Editor's Page
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | August 29 2011 | 3:14 pm
Knowing that readers of TRACTION have a vast resouce of material I intend to put out requests for material from time to time for information or photographs. This is your magazine so if you can help we can produce an even better magazine for our readers. I would like to source as soon as possible any of…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | August 28 2011 | 8:14 am
The editor of TRACTION has been in Switzerland for a hiking holiday and came across some interesting railway developments which the railways of Britain could also use. I spent a week in August based in Samedan, the Clapham junction of the metre gauge Rhatische Bahn (RhB). It’s got five platforms, a small freight marshalling yard,…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | June 27 2011 | 11:58 am
Contributions We are always pleased to receive editorial contributions from readers regarding matters relevant to TRACTION, but it would be helpful if the following guidelines are followed: Feature article material While we have a variety of material on file for use in future issues, there are opportunities for editorial contributions to TRACTION, as we like…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | June 27 2011 | 11:18 am
In early June I was up in the West Highlands of Scotland, mainly to go hill walking, but since I travel by train there’s always the chance of seeing something interesting. Well, Fort William is certainly a good place at the moment to see virtually all of the locomotive and DMU types that have operated there…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | June 26 2011 | 1:46 pm
Welcome to TRACTION magazine’s website. My name is Stephen Rabone (pronounced Raybone for those of you who aren’t sure!). Let me introduce myself. I became a railway enthusiast at the tender age of 5 when, in 1957, my father took me from Ashton-under-Lyne, where we lived, to Hellifield. Even now I can remember the excitement…
Category: Traction | By Trevor Ridley | June 6 2011 | 5:04 pm
Warners Group Publications and Atlantic Publishers are very pleased to announce the change of ownership of one of Britain’s most established railway magazines. TRACTION magazine, fast approaching its 200th issue, is recognised as the sole publication dedicated to the intriguing aspect of the development of diesel and electric traction in the United Kingdom. From issue…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | June 6 2011 | 10:45 am
TRACTION has a long history of covering the green and blue periods of Britain’s railways, viewed from the point of view of the railway enthusiast interested in the “first generation” of locomotives and multiple units. It was an era of great interest and considerable change and one, which we at Atlantic feel deserves recording and…
