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Railway-related periodicals can be classified as
  • industry
  • history
  • modelling


Titles, existing and defunct, include:

  South Africa

  • RailwaysAfrica
    RailwaysAfrica
    Railways Africa is the leading if not only publication covering railways in Africa and the Middle East. It is published 6 times per year in English and was first published in 1954.Since 2010, the number of issues per year has increased to 10....

     - http://www.railwaysafrica.com, , bimonthly
  • On Track - journal of Railway Society of SA (Reef Branch)

 Australia Australia

  • Australian Railway Enthusiast
  • Australian Railway History
    Australian Railway History
    Australian Railway History , is the premier magazine covering railway history in Australia...

     formerly The ARHS
    Australian Railway Historical Society
    The Australian Railway Historical Society was founded in Sydney in 1933 as The Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. It aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations. Membership now exceeds 2,500, with Divisions in every...

     Bulletin
  • Light Railways
    Light Railways
    Light Railways is a magazine produced by the Light Railway Research Society of Australia . The subtitle is "Australia's Magazine of Industrial and Narrow Gauge Railways"....
  • Locomotion
    Locomotion (periodical)
    Locomotion is a railway-related magazine published irregularly in Australia by the Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division. It is edited by the same team who produce Railway Digest.- Aim :...

     - since 2008
  • Motive Power
    Motive Power
    Motive Power is a bi-monthly railway related magazine that focuses on diesel locomotives in Australia. The content includes photographs of locomotives & trains, news about newly delivered and repainted locomotives, technical articles, and fleet listings of the various Australian railway operators...
  • Network (magazine) became Track & Signal
    Track & Signal
    Track & Signal is a railroad related periodical published in Australia. It covers the operating and equipment industries.- Predecessors :The magazine was previously called Railways of Australia Network and was published by the Railways of Australia Committee.Network was published at least as late...

    , published by the Railways of Australia Committee
  • Rail Express by Lloyd's List
  • Railway Transportation
    Railway Transportation
    Railway Transportation was an Australian magazine published by Shennan Publications between 1951 and 1972. It came out monthly....

     1954-1972
  • Track & Signal
    Track & Signal
    Track & Signal is a railroad related periodical published in Australia. It covers the operating and equipment industries.- Predecessors :The magazine was previously called Railways of Australia Network and was published by the Railways of Australia Committee.Network was published at least as late...

     http://www.trackandsignal.com
  • Transit Australia
    Transit Australia
    Transit Australia styles itself Australia's Urban Passenger Transport Journal. Originally called Electric Traction, it was founded by the Australia Electric Traction Association...

     - (formerly Electric Traction)
  • Trolley Wire
    Trolley Wire
    Trolley Wire is the magazine of the Sydney Tramway Museum in Loftus, New South Wales but is also co-published by most of the other albeit smaller tramway museums around the nation....

     Australia's Tramway Museum Magazine.
  • Narrow Gauge Downunder http://www.narrowgaugedownunder.com - history and modelling. Quarterly.

Modelling

  • Australian Model Railway Magazine by Southern Cross Model Railway Association
  • Australian Model Engineering
  • Model Railways in Australia

New South Wales

  • Railway Digest
    Railway Digest
    Railway Digest is a monthly magazine covering the railways of New South Wales, and in more recent times, the railways of Australia.- Overview :...

     - ARHS
    Australian Railway Historical Society
    The Australian Railway Historical Society was founded in Sydney in 1933 as The Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. It aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations. Membership now exceeds 2,500, with Divisions in every...

     (NSW)
  • Under the Wires
  • Roundhouse
    Roundhouse (periodical)
    Roundhouse is a magazine publication by the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. Featuring articles, photographs, news etc. about all the NSWGR's during the time of steam and recent trips that the museum have made...

     - N.S.W. Rail Transport Museum
  • Locomotion
    Locomotion (periodical)
    Locomotion is a railway-related magazine published irregularly in Australia by the Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division. It is edited by the same team who produce Railway Digest.- Aim :...

     - ARHS
    Australian Railway Historical Society
    The Australian Railway Historical Society was founded in Sydney in 1933 as The Australasian Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. It aims to foster an interest in the railways, and record and preserve many facets of railway operations. Membership now exceeds 2,500, with Divisions in every...

