Catalogue description British Transport Historical Records: The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review : Periodicals

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Reference: ZPER 30
Title: British Transport Historical Records: The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review : Periodicals
Description:

This series contains issues of the periodical The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review and supplements.

The material in this series is non record material originally held in the Library.

Date: 1896-1959
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: PER 30
Legal status: Non record material
Language: English
Physical description: 60 volume(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

This journal started in 1896 as "Moore's Monthly Magazine", was re-named "The Locomotive Magazine" in January 1897 and became "The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review" in 1903. It was published experimentally (in 1903 only) as a weekly magazine, otherwise it always appeared monthly. The Locomotive Publishing Company was taken over by Ian Allan Ltd., in October 1956 and the magazine was afterwards incorporated in "Trains Illustrated" which became "Modern Railways" in 1962.

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