Backtrack | September 2026
BACKTRACK Vol.20 No.9 - September 2026
On the North Downs line - colour spread of steam on the cross-country Reading to Redhill route.
The locomotives of the Maryport & Carlisle Railway - David Anderson reviews, with photographs, this small Cumbrian company.
The Standard Railfreight Scrap Scheme - An Early Public/Private Partnership described by Brian Ringer.
A Holiday to Remember: Scotland and North Eastern England in 1957 - Nicholas Daunt reviews the wide range of motive power he noted during his travels.
Ward Lock Red Guides as a source of railway history: Part Two - Malcolm Higginson concludes his look at these once familiar holiday and travel guidebooks and their coverage of railway travel possibilities.
East Kilbride Electrification Work - described by Arnold Tortorella Coats of Many Colours - four colour pages showing some of the many varied liveries carried by the InterCity 125 High Speed Trains during their long careers.
The Central Line 1900-2025 - Stephen Roberts considers the life and times of the ‘red line’ of the London Underground map.
Working the local goods on the Western - archive photographs from the John Spencer Gilks collection.
The Meltham Branch - Richard Lee tells the history of a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway branch in the West Riding near Huddersfield.
Around the Operational Clock at Derby: Part Two - John Palmer concludes his study.
The York Project 1989 - Ross Tomlinson describes his involvement in the major redesign of the York station area prior to electrification.
en savoir plus
lire moins
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
Vous recevrez 12 pendant une période de 1 an Backtrack abonnement au magazine.
Remarque : les éditions numériques ne comprennent pas les éléments de couverture ou les suppléments que vous trouveriez avec les copies imprimées.
Articles dans ce numéro
Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection d'articles dans Backtrack September 2026.