     (NSW)

Victoria

  • Newsrail
    Newsrail
    Newsrail is the magazine of the Australian Railway Historical Society . The publication serves as "a monthly news magazine of current railway events in Victoria."...
  • The Times - Australian Association of Time Table Collectors 
  • Rail News Victoria

  Brazil


  Canada

  • Branchline
    Branchline (magazine)
    Branchline is a monthly magazine, published by the Bytown Railway Society in Ottawa, Canada.Branchline articles cover historic and current topics about the railways of Canada....

  • Canadian Rail

  China

  • China Railway Science (中国铁道科学) 1979-
  • Chinese Railways (中国铁路) 1962-
  • Diesel Locomotives (内燃机车) 1966-
  • Electric Drive for Locomotives (机车电传动) 1960-
  • Electric Locomotives & Mass Transit Vehicles (电力机车与城轨车辆)
  • Journal of Railway Engineering Society (铁道工程学报) 1984-
  • Journal of Railway Science and Engineering (铁道科学与工程学报) 1979-
  • Journal of the China Railway Society (铁道学报) 1979-
  • Railway Engineering (铁道建筑) 1961-
  • Railway Transport and Economy (铁道运输与经济) 1979-
  • Rolling Stock (铁道车辆) 1963-
  • Tiedao Zhishi (铁道知识)

 Czech Republic Czech Republic


 Denmark Denmark


  France

  • Revue Générale des Chemins de Fer
  • La Vie du Rail
    La Vie du Rail
    La Vie du Rail is a French publishing group headquartered in Auray, which specialises in magazines and books about rail transport, and transport more generally. The editor-in-chief is Vincent Lalu....

     formerly Notre métier
    • Rail Passion, published by La Vie du Rail
  • Rail & Public Transport (in English)
  • Le Rail
  • Ferrovissime
  • Objectif Rail

  Germany

  • Bahn-Report
    Bahn-Report
    Bahn-Report is a German-language magazine published six times per year by IG Schienenverkehr e. V., covering current activities in the German railway-sector with a focus on operations and infrastructure....

  • Drehscheibe
  • Eisenbahn Kurier
    Eisenbahn Kurier
    Eisenbahn Kurier or EK is a monthly magazine published in Freiburg, Germany, whose focus is on railway and model railway themes. Its target audience is railway modellers and model railway fans as well as railway experts and employees. With a monthly print run of about 40,000 copies, EK is one of...

  • Eisenbahnmagazin
  • Eisenbahnjournal
  • Märklin-Magazin
  • Miba

  Hungary


 Italy Italy


  Japan

1961-
  • Japan Railway & Technical Review - Railway Technical Research Institute
    Railway Technical Research Institute
    , or , is the technical research company under the Japan Railways group of companies.- Overview :RTRI was established in its current form in 1986 just before Japanese National Railways was privatised and split into separate JR group companies. RTRI conducts research about everything related to...

     1983- 1967- 1951-
  • RM Models 1995- 1971- 1972- formerly 1947- 2002- 1974-

  Netherlands


  New Zealand

  • Rails - industry
  • Railway Observer - historical and enthousiast
  • Tramway Topics

 Poland Poland


  Portugal


 Spain Spain


 Sweden Sweden


 Switzerland Switzerland


 Republic of China Taiwan


  United Kingdom

  • BackTrack
    BackTrack (magazine)
    BackTrack is a monthly magazine, published by Pendragon Publishing, concentrating on researched articles and photographic features about British and Irish railway history...

     1987-
  • British Railways Illustrated 1991-
  • Entrain (Platform 5) 2002-5 (Now known as Today's Railways: UK
    Today's Railways
    Today's Railways is a British railway magazine aimed at the enthusiast market and concentrating on current events. It is published by Platform 5 Publishing Ltd of Sheffield....

    )
  • Heritage Railway 1999-
  • Locomotives Illustrated 1975-
  • Modern Railways
    Modern Railways
    Modern Railways is a British monthly magazine covering the rail transport industry published by Ian Allan. It has been published since 1962....

     1962- formerly Trains Illustrated
  • Modern Tramway, 1938–91 – renamed 1992 as Light Rail and Modern Tramway, and in 1998 as Tramways & Urban Transit
    Tramways & Urban Transit
    Tramways & Urban Transit , also known as Modern Tramway, is a British monthly magazine about tramways and light rail transport, published continuously since 1938. Its content is orientated both to tramway enthusiasts and to persons working in the tram transport field or studying tramways. It has...

