Following from this post (and related discussion) in the ABC Rail Guides thread:
As said in the post quoted above, it's a new publication from Colin J Marsden and is going to be a competitor (I think it's difficult to say how much of a competitor it's going to be yet) to the ABC Rail Guides which he formerly edited. These books are now edited by Pip Dunn and have reverted to their 'original' format, which we've discussed (and criticised) on the ABC Rail Guides thread.
People are selling these Rail123 magazines on eBay - here's one listing which shows a bit of the magazine's formatting:
It certainly looks to use several of the features from the ABC Rail Guides when edited by Marsden. The key things are the blue boxes with technical details for the different classes and the fact that photos match the classes they're next to - this has been lost in the 2021 Rail Guide. Furthermore, the introduction says "The publication, in addition to the main stream rail operators, provides full listings for light rail, including London Underground, Irish Railways, the Isle of man and tram systems, as well as preserved steam." These are things which the ABC Rail Guides included before Marsden stopped editing them - although I think the London Underground section only gave numbers for units in the 2019/2020 editions of those books?
I'd be interested to hear of anyone else's views on this - I know quite a few people don't like Colin J Marsden's publications due to inaccuracies so it would be interesting to hear if these people think these issues are still present in this new magazine.
-Peter
I thought it might be worth making a new thread for this magazine considering it's separate from the ABC Rail Guide books.
As said in the post quoted above, it's a new publication from Colin J Marsden and is going to be a competitor (I think it's difficult to say how much of a competitor it's going to be yet) to the ABC Rail Guides which he formerly edited. These books are now edited by Pip Dunn and have reverted to their 'original' format, which we've discussed (and criticised) on the ABC Rail Guides thread.
People are selling these Rail123 magazines on eBay - here's one listing which shows a bit of the magazine's formatting:
MLI PLUS RAIL123 Traction & Rolling Stock Guide 2021-2022 Railway UK & Irish 9781913870737 | eBay
MLI PLUS RAIL123 Traction & Rolling Stock Guide 2021-2022 Railway UK & Irish. Condition is "Like New". Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class Large Letter.
www.ebay.co.uk
MLI PLUS RAIL123 Traction & Rolling Stock Guide 2021-2022 Railway UK & Irish
MLI PLUS RAIL123 Traction & Rolling Stock Guide 2021-2022 Railway UK & Irish. Condition is "Like New". Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class Large Letter.
It certainly looks to use several of the features from the ABC Rail Guides when edited by Marsden. The key things are the blue boxes with technical details for the different classes and the fact that photos match the classes they're next to - this has been lost in the 2021 Rail Guide. Furthermore, the introduction says "The publication, in addition to the main stream rail operators, provides full listings for light rail, including London Underground, Irish Railways, the Isle of man and tram systems, as well as preserved steam." These are things which the ABC Rail Guides included before Marsden stopped editing them - although I think the London Underground section only gave numbers for units in the 2019/2020 editions of those books?
I'd be interested to hear of anyone else's views on this - I know quite a few people don't like Colin J Marsden's publications due to inaccuracies so it would be interesting to hear if these people think these issues are still present in this new magazine.
-Peter
