Trains Illustrated

Trains Illustrated was a British rail transport magazine. The first edition of Trains Illustrated was published at the beginning of 1946. Due to post-war paper shortages, issues 1 to 8 appeared at varied intervals in 1946 and 1947. From issue 9 it was published quarterly, from issue 14 it became bi-monthly, and from issue 17 it became a monthly publication. The final issue under that title was volume XIV, no.159, after which the sequence continued under the Modern Railways title.
Early issues were edited by Ian Allan and O.J.Morris, with Cecil J Allen taking over from issue 5 and G. Freeman Allen from issue 20; he remained editor until December 1961, when the final issue of Trains Illustrated came out. The journey beyond that continued with Modern Railways, whose first edition was published in January 1962 as Volume XV, no. 160 in a sequence continuing from Trains Illustrated.