Re: Lack of Railway Magazines in Newsagencies

[Kim Mihaly <kmihaly@launch.net.au>]

The Transit Centre Newsagency at Roma St has a good selection of model
railway magazines , but the exception of AMRM & MR usualy only 2 or 3
copies. They get a lot morer prototype stuff, RD, Motive Power, Light
Railways, Trains and 5 or 6 Pommie ones( a couple of weeklies, +
Backtrack, and GWR mag)

Hog heaven compared with the local at Corinda.
Kim

Jonathan Lau 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