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 (165 x 225mm) 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.
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 £18.00 for 2020 (4 issues), or £32.50 for 2020/2021 (8 issues).
NOTE: A subscription just to the 'Record' now confers the privileges of IRS membership.
All prices are in UK pounds (£).
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. We can now also accept payment by credit card or PayPal, but only through our eShop.
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 - 16 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
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No.247 - December 2021 - £5.00
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No.246 - September - £5.00
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No.24 5 - June 2021 - £5.00
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A full listing of the contents of all issues of the "Industrial Railway Record" can be found in the Archives section. |
A number of back copies of the Society magazine are still available; please order these from Mr Turner. See above for postal charges.
There are only very limited stocks of some issues - please give an alternative if possible.
Robert Turner has a number of second-hand copies out of print
issues of the "Industrial Railway Record", between 28 & 155, which are for sale.
If you are interested please email
Mr Turner for
details of prices and what numbers he currently has
available.