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The article says "A very small amount of fiction was included in the magazine’s earliest days", as if it never happens any more. I read the magazine only very occasionally, so I can't say to what extent that's wrong, but there's a fiction item in the January 2008 issue: a one-page "ghost story". So something needs to be changed. -- 207.176.159.90 ( talk) 06:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
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13:50, 27 October 2009 (UTC)The Railway magazine has a working relationship in the form of a presence on the National Preservation forums. Members and Readers are able to talk and comment directly to members of the editorial staff. Providing both feedback and constructive criticism, a valuable source of information for the magazine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.89.94.28 ( talk) 12:45, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
The page size has varied considerably over the years. I possess sufficient issues to provide a complete breakdown from 1897 to date. Is there scope for that? -- Redrose64 ( talk) 13:53, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
What is the source of the list of editors? B W C Cooke seems to have been editor 1940-1970. [1] Johnragla ( talk) 11:07, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
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It says, "On the sudden death of John Kay, Basil W. Clifton Cooke, the editor of Railway Gazette, became editor-in-chief of both it and The Railway Magazine. . . The deputy editor, who was effectively in charge of the RM, was Hugh Aymer Vallance . . . In 1963, Vallance retired because of ill-health and was succeeded as deputy editor by John H. Court . . . until November 1966, when there was a monumental row about his failure to return transparencies, photographs and articles to contributors, causing one of them to serve Basil Cooke with a writ. . . . After Court had departed, the job of running The RM was taken over by John Slater and Gordon Flower, as joint assistant editors. Neither of their names appeared on the masthead, but those of Basil Cooke and Henry Dannatt did, although they primarily concerned themselves with the weekly issues of the Gazette. In 1970 . . . Dannatt . . . left the company. . . John Slater became became editor of Railway Magazine in 1970 with Gordon Flower as his assistant. The previous long editorial hierarchy was then simplified, with Basil Cooke's name appearing under theirs on the masthead as 'publishing director.' John Ninis Slater . . . Railway Gazette, which he joined as editorial assistant in 1964. . . . In 1989 John Slater took early retirement, but continues on a part-time basis as editorial consultant . . . He was succeeded by Peter Kelly . . . At the beginning of September 1994, Peter Kelly left and was succeeded as editor by Nicolas Hugh Pigott".
So I'm not sure whether to leave the simple table as it is with a few extra names and dates, or whether to put it into a few sentences, explaining more of the complexity. What do you think?
After John Francis Gairns died in 1930, "J. K. Taylor acted as assistant editor in charge of production, The Railway Magazine by then having become part of John Kay's Tothill Press. Then in 1932 . . . William Arthur Willox (1891-1970) became editor". Also Charles E. Lee was an assistant editor in 1939.
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The article says "A very small amount of fiction was included in the magazine’s earliest days", as if it never happens any more. I read the magazine only very occasionally, so I can't say to what extent that's wrong, but there's a fiction item in the January 2008 issue: a one-page "ghost story". So something needs to be changed. -- 207.176.159.90 ( talk) 06:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
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Redrose64 (
talk)
13:50, 27 October 2009 (UTC)The Railway magazine has a working relationship in the form of a presence on the National Preservation forums. Members and Readers are able to talk and comment directly to members of the editorial staff. Providing both feedback and constructive criticism, a valuable source of information for the magazine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.89.94.28 ( talk) 12:45, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
The page size has varied considerably over the years. I possess sufficient issues to provide a complete breakdown from 1897 to date. Is there scope for that? -- Redrose64 ( talk) 13:53, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
What is the source of the list of editors? B W C Cooke seems to have been editor 1940-1970. [1] Johnragla ( talk) 11:07, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
References
It says, "On the sudden death of John Kay, Basil W. Clifton Cooke, the editor of Railway Gazette, became editor-in-chief of both it and The Railway Magazine. . . The deputy editor, who was effectively in charge of the RM, was Hugh Aymer Vallance . . . In 1963, Vallance retired because of ill-health and was succeeded as deputy editor by John H. Court . . . until November 1966, when there was a monumental row about his failure to return transparencies, photographs and articles to contributors, causing one of them to serve Basil Cooke with a writ. . . . After Court had departed, the job of running The RM was taken over by John Slater and Gordon Flower, as joint assistant editors. Neither of their names appeared on the masthead, but those of Basil Cooke and Henry Dannatt did, although they primarily concerned themselves with the weekly issues of the Gazette. In 1970 . . . Dannatt . . . left the company. . . John Slater became became editor of Railway Magazine in 1970 with Gordon Flower as his assistant. The previous long editorial hierarchy was then simplified, with Basil Cooke's name appearing under theirs on the masthead as 'publishing director.' John Ninis Slater . . . Railway Gazette, which he joined as editorial assistant in 1964. . . . In 1989 John Slater took early retirement, but continues on a part-time basis as editorial consultant . . . He was succeeded by Peter Kelly . . . At the beginning of September 1994, Peter Kelly left and was succeeded as editor by Nicolas Hugh Pigott".
So I'm not sure whether to leave the simple table as it is with a few extra names and dates, or whether to put it into a few sentences, explaining more of the complexity. What do you think?
After John Francis Gairns died in 1930, "J. K. Taylor acted as assistant editor in charge of production, The Railway Magazine by then having become part of John Kay's Tothill Press. Then in 1932 . . . William Arthur Willox (1891-1970) became editor". Also Charles E. Lee was an assistant editor in 1939.
The price changes are listed, as are the page sizes -