Re: Lack of Railway Magazines in Newsagencies

[kestrel <kestrel@zip.com.au>]

The Leichhardt Markdown News agent used to carry a good selection of Railway
Magus and now doesn't carry, or doesn't seem to carry any at all, seems to
be the same all over.

I was, however, very pleasantly surprised to find that the News agent at St.
Leonard's (the one on the left of the highway going towards Crows Nest)
carries as large selection of British prototype and modeling magazines,
Model Railroad, also ARM, & Digest, I haven't seen Motive Power there though
or Roundhouse for that matter.

Regards,
Brian

Jonathan Al wrote:

> I have noticed in the last several months that rail magazines have
> disappeared from sale in many newsagencies of late.
>
> I have not seen Railway Digest, AMRM, Motive Power, Model Railroad or
> even UK's Rail magazines at any newsagencies for sometime. One obscure
> magazine to be found was "Light Railways" (didn't know it existed!)
>
> I surveyed several newsagencies in the area where I live & at work. 90%
> don't carry any rail magazines, Local or International at all.
>
> Only the Newslink newsagencies in the Sydney Underground stations had a
> decent range of railway magazines. ARHS Redfern also has a large
> selection but it's a bit out of the way.
>
> Is it like this all over the place? I am just concerned that interest in
> railways will diminish over time if railway publications don't make it
> out to the general public.
>
> Jon Lau