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 It was sold to Ian Allan Publishing in 1959.[1][2] The final edition was published in February 2003, it was superseded by Railways Illustrated the following month.[citation needed]
^Mr JW Fowler Railway World issue 355 December 1969 page 521
RailwayWorld 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...
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