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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]
The Railway Series is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Awdry wrote 26 books; the final one being written in October 1972.
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]
Christopher Awdry, the Rev. W. Awdry's son, had some background in writing when he took over writing the Railway Series books, having written a number of articles for Steam Railway magazine. He was inspired to write some Railway Series stories by a visit to the Nene Valley Railway, with encouragement from his father.
Colin Gordon Maggs (born 1932) [1] is a railway historian and the author of more than 100 books about British railways, particularly those in the southwest of England.He has also written many newspaper and magazine articles about them and made several TV appearances and radio broadcasts on the subject.
Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books. [1] It was founded by Ian Allan.. In 1942, Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern Railway at Waterloo station, decided he could deal with many of the requests he received about rolling stock by collecting the information into a book. [2]
The Railway Gazette Group is a family of print and online business publications for the world rail transport industry. Based in Sutton, London , it is part of DVV Media Group , and forms part of the Hamburg -based Deutsche Verkehrs Verlag international publishing group.