Rail transport periodical explained
This tabulation is for periodicals which do not have their own articles.
Magazines
Australian Railway
- Published Trade News Corporation
- Feb-Mar 1988 is Vol. 2 No. 1.
- Last issue about #23 in approximately Aug 1992.
- Size = ~A4
Australian Railways Illustrated
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- Published April 2010 - April 2015
- Size = ~A4
Australian Transport
- Published Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, Australian chapter
- Published 1952 - 1992
- Size = A4
British Railways Illustrated
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- first issue: Oct 1991, freq: monthly, Vol 26 No 1 = Oct 2016
- Size A4
- http://www.irwellpress.com/acatalog/BRITISH_RAILWAYS_ILLUSTRATED.html
Catch Point Magazine
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- Issue : September 2022 issue is no. 271; bi-monthly
- Size : A5
- Web : www.nrm.org.au
Classic Toy Trains
- Published by Kalmbach, covers O and S gauges
Classic Trains
Entrain
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- first issue: Jan 2002, last issue: Dec 2005, freq: monthly
- from 2006 published as Today's Railways UK
- Size A4
Extra 2200 South
- Publisher : Iron Horse Publishers
- Website : www.extra2200south.com
- Issue : No. 131 is May 2008
- Size : A4
GardenRail
- Publisher : Atlantic Publishers
- Website : www.alanticpublishers.com
- Issue : No. 173 is Jan 2009
- Size : A4
Great Western Railway Journal
- Published by Cygnet Magazines, Didcot, England
- until 2014 (?) published by Wild Swan Publication
- first issue: Jan 1992, freq: quarterly, No 103 = Autumn 2017
Green over Red
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- until April 1972
- first issue: 1966, freq: ???? ; Vol V, No 2 = Mar/Apr 1970
- Green over Red is the signal indication for "Clear Normal Speed" used by American railways and derivatives such as New Zealand and Victoria
Heritage Railway
Locomotives International
- Published by Mainline & Maritime
- Size A4
Mixed Goods
- Namesake is a "goods train with passenger accommodation."
- c1950-c1960
- New South Wales
Narrow Gauge World
- Published by Atlantic Publishers
- 9 issues per year
- Size : A4
- Issue : Number 70 is July/August 2010
- Coverage : International & Modelling
Network
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- Issue Vol. 15 No.1 is February 1978.
- Size = A4
Paterson Points
- Overview : Magazine of the Rail Motor Society.
- Publisher : Rail Motor Society
- Namesake : The Society's Depot and Museum is located in Paterson, New South Wales.
- Size : A4
- Period : 2 per year
- Issue : December 2020 is the current issue
Rail Express
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- May 2019 is issue 276
- Aug 2016 is issue 243
- Feb 1997 is issue 009
- Size = A4
Railway Bylines
- Britain's Light Railways, Industrial System, Country Lines, and Narrow Gauge
- Sister magazine to British Railways Illustrated.
- http://www.irwellpress.com/acatalog/RAILWAY_BYLINES.html
The Recorder
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- Size : 213mm x 140mm (approximately A5)
- Issue : Vol. 11 No. 12. September 1974.
- Namesake : The Recorder is the device on a locomotive that records speed; it is an early "black box".
Steam Days
Steam Railway
- Publisher : [Great Magazines]
- Period : monthly
- Issue : January is No. 461
- Size : A4
- Slogan : The World's Biggest Selling 100% Steam Magazine.
Sunshine Express
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- Size : A5
- Period : Monthly
- Issue : May 1984 is Vol. 20 No. 216
Tasmanian Rail News
- Published by Australian Railway Historical Society Tasmanian Division
- http://www.railtasmania.com/arhs/trn.php
- Apr 2016 is issue 258
Tin Hare Gazette
- Overview : Magazine of the Rail Motor Society.
- Publisher : Rail Motor Society
- Namesake : The Tin Hare is a colloquial name a lightweight diesel rail motor for branch line use in New South Wales.
- Size : A5
- Period : Irregular
- Issue : September 2009 is issue No.45
Traction
- Publisher : Warner Group Publications
- Period : Six times a year
- Issue : May/June 2021 is issue 263
Trains and Railways
Tramway topics
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- Size : A4
- Issue : No. 240 is Winter 2009
- Period : 4 per year
- Start : 1962
Trolley Wire
Table
| K | Name | Country | State | Started | Finished | Freq
per y. | ISSN | Remarks | Reference |
|---|
| 11 | | GBR | | 1992 | | 4 | | | GG |
| 21 | Tasmanian Rail News | AUS | | | | 4 | | | SS |
| 31 | Motive Power | AUS | NSW | 1998 | | 6 | | | MM |
| 38 | Trains and Railways | GBR | | | | | Defunct | | TT |
| 41 | Railway Digest | AUS | | 1952 | | 12 | | | RR |
| 51 | Narrow Gauge World | GBR | | | | 9 | | | NN |
| 56 | Rail Express | GBR | | 1996 | | 12 | | | RR |
| 57 | Entrain | GBR | | 2001? | | 12 | | | EE |
| 58 | Catch Point | AUS | | | | ?? | | | E2 |
| 59 | Heritage Railway | GBR | | 1999 | | 13 | | | HH |
| 60 | British Railways Illustrated | GBR | | | | | | | BB |
| 61 | Railway Bylines | GBR | | | | | | | RR |
| 62 | Steam Days | GBR | | | | | | | SS |
| 63 | Australian Railway | AUS | | 1990s | | | No issn | | AA |
| 64 | The Recorder | AUS | | 1960s | | | No issn | | AS |
| 65 | Rail Express | GBR | | 1997 | | | | | YT |
| 66 | Green over Red | AUS | | 196x | 1972 | 6 | | | YU |
| 67 | Sunshine Express | AUS | | 196x | | 12 | | | LQ |
| 68 | Network | AUS | | 196x | | | | | RO |
| 69 | Steam Railway | GBR | | | | | | | SR |
| 70 | Tramway topics | NZL | | 1962 | | | | | TT |
| 71 | Tin Hare Gazette | AUS | NSW | | | | | | THG |
| 72 | GardenRail | GBR | | | | | | | GR |
| 73 | Mixed Goods | AUS | NSW | 1950c | 1960c | | | | MG |
| 74 | Trolley Wire | AUS | NSW | ?? | | 4 | | | TW |
| 75 | New Zealand Railway Observer | NZL | | 1944 | | 12 | | | NZRO | |
See: List of rail transport-related periodicals
