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The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897. As of 2010 it was, for three years running, the railway magazine with the largest circulation in the United Kingdom, having a monthly average sale during 2009 of 34,715 [2] (the figure for 2007 being 34,661). [3]
Magazine was an influence on the fledgling Simple Minds, who supported them on a 1979 tour and much later covered "A Song from Under the Floorboards". [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood named McGeoch his biggest guitar influence, and said that Magazine's songwriting "informs so much of what we do". [ 13 ]
He began his writing career with a book on the Edge Hill Light Railway, and he was an acknowledged expert in the history of that railway. [ 5 ] He is particularly known for his "magnum opus" [ 2 ] 9-volume series of books on the ironstone industry of The Midlands , which is considered the standard work on the subject.
Newby continued solo, [3] and has since released several albums as the Railway Children: Dream Arcade (1997, Ether Records), Gentle Sound (2002, Ether Records) and two collections of rare recordings: Rarities #1 in 2007 and Rarities #2 in 2010; the latter available only by download from his official site.
Waterman has an extensive private collection of railway models and railway layouts, in O scale and larger gauges. [25] He is currently building a large model of Leamington Spa railway station, in O scale and set in the 1950s. [26] He has written several books and many magazine articles on the subject.
Railway Bylines ISSN 0000-0000; Railway Gazette International; The Railway Magazine ISSN 0033-8923; The Railway Observer ISSN 0952-7133; Railways Illustrated ISSN 1479-2230; Steam Days ISSN 0000-0000; Steam Railway, 1979– , ISSN 0143-72320; Railway World ISSN 0033-9032; Steam World ISSN 0959-0897
The Railway Magazine was a long-running monthly railway magazine dating back to July 1897, but in 1988, whilst under the Editorship of John N. Slater (1970–1989), lost its position as "best-selling rail title." [3] That went to a younger competitor, Steam Railway magazine, founded nine years earlier under the launch Editor David Wilcock. [3]
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