Backtrack | September 2017
September 2017
On the Platform End at Paddington - Robert Sandusky photographed comings and goings in June 1958.
The Metropolitan's Diamond Logo - Michael J. Smith describes an early corporate 'branding' exercise.
Ladies Only Compartments - a vanished passenger amenity reviewed by Alistair F. Nisbet.
More from the Eastern Counties - another colour selection of Great Eastern locomotives.
The North Eastern Railway and its Timetables in Edwardian Days: Part Two - Glen Kilday concludes his survey of services in the North Eastern in the early 20th Century.
'Rather Unprincipled Persons': Ministers of Transport 1919-69: Part One - A. J. Mullay reviews the holders of this post and their influence (or lack of it) on railway history.
LNER Flyers from the Air - Steve Banks look at the stories behind some 1930s press photographs.
Looking Blue - four colour pages of blue-liveried steam locomotives.
Major Druitt meets his Waterloo - John C. Hughes looks into a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway accident to the north of Liverpool.
A trip on the North Wales Line - archive photos from the 1960s.
After Hours - Alan Whitehouse recalls the appeal and challenge of photographing the railway at night.
The Crieff Lines No More - David Fergusson looks back at the battle to save them and how it ultimately failed.
Churchward and the Locomotive Exchanges with the LNWR in August 1910 - a controversial railway challenge considered by Nick Deacon.
D'Aldgate à Arès - Eric Stuart on how some Metropolitan Railway coaches ended up working in France.
read more
read less
The specialist magazine was first published in 1986 for the purpose of ‘recording the history of Britain’s railway’ - the magazine’s strapline - and it is now published by Pendragon Publishing. Dropping every month, Backtrack magazine is your monthly dose of railway nostalgia and historical insight.
35 years later and Backtrack has firmly established itself as the authority on topics such as the history of Britain and Ireland’s train stations, railway bridges, signalling, biographies, train services and staff recollections - all of which regularly appear in the magazine. Backtrack's contributors include many of today's leading railway history writers and the magazine has a reputation for being of the highest quality.
With a multitude of unmissable monthly features, every issue aims to chronicle and record part of the history of Britain’s railway system. Every issue contains a dozen or so large articles that focus on a particular line or area in British railway history.
Whether you’re into early railway history from the 'pre-Stephenson' era, steam, diesel or electric locomotive you’ll find every era covered in minute detail - from railway company history, railway carriages and wagons, railway stations, railway ships, hotels and road vehicles, railway economic and social history and railway publicity and advertising.
A Backtrack digital magazine subscription is your go-to for railway history:
- Britain's leading historical railway magazine
- Delving into the era of horse-drawn tramroads up to locomotives and rolling stock
- History of lines, the social, political, financial, engineering and labour aspects of the railway
- Archive black and white quality images and historical colour coverage of the railway scene
- The history of train stations, railway bridges, signalling, biographies and train services
- Contributors include many of today's leading railway history writers
- Delivered directly to your device every week
You'll receive 12 issues during a 1 year Backtrack magazine subscription.
Note: Digital editions do not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with printed copies.
Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Backtrack September 2017.