Looking For Rail Magazine

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  1. Dougyhowzer

    Dougyhowzer Member

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    Hello . Sorry if the title is kinda vague , but I been thinking about delving deeper into my rail train hobby , and was wondering if any fellow train enthusiast like myself can recommend any railway train magazine ? Preferebly that has an optional subscription .

    I like to know more about trains and routes .
     
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    It really depends what country you are in and your area of interest.
     
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    HamioSamio098 Well-Known Member

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    Rail is really interesting if you want a lot of in depth UK rail news but then there is Modern Railway, which is similar but includes European news.
     
  4. Dougyhowzer

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    I live in Canada , but I mostly be interested in british and european modern trains both commutter and freight .

    I also don't mind reading a bit of train route history especially British
     
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    There are many UK rail magazines but I’m not sure if they are available in Canada I don’t subscribe to any but the ones I do buy are often one of the below... it may be worth getting a single magazine to see if it is for you. All three of these cater for the modern UK scene.

    as suggested above Rail Magazine https://www.railmagazine.com/

    Rail Express good modern UK mag - https://www.railexpress.co.uk/

    Railways Illustrated - https://www.railwaysillustrated.com/

    I hope that helps and good luck
     
  6. Dougyhowzer

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    Thanks for the feedback help . I will definitely be checking out the websites . Was also wondering if its allowed to request certain trains or routes from these websites to the devs ?

    Not holding my breath , but would like to know .
     
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    Key Aero has a couple of Railway mags (Modern Railways and Modern Locomotives Illustrated) but they are mostly British.
    They do have a subscription option for USA or rest of world though.
     
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    I’m not sure I understand, but most of the UK magazines have a news round up for the period before the mag was printed and some special features (for example a location report for traffic and photo vantage points or a review of a company or loco type) some also have model railway sections of new items with reviews etc.
     

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