  • Motive Power Monthly (Ian Allen)
  • Narrow Gauge News, the journal of the Narrow Gauge Railway Society
  • Narrow Gauge World & Modelling - ISSN 1466-0180
  • Rail Business Intelligence
    Rail Business Intelligence
    Rail Business Intelligence is a fortnightly subscription newsletter for senior managers, investors, lawyers, contractors, consultants, local authorities, manufacturers and service providers working in the United Kingdom's rail industry...

     1995- formerly Rail Privatisation News
  • Rail Enthusiast 1981-7
  • Rail Express http://www.railexpress.co.uk/ 1996-
  • Rail Professional
    Rail Professional
    Rail Professional is a monthly UK magazine covering the business side of rail transport in Great Britain. Published by CPL , the magazine is available free of charge to managers of UK train operating companies and Network Rail or by subscription to non-qualifying readers.The magazine was launched...

     1996-
  • Rail
    Rail Magazine
    RAIL is a UK magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain. It is published every two weeks by Bauer and is available in the transport sections of many British bookshops, especially WH Smith...

     1988- formerly Rail Enthusiast
  • Railway Bylines 1995-
  • The Railway Magazine
    The Railway Magazine
    The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897. 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...

     1897-
  • Railway Gazette International
    Railway Gazette International
    Railway Gazette International is a monthly business journal covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide. Available by annual subscription, the magazine is read in over 140 countries by transport professionals and decision makers, railway managers, engineers, consultants...

     (founded in 1835 as The Railway Magazine)
  • Railways Illustrated
    Railways Illustrated
    Railways Illustrated is a British monthly railway magazine that is published by Ian Allan. Inside there is detail of news, stock changes, tours, and more. It is aimed at railway enthusiasts.-Inside:...

     2003- formerly Railway World
  • Railway World 1953-2002 formerly Railways
  • Steam Railway 1979-
  • Steam Days (magazine) 1986-
  • Steam World
    Steam World
    Steam World is an English railway magazine covering steam locomotives. It is published monthly by Steam World Publishing....

     1981-
  • Traction http://www.traction.co.uk/ 1994-
  • Today's Railways: UK
    Today's Railways
    Today's Railways is a British railway magazine aimed at the enthusiast market and concentrating on current events. It is published by Platform 5 Publishing Ltd of Sheffield....

     (Platform 5) 2006- formerly Entrain
  • Tramways & Urban Transit
    Tramways & Urban Transit
    Tramways & Urban Transit , also known as Modern Tramway, is a British monthly magazine about tramways and light rail transport, published continuously since 1938. Its content is orientated both to tramway enthusiasts and to persons working in the tram transport field or studying tramways. It has...

     1998- formerly Light Rail and Modern Tramway (1992–97), previously Modern Tramway (1938–91)

Defunct

  • Trains Illustrated merged into Modern Railways
    Modern Railways
    Modern Railways is a British monthly magazine covering the rail transport industry published by Ian Allan. It has been published since 1962....

  • The Locomotive merged into Modern Railways
    Modern Railways
    Modern Railways is a British monthly magazine covering the rail transport industry published by Ian Allan. It has been published since 1962....

  • Trains and Railways
    Trains and Railways
    Trains and Railways was a British railway magazine that was published for just over two years by the New English Library....

     dropped due to increased publishing cost.

Modelling

  • Model Rail
    Model Rail
    Model Rail is a British railway magazine focusing on Model Railways. It was first published in 1997, after running as a supplement to RAIL magazine.Model Rail is published 13 times a year...

     -
  • Model Railway Journal -
  • Railway Modeller
    Railway Modeller
    Railway Modeller is a monthly British magazine about Model Railways published by Peco. It has been in publication since 1949 and is still Britain's most popular model railway title.-Features:The leading feature is the "Railway of the Month"...

     -
  • British Railway Modelling - ISSN 0968-0764
  • Hornby Magazine
  • Model Railway News

  eMagazine


  United States

  • American Railway Journal, 1830-1888, merged with Engineering News
    Engineering News-Record
    Engineering News-Record is a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide...

