Lack of Railway Magazines in Newsagencies

[Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au>]

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