 it launched '' Airports of the World'', and in the same year ...
since then. It has been published since 1962. The magazine was originally based in Shepperton, Middlesex.
It has always been targeted at both railway professionals and serious amateurs, an aim which derives from its origins as an amalgamation of the enthusiast magazine ''Trains Illustrated'' and the industry journal
''The Locomotive'' in the hands of its first editor
Geoffrey Freeman Allen
Geoffrey Freeman Allen (16 March 1922 – 7 July 1995) was an English author specialising in the field of railways. He authored many books and magazine articles on this subject, and for a time was editor of '' Jane's World Railways''. His name wa ...
.
It is currently edited by Philip Sherratt after the retirement of James Abbott. Regular contributors include
Roger Ford Roger Ford may refer to:
* Roger Ford (journalist)
* Roger Ford (production designer)
* Roger Ford (cricketer)
See also
* Rodger Ford
Rodger Ford is the managing partner at Anthem Equity Group. He has also managed two medical device companies. ...
, Ian Walmsley, Alan Williams and Tony Miles. The large section regularly written by Roger Ford is called ‘Informed Sources’. That by Ian Walmsley is called ‘Pan Up’.
Trains Illustrated
The first edition of ''Trains Illustrated'' was published at the beginning of 1946. Due to post-war paper shortages issues 1 to 8 appeared at varied intervals in 1946 and 1947. From issue 9 (April 1948) it was published quarterly, from issue 14 (August–September 1949) it became bi-monthly, and from issue 17 (February 1950) it became a monthly publication. The final issue under that title was volume XIV, no.159 (December 1961), after which the sequence continued under the ''Modern Railways'' title.
Early issues were edited by Ian Allan and O.J.Morris, with Cecil J Allen taking over from issue 5 and G. Freeman Allen from issue 20; he remained editor until December 1961.
First edition
The first edition of ''Modern Railways'' was published in January 1962 as Volume XV, no. 160 in a sequence continuing from ''Trains Illustrated''.
[''Modern Railways'' pub. Ian Allan, 1962] It featured a preface letter from Dr
Richard Beeching
Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 – 23 March 1985), commonly known as Dr Beeching, was a physicist and engineer who for a short but very notable time was chairman of British Railways. He became a household name in Britain in the e ...
, then Chairman of the
British Transport Commission
The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the se ...
, who wrote:
A feature article in the edition analysed peak traffic operations at
Reading railway station
Reading railway station is a major transport hub in Reading, Berkshire, England. It is on the northern edge of the town centre, near the main retail and commercial areas and the River Thames, from .
Reading is the ninth-busiest station in t ...
in the days leading up to Christmas 1960, stating:
Gallery
See also
*
List of rail transport-related periodicals
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Rail transport in Great Britain
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RAIL
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External links
Modern Railways Official Website
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