  • Classic Trains,
  • CTC Board
    CTC Board
    CTC Board was a monthly magazine, published by Hundman Publishing, devoted to railroad photography. Its editor, until the July 2005 issue, was founder Dale Sanders. From August 2005 until the final issue, it was edited by well known railway author Paul D. Schneider.CTC Board ended production with...

    , , 1970–2006
  • Diesel Era
  • Extra 2200 South
  • First & Fastest
  • Live Steam and Outdoor Railroading
  • Locomotive & Railway Preservation
  • Locomotive Quarterly
  • Model Railroader
    Model Railroader
    Model Railroader is an American magazine specializing in the hobby of model railroading. It was founded in 1934 by Al C. Kalmbach and is based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. It is published monthly by Kalmbach Publishing...

    , 1934-
  • Modern Railroads, 1945-1991, merged into Railway Age
  • N Scale Magazine http://www.nscalemagazine.com/
  • N Scale Railroading http://www.nscalerailroadn.com/
  • Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette
    Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette
    Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette, subtitled Accurate Information for Fine Modelbuilding, is a magazine published bimonthly in the United States by Benchmark Publications, Ltd. of Mountain View, California....

    , 1975-
  • New Electric Railway Journal, The
    The New Electric Railway Journal
    The New Electric Railway Journal was a quarterly American magazine primarily about electric urban rail transit in North America, published from 1988 to 1998, with an international circulation. Its name was a tribute to a much earlier magazine with similar coverage, the Electric Railway Journal,...

    ; , 1988-98
  • Northwest Railfan
  • Northwestern Railroader, 1887-1891, merged with Railway Age
  • Pacific RailNews
    Pacific RailNews
    Pacific RailNews , originally named Pacific News and later RailNews, was an American monthly magazine about railroads and rail transit, oriented for railfans. It was published from 1961 until 1999...

     (originally Pacific News), renamed to Rail News, 1961–99
  • Passenger Train Journal
    Passenger Train Journal
    Passenger Train Journal is an American magazine about passenger rail transport and rail transit, oriented for railfans. Founded in 1968, it was published continuously until 1996, and monthly from 1979 onward, but then ceased publication. After a 10-year absence, it was restarted in 2006 with a...

    , 1968–96, 2006–present
  • Private Varnish - AAPRCO - quarterly publication of Privately Owned Railroad Passenger Carshttp://www.AAPRCO.com
  • Remember the Rock - quarterly publication of the Rock Island Railroad by Andover Junction Publicationshttp://www.andoverjunction.com
  • Progressive Railroading,
  • Railfan and Railroad (or R&R), , a monthly rail transport and train interest magazine published by Carstens Publications, containing primarily freelance contributions. R&R was formed by the 1979 merging of Railfan magazine (ISSN 0098-0714), which had started in 1974, with Railroad magazine (ISSN 0033-8761), which had been in publication since 1906.
  • Rail Classics
  • Rail News
    Pacific RailNews
    Pacific RailNews , originally named Pacific News and later RailNews, was an American monthly magazine about railroads and rail transit, oriented for railfans. It was published from 1961 until 1999...

    , formerly Pacific Rail News, 1997–99
  • Railpace, monthly magazine covering rail operations in the Northeast, 1982-
  • Railroad Age Gazette, 1908-1918, renamed Railway Age
  • Railroad Gazette, 1870-1908, merged into Railroad Age Gazette
  • Railroad History - quarterly publication of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, 1992-
  • Railroad Model Craftsman
    Railroad Model Craftsman
    Railroad Model Craftsman is an American magazine specializing in the hobby of model railroading. Its first issue in March 1933 was called Model Craftsman because it covered other areas of scale modeling as well. In April 1949 it changed its focus to model trains and changed its name to reflect this...

    , a monthly magazine from Carstens Publications focused on rail transport modeling.
  • Railroads Illustrated
    Railroads Illustrated
    Railroads Illustrated is a monthly magazine, published by White River Productions, devoted to railroad photography. White River purchased CTC Board magazine from Hundman Publishing after the May 2006 issue, and has rebranded the magazine to Railroads Illustrated, and used the CTC Board name for...

