The Railway Magazine, November 1899

[rogerfarnworth]

Adverts

This is the earliest Railway Magazine that I have so far been able to view. A rather tatty copy with both front two and at least the back two pages missing.

The Railway Magazine, November 1899 – Adverts

This is the earliest Railway Magazine that I have so far been able to view. A rather tatty copy with both front two and at least the back two pages missing. The first thing to note is the four page…

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The first thing to note is the four pages of advertising given over to removal and storage companies! ...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Wow 19th century- just wow.

 

[ChiefPlanner]

There should be a copy in one of the 3 "copyright" libraries in Edinburgh , Aberystwyth and the British Library - freely accessible to the public.

 

[Senex]

There should be a copy in one of the 3 "copyright" libraries in Edinburgh , Aberystwyth and the British Library - freely accessible to the public.

Don't forget Oxford and Cambridge (and also Trinity College Dublin) — the other three copyright libraries since 1903. (That date helps to explain the early years gaps in the OS map holdings on the invaluable National Library of Scotland web-site.)

 

[rogerfarnworth]

An article which looks at a Railway Magazine article from November 1899, about the Severn & Wye Railway can be found on the link below. ...

The Forest of Dean, once again. ...

The Severn & Wye Joint Railway and it’s Locomotives – The Railway Magazine, November 1899. Reading the November 1899 edition of The Railway Magazine, I came across an article about railways and tramways in the Forest of Dean … ‘The Severn & Wye Joint Railway’ by E.A. Clark. [1]...

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[Neo9320]

I see Jay Leno had much humbler beginnings…

 

[Trackman]

The first thing to note is the four pages of advertising given over to removal and storage companies! ...

I did some research years ago and found some broadsheets had no news on the front page but full of adverts.

 

[Shimbleshanks]

I did some research years ago and found some broadsheets had no news on the front page but full of adverts.

The Holyhead & Anglesey Mail was like that into the 1970s...

 

[Morayshire]

The Holyhead & Anglesey Mail was like that into the 1970s...

Dundee Courier front page was adverts only into the 1990's.

 

[rogerfarnworth]

Other articles which pick up on articles in the November 1899 Railway Magazine can be found on these links:

Uniformity of Gauge in Australia....

The Railway Magazine of November 1899 started a three part series looking at the need for a uniform gauge across the Commonwealth of Australia once federation had occurred ...

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Through Norway by Rail - The Railway Magazine, November 1899

E.E. Speight tells of his own experiences travelling by rail in Norway at the end of the 19th century. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/09/12/through-norway-by-rail-the-railway-magazine-november-1899/ In an article which is primarily a travelogue rather than a technical piece. He fails to...

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[devon_belle]

Not free, but a digital subscription to the Railway Magazine grants access to an online archive containing a copy of every railway magazine. The early (pre-grouping) ones are an especially valuable source of information and photographs.

 

[londontransit]

Those adverts in the Railway Magazine 1899 include some for deafness - these adverts increased hugely and were no doubt a result of the world wide pogrom instigated in 1880 against the deaf (no doubt due to Alexander Graham Bell’s efforts to rid the world of deaf people), thus being deaf was seen as something absolutely negative – as often is still these days. Interestingly, as research undertaken shows, it was railway interests including financiers and backers who helped fund the said crusades against the deaf.

 

[rogerfarnworth]

Further posts about articles from this magazine include:

The Lough Swilly Railway

The L&LSR once again – a perspective from the 19th century! – The Railway Magazine, November 1899.

The November 1899 edition of The Railway Magazine carried a short article about the L&LSR which was not heavy on technical detail. It mostly reads as though it were a holiday brochure rather th…

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New Zealand Railways 1899

New Zealand Railways – The Railway Magazine, November 1899.

New Zealand’s main towns and cities. [40] The November 1899 issue of The Railway Magazine carried the first of a short series of articles about the railways of New Zealand. As you will discov…

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The Oxford and Aylesbury Tram Road

The Oxford and Aylesbury Tram Road – The Railway Magazine, November 1899.

The featured image above is of the Aveling & Porter locomotive known as ‘Old Chainey’, one of two unusual steam locomotives which served the line in early days. [29] One of the deli…

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