Backtrack | November 2026
BACKTRACK VOL.40 NO.11 - NOVEMBER 2026
The Southern D and D1 4-4-0s - colour spread featuring the South Eastern & Chatham Railways elegant locomotives and as rebuilt by the Southern Railway.
‘Lively Polly’ and ‘William Griffiths’: The evolution of the Kitson Light Railway Engine _ described by Darryl Grant.
“It’s all gone bananas”: a short history of transporting bananas on the railways by Robin Whitlock.
Essex to Lynton in 1926 – Tony Higgs tracks an epic journey made by two adventurous Essex ladies in the year of the General Strike.
Four Saturdays at Preston: Part One – Stephen G. Abbott outlines summer Saturday operations at this major junction.
At Darlington - four colour pages depicting the steam locomotives seen at the station and the works in the 1950s/60s.
40B - Running the Railway: Part One – M.G. Sadler describes the work of Immingham locomotive depot.
A Day in the Life of a Victorian Station Master: Part Two – Anthony Dawson concludes his account with a look at incidents, accidents and fraud.
LNWR Stations and the Deeside towns of North Wales – surveyed by Jeffrey Wells.
A look at the Hull & Barnsley Railway - archive photos from the Pendragon Collection.
Half-day excursion to Skegness - as recalled by Peter Butler.
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The specialist magazine was first published in 1986 for the purpose of ‘recording the history of Britain’s railway’ - the magazine’s strapline - and it is now published by Pendragon Publishing. Dropping every month, Backtrack magazine is your monthly dose of railway nostalgia and historical insight.
35 years later and Backtrack has firmly established itself as the authority on topics such as the history of Britain and Ireland’s train stations, railway bridges, signalling, biographies, train services and staff recollections - all of which regularly appear in the magazine. Backtrack's contributors include many of today's leading railway history writers and the magazine has a reputation for being of the highest quality.
With a multitude of unmissable monthly features, every issue aims to chronicle and record part of the history of Britain’s railway system. Every issue contains a dozen or so large articles that focus on a particular line or area in British railway history.
Whether you’re into early railway history from the 'pre-Stephenson' era, steam, diesel or electric locomotive you’ll find every era covered in minute detail - from railway company history, railway carriages and wagons, railway stations, railway ships, hotels and road vehicles, railway economic and social history and railway publicity and advertising.
A Backtrack digital magazine subscription is your go-to for railway history:
- Britain's leading historical railway magazine
- Delving into the era of horse-drawn tramroads up to locomotives and rolling stock
- History of lines, the social, political, financial, engineering and labour aspects of the railway
- Archive black and white quality images and historical colour coverage of the railway scene
- The history of train stations, railway bridges, signalling, biographies and train services
- Contributors include many of today's leading railway history writers
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Articles dans ce numéro
Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection d'articles dans Backtrack November 2026.