    , 2007- formerly CTC Board
    CTC Board
    CTC Board was a monthly magazine, published by Hundman Publishing, devoted to railroad photography. Its editor, until the July 2005 issue, was founder Dale Sanders. From August 2005 until the final issue, it was edited by well known railway author Paul D. Schneider.CTC Board ended production with...

  • Railroad Man's Magazine
    Railroad Man's Magazine
    The Railroad Man's Magazine was a pulp magazine which began October, 1906.The magazine was published under different names and formats throughout its history. It was the first specialized pulp with stories and articles about the railroads...

  • Rails Northeast, c.1976–82
  • Railway Age
    Railway Age
    Railway Age is an American trade journal for the rail transport industry. It was founded in 1856 in Chicago and is published monthly by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. The magazine's original title was the Western Railroad Gazette, and was renamed the Railroad Gazette in 1870...

    , 1876- , merged into Railroad Age Gazette (1908-18), renamed Railway Age in 1918
  • Railway Engineering and Maintenance (1905- ), renamed Railway Track and Structures
  • Railway Review, 1868-1927, merged into Railway Age
  • Railway Signal Engineer (1916- ); formerly The Signal Engineer; later renamed Railway Signaling & Communications, then Railway System Controls ( to 1975)
  • Tall Timber Short Lines
  • The Cross-Tie
  • The Lensmen
  • The Railfan Photographer, renamed to The Railroad Press
  • The Railroad Press, 1995- . Formerly The Railfan Photographer.
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Railway Progress http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BFW/is_4_101/ai_n13664016/
  • The Sentinel - quarterly publication of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historical Society
  • The Signal Engineer (1907-1915), renamed Railway Signal Engineer in 1916
  • Steam Locomotive (1958–60), became Steam Locomotive & Railroad Tradition (1960–68), became Railroading (1968–75)
  • Trains
    Trains (magazine)
    Trains is a monthly magazine dedicated to trains and railroads, and is one of the two flagship publications of Kalmbach Publishing. The magazine is read both by railroad enthusiasts, commonly referred to as railfans, and those within the railroad industry....

    , 1940-
  • Trains Illustrated
  • Vintage Rails, 1995–99
  • Ztrack Magazine, 1990-

  eMagazine


International

  • Continental Railway Journal,
  • European Railway Review,
  • European Railways, 1948–
  • Eurotransport,
  • International Railway Journal
    International Railway Journal
    International Railway Journal is a monthly international trade magazine published by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation . The magazine was first published in 1961....

     (IRJ), 1961–present – industry
  • Janes World Railways
    Janes World Railways
    Jane's World Railways is a directory of railway activities world wide. It is published annually. Half the book is dedicated to manufacturers of railway equipment, and the other half is dedicated to individual railways and metros....

    , (yearly) – industry
  • Locomotives International, 1989–
  • Narrow Gauge World, 1999–
  • Railway Gazette International
    Railway Gazette International
    Railway Gazette International is a monthly business journal covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide. Available by annual subscription, the magazine is read in over 140 countries by transport professionals and decision makers, railway managers, engineers, consultants...

    , 1905–present (Railway Gazette 1905-1970) – industry
  • Railway Gazette International Chinese Edition
  • Today's Railways: Europe,
  • Tramways & Urban Transit
    Tramways & Urban Transit
    Tramways & Urban Transit , also known as Modern Tramway, is a British monthly magazine about tramways and light rail transport, published continuously since 1938. Its content is orientated both to tramway enthusiasts and to persons working in the tram transport field or studying tramways. It has...

    , (formerly Modern Tramway) 1938–

Institutional

  • IRSE News - near monthly published by The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
    The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers
    The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, known more usually as the IRSE, is an international organisation, active throughout the world. It is the professional body for all those engaged or interested in railway signalling and telecommunications and allied disciplines.- Local sections :The IRSE...

    .
  • Permanent Way Institution
    Permanent Way Institution
    The Permanent Way Institution is a specialist society interested in the dissemination of railway permanent way knowledge and techniques amongst interested parties at all levels from the trackmen to the civil engineers. It was founded in 1884 and now has over 7500 members throughout Commonwealth of...

     - Journal and report of proceedings – permanent way refers to the track http://www.permanentwayinstitution.com/
  • Institute of Mechanical Engineers http://www.imeche.org/publications/ – locomotives, etc.
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