Rail transport periodical

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This tabulation is for periodicals which do not have their own articles.

Contents

Magazines

Australian Railway

Australian Railways Illustrated

Australian Transport

British Railways Illustrated

Catch Point Magazine

Classic Toy Trains

Classic Trains

Entrain

Extra 2200 South

GardenRail

Great Western Railway Journal

Green over Red

Heritage Railway

Locomotives International

Mixed Goods

Narrow Gauge World

Network

Paterson Points

Rail Express

Railway Bylines

The Recorder

Steam Days

Steam Railway

Sunshine Express

Tasmanian Rail News

Tin Hare Gazette

Traction

Trains and Railways

Tramway topics

Trolley Wire

Table

KNameCountryStateStartedFinishedFreq
per y.
ISSNRemarksReference
11 Great Western Railway Journal GBR19924 ISSN   0964-6809 GG
21 Tasmanian Rail News AUS Tas 4 ISSN   1321-0238 SS
31 Motive Power AUSNSW19986 ISSN   1442-7079 MM
38 Trains and Railways GBRDefunctTT
41 Railway Digest AUS NSW 195212 ISSN   0157-2431 RR
51 Narrow Gauge World GBR9 ISSN   1466-0180 NN
56 Rail Express GBR199612 ISSN   1362-234X RR
57 Entrain GBR2001?12 ISSN   1475-9713 EE
58 Catch Point AUS SA  ??E2
59 Heritage Railway GBR199913 ISSN   1466-3562 HH
60 British Railways Illustrated GBR ISSN   0961-8244 BB
61 Railway Bylines GBR ISSN   1360-2098 RR
62 Steam Days GBR ISSN   0269-0020 SS
63 Australian Railway AUS1990sNo issnAA
64 The Recorder AUS SA 1960sNo issnAS
65 Rail Express GBR1997 ISSN   1362-234X YT
66 Green over Red AUS Vic 196x19726 ISSN   0000-0000 YU
67 Sunshine Express AUS Qld 196x12 ISSN   0726-5093 LQ
68 Network AUS196x ISSN   0000-0000 RO
69 Steam Railway GBR ISSN   0143-7232 SR
70 Tramway topics NZL1962 ISSN   0110-599X TT
71 Tin Hare Gazette AUSNSW ISSN   0000-0000 THG
72 GardenRail GBR ISSN   0969-952X GR
73 Mixed Goods AUSNSW1950c1960c ISSN   0000-0000 MG
74 Trolley Wire AUSNSW ??4 ISSN   0155-1264 TW
75 New Zealand Railway Observer NZL194412 ISSN   0028-8624 NZRO

See: List of rail transport-related periodicals

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