''Model Railway Constructor'' was a monthly

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model railways Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are Model building, modelled at a reduced Scale (ratio), scale. The scale models include locomotives ...

History

The magazine was first published on 15 March 1934. The founder was Ernest F Carter. It came into the

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Railway World ''Railway World'' was an English-based monthly magazine covering rail transport in Great Britain. Founded by GH Lake in 1939 as ''Railways'', in 1940 it was taken over by JW Fowler and renamed ''Railway World''. It was sold to Ian Allan Publishin ...

Publications around 1960. John Christie, a regular contributor in the 1970s, wrote a very informative series of articles on 'The Continental Scene' many of them about German railways. It was just over 50 years old when it closed with the last edition being published in June 1987.

Editors

Previous Editors include: * R J Raymond, * Gordon Flower, * G.M. Kichenside c.1960–63, * Alan Williams 1963–66, * S.W.('Steve') Stevens-Stratten 1966–83, * Chris Leigh 1983–87

References

Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct hobby magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1934 Magazines disestablished in 1987 Rail transport modelling publications {{Model-rail-stub