Grab the brand-new September issue of Railways Illustrated magazine for the best coverage of today’s railway scene.

Railways Illustrated reflects the energy and vitality of the present-day railway scene. Here’s what’s in the September issue:
GBRf officially launches its new Class 99
Standfirst: In June, the first two of GBRf’s brand-new Stadler bi-mode Class 99 locomotives arrived in the UK. Railways Illustrated has been to see them.
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What did the diesels ever do for us?
This year we celebrate 200 years of the first passenger railway from Stockton to Darlington, and the headline event is The Greatest Gathering show at Alstom’s Derby Litchurch Lane. Pip Dunn looks at the modern traction exhibits and assess their role in the railways.
To Kyle in style
The SRPS and LSL ran a groundbreaking charter to take Class 20s to Kyle of Lochalsh for the first time ever on a passenger train. Pip Dunn joined this momentous trip.
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