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The Journal aims to be one of scholarly record and publishes prime source material as well as items of debate and research. Copies are deposited at The British Library and the Library of the National Railway Museum and the Institute for Railway Studies as well as other interested institutions. Any University or College that might like to begin taking the Journal for use in its Library is requested to contact the editor using our contact form.

All contributions which add to the Society’s aims of “The study and recording of information relating to all the railways of the British Isles and public education on matters concerning railways of the British Isles.”, are welcome. Intending contributors, whether members or not, and both are welcome, should email the Editor to obtain guidance on how to submit work.

You will find the contents of the latest issues below. A sample article may be viewed in PDF format.

On a separate page are links for the indexes of volumes 1 to 19.

You may buy back numbers, once they are at least a year old, and photocopies of issues that are out of print using the order form.

The latest issues are:

Volume 21 Number 1 January - March 2012
	Profile of stopping trains between King's Cross and Peterborough/Grantham 4th-10th July, 1958; Smith, L. A. p. 2 Metropolitan & District Signalling in Steam Days; Wilde, Peter J. p. 17 Wagon Design in the 1840s. Hopper wagons, part 3; Davidson, Richard p. 20 A Brief Analysis of the GNR Locomotive Fleet; Sibley, Allan p. 21 Non-steam Locomotives on British Public Railways (to 1955) Part Four; Leleux, Sydney A. p. 25 Readers Write...; p. 34
Volume 20 Number 12 October - December 2011
	Night Ferry and the writings of the late George Behrend - 2; Long, Charles p. 376 Training for Management: Clerical Education Before 1914; Turner, David p. 378 Two Liverpool Heroes; Major, Susan p. 383 District Railway Loco Coal Trains in 1901; Wilde, Peter J. p. 385 Great Northern Railway covered wagon; Davidson, Richard p. 389 Non-steam Locomotives on British Public Railways (to 1955) Part Three; Leleux, Sydney A. p. 390 Wagon Design in the 1840s Hopper wagons, part 2:; Davidson, Richard p. 394 A Quaker Railway Connection; Bullard, Chris & Silver, Mike p. 399 BackPages; Dow, George p. 401 Readers Write...; p. 405

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