Grab the brand-new August 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 August issue:
Network SouthEast: 40 years on
In June 1986, a brash, bold new look appeared on Britain’s Railways – Network SouthEast. Its patriotic red, white, blue and grey livery was striking and creating a strong brand was at the core of NSE’s success. Pip Dunn looks back at the NSE years…
Going back in time…
Where can you go to enjoy English Electric locos hauling service trains with ‘fresh air’ stock, on a scenic route and for cheap fares… That answer lies in Portugal’s Douro Valley. Pip Dunn headed over and came back more than impressed.
Best of the bunch…
The winners of the 2026 Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle’s annual photography competition show a wide spectrum of creativity and pictures which are certainly not run of the mill.
The toothpaste factory
Sticking with the 40 years since the birth of Chris Green’s visionary Network SouthEast passenger sector, Martin Loader presents a selection of pictures of locos in NSE’s striking livery working across the NSE patch… and a little beyond.
