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For the magazine founded in 1835 by Effingham Wilson and John Herapath, see Railway Gazette International.
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The Railway Magazine
The Railway Magazine October 1901 cover 688.jpg
Cover of the October 1901 issue. Typical for early 20th century: only the colours, issue number, date and volume changed from month to month
Editor Nick Pigott
Former editors George Augustus Nokes ("G.A. Sekon"), first editor
Categories Railway
Frequency Monthly
Circulation 34,715
First issue July 1897
Company Mortons of Horncastle
Country United Kingdom
Based in London
Language English
Website http://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk
ISSN 0033-8923

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 has been, for three years running, the railway magazine with the largest circulation in the U.K., having a monthly average sale during 2009 of 34,715 (the figure for 2007 being 34,661). It was published by IPC Media until October 2010, with ISSN 0033-8923, and in 2007 won IPC's 'Magazine of the Year' award. From November 2010, The Railway Magazine is now published by Mortons Media Group Ltd. (Mortons of Horncastle).



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  • RailwayMagazineIssue1

    Issue 1 of The Railway Magazine - July 1897

  • LNWR No1881

    Colour frontispiece from the June 1903 Railway Magazine: No. 1881 of the London and North Western Railway, a Webb 0-8-0 four-cylinder compound.

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