squizzler
Established Member
Modern Railways is my go-to printed magazine for railway current affairs and i am overall very happy with the news balance. However I have a friend with a handful of old issues from "back in the day" (can't remember the decade even, maybe 1960's as I seem to recall a description of the first Shinkansen) where the overseas news was much more global. I especially remember full page adverts from English Electric highlighting products they were selling to the former colonies.
I think the European scene is very interesting but in many ways the continental network is the world's most sorted after a century and half of development. Modern Railways readers miss out such clean sheet development as the construction of China's network, heavy haul in Australia and metros in India. Perhaps there would be a silver lining to dropping out of the European Union if Modern Railways decided to have a wider coverage of world affairs?
I know there are various international railway journals but these tend not to be readily available in newsagents. Also the UK scene is just another country. Does anybody else feel Modern Railways would be an even better magazine with a broader world news roundup?
I think the European scene is very interesting but in many ways the continental network is the world's most sorted after a century and half of development. Modern Railways readers miss out such clean sheet development as the construction of China's network, heavy haul in Australia and metros in India. Perhaps there would be a silver lining to dropping out of the European Union if Modern Railways decided to have a wider coverage of world affairs?
I know there are various international railway journals but these tend not to be readily available in newsagents. Also the UK scene is just another country. Does anybody else feel Modern Railways would be an even better magazine with a broader world news roundup?