Backtrack | August 2023
The Curious Case of the Metro-Vick Co-Bos - colour spread by Noel Machell of these strange and unsuccessful diesel locomotives.
Edinburgh to Dundee via Fife - Alistair F. Nisbet traces traffic developments from 1850 to 2006.
'A Main Line in Miniature?' - Geoffrey Skelsey looks at the legacy of the Metropolitan Railway.
The Mistiey, Thorpe & Walton Railway - David Troughton uncovers a railway that might have been a missing link.
The North Wales Coast 1846-1922 - events on a favourite holiday route described by Jeffrey Wells.
Lost of the Woodhead Route - four colour pages by GAVIN MORRISON of trains on the now closed electrified route between Manchester and Sheffield,
Doing Good Work - the GWR '43XX' 2-6-0s in colour.
The Barry Railway's intrusions into the Rhymney Valley - railways politics and power-play in South Wales described by Terry McCarthy,
Joyce Station Clocks - Tony Robinson introduces the manufacturer of many notable railway clocks.
Pulverised Fuel for Firing Locomotives: Part One - Miles Macnair looks at some alternative forms of fuel.
One day at Southall - David Idle's colour shots at this west London locomotive debit in October 1965.
A Maritime Miscellany - archive photographs of railway ships.
Brees's Railway Practice - Gordon Biddle looks back at a technical
treatise for railway engineers issued between 1837-47.
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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
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Articles dans ce numéro
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