The Industrial Railway Record


The "Industrial Railway Record" is our society magazine, and contains a wide range of articles on all forms of industrial railways. As well as features on the history of various industrial systems and locomotives, we cover such matters as locomotive and rolling stock builders, industrial railway working practices, locomotive dealers and contractors and small lines that did not employ locomotives, as well as book reviews. Each issue also has a letters page, for readers feedback on articles. Although the IRS is a British society and the majority of content is on UK matters, we do also cover overseas industrial railways, and many issues include an article on a foreign subject. However current news items are not usually covered in the magazine, as these are left to the "Bulletin", the IRS members' newsletter.

The "Record" is published four times a year, and distributed to all IRS members with the "Bulletin". The magazine consists of 6.5 x 9 inch pages, well printed on glossy paper, with a two-colour card cover. Articles are well illustrated, and often include maps or track plans. Scale drawings of locomotives and rolling stock are a regular feature. At the moment there are 44 pages + cover per issue.

A full index of volumes 1 - 16 of the 'Record' is available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format from the Downloads page.

Important:
Due to production problems "Record" No.201 will not now go out with the May posting of the "Bulletin", instead it will go out with the July posting.


Non-IRS Members may take out a subscription to the Society's magazine, or buy individual copies and back copies.

There are 4 issues per year and the cost of a subscription is £15.50 for 2008 (4 issues), or £28.50 for 2008/2009 (8 issues).

NOTE: A subscription just to the 'Record' only does not confer the privileges of IRS membership.

All prices are in UK pounds (£), and include postage to anywhere in the world, at surface postal rates. Cheques/Postal orders to be made payable to "Industrial Railway Society". UK postage stamps are acceptable in payment for small amounts. Orders for "Record" subscriptions should be made to Mr Robinson, while orders for individual copies and back copies of the magazine should now be made to Mr Darvill (see below) - NOT to S.Geeson:-

S.C. Robinson, 47 Waverley Gardens, London, NW10 7EE, England

R.D. Darvill, 119 Bath Street, Rugby, WARWICKSHIRE, CV21 3JA

Foreign orders: We can accept cash and cheques in UK Sterling, or cash in Euros, or US, Australian and New Zealand dollars ONLY, due to the exorbitant bank charges for converting other foreign currency and foreign cheques. UK postage stamps are acceptable in payment for small amounts. Orders for outside Europe can be sent via Air Mail, at an extra cost of 35% of the order. Unfortunately the only credit card facilities we have at present are via the PayPal system.


Recent issues of the 'Record'

A full listing of the contents of all issues of the "Industrial Railway Record" can be found in the Archives section.
A full index of volumes 1 - 17 of the 'Record' is also available from the Downloads page.
Small 'filler' items and the letters page are not included in the list of contents

No.202 - September 2010 - £4.50

  • Sentinel Locomotives on the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway
  • Taylor & Hubbard Rail Cranes
  • Destination Loose Ends
  • Palacerigg Farm, Cumberland
  • The Steinbeisbahn - The Early Years (Bosnia)
  • Kerr Stuart Locomotive Identities
  • Westinghouse goes East
  • Extracts from Cassier’s Magazine
  • Two Narrow Gauge Robey Locomotives
  • Allerton Bywater Shed

No.201 - June 2010 - £4.50

  • Road Diversion at Lockleys Park
  • Self-propelled Casting Carriage
  • Bentley Colliery - a Prequel
  • Recollection of Underground Transport at Bentley Colliery
  • Hunslet 50hp Mines Locomotives
  • Park Hall Farm Tramway
  • Two Extant Bagnalls in France
  • Some Notes on Black Country Coalfield Railways
  • Petrol Locomotives for Standard & Narrow Gauge Railways
  • Hurst Nelson’s No.1 Locomotive

No.200 - March 2010 - £4.50

  • Our Two Hundredth Issue
  • Personal Choices (members' memories)
  • More on Marketing the Machine
  • Fibreglass Funkeys (S.Africa)
  • Locomotives from St Peter's (R.W.Hawthorn)
  • Diesel Locomotive Developments
  • Industry to Main Line
  • Peckett at Kirkby Stephen Shed
  • Askern Mysteries?

No.199 - December 2009 - £4.00

  • Ironbridge Power Stations
  • Dwr Cymru Tunnel at Blaenrhondda
  • Park Gate Wagon Works
  • Mixed Fortunes
  • Explosion at Rhymney
  • Industrial Railways of Tunisia
  • Locomotive Contrasts at Corby

No.198 - September 2009 - £4.00

  • Inspired by LITTLE GRIMSBY?
  • Crompton Parkinson Industrial Diesel
  • Industrial Railways of Palestine & Israel
      (11) Locomotives of Ashdod Port
  • Observations on the Durham Handbook
  • Last Days of Steam at Philadelphia
  • A World War 1 Baguley Locomotive
  • Scenes at the Royal Docks
  • "It Remains To Be Seen .." (old loco sheds)
  • A B4 in Yorkshire
  • Plymouth Breakwater Tramways
  • KITCHENER

No.197 - June 2009 - £4.00

  • Moodiesburn Peat Works
  • Electric Construction Company
  • Saltholme - A Story of Salt, Cement & Birds
  • A Rare Trio at Selby
  • Tyneside Scenes
  • The Dreherbahn: First Industrial Railway in Austria

A full listing of the contents of all issues of the "Industrial Railway Record" can be found in the Archives section.


Back Copies of the 'Industrial Railway Record'


A number of back copies of the Society magazine are still available; please order these from Mr Darvill. All prices are post free, including overseas (via surface mail).

61, 65, 66

£1.50 each **

90, 94, 96, 98, 99

£2.00 each **

100

£3.00 **

104, 107, 110, 113 - 115, 121-122

£2.00 each **

124 - 127

£2.10 each **

128 - 138, 140 - 147

£2.50 each **

148 - 155

£2.75 each **

156 - 159

£3.00 each **

160 - 163

£3.25 each **

164 - 171

£3.50 each **

172 - 191

£3.75 each **

192 - 202

£4.00 each

Index for Vol. 4

£1.00

Index for Vol. 6 & 8

£1.50 each

Index for Vols. 9 & 10

(Out of Print)

Index for Vols. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16

£2.00 each

Special offer: if you order 4 or more of the 'Record' issues marked **, then there is an extra price reduction of 20%.

There are only very limited stocks of some issues - please give an alternative if possible.

Bob Darvill has a number of second-hand copies out of print issues of the "Industrial Railway Record", between 55 & 155, which are for sale. If you are interested please email Bob for details of prices and what numbers he currently has available.


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