Railway Age

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Railway Age

May 2008 issue
Editor William C. Vantuono
Categories Trade journal
Frequency Monthly
Publisher Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
First issue 1856
Country United States
Language English
Website www.railwayage.com
ISSN 0033-8826
OCLC number 6973348

Railway Age is an American trade journal for the rail transport industry. It was founded in 1856 in Chicago and is published monthly by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation.

History

The magazine's original title was the Western Railroad Gazette, and was renamed the Railroad Gazette in 1870. In June 1908, after purchasing its chief rival, the Railway Age (founded in 1876 in Chicago), it changed its title to Railroad Age Gazette, then in January 1910, to Railway Age Gazette. In 1918 it shortened its name to the current title.[1]

Railway Review (originally the Chicago Railway Review) was merged into Railway Age in 1927.[1]

Publications that have been merged into Railway Age include American Railroad Journal, founded 1832, renamed The Railroad and Engineering Journal in 1887 by its then new owner/editor, Matthias N. Forney. It became American Engineer & Railroad Journal in 1883, then Railway Age Gazette, Mechanical Edition in June 1913 after its acquisition by Simmons-Boardman Publishing. It was renamed Railway Mechanical Engineer in 1916, and then Railway Locomotives & Cars. It was finally folded into Railway Age in 1975.[1]

In 1992, Railway Age acquired a competing trade publication, Modern Railroads.[2]

See also

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "150 years of publishing", Railway Age, September 2006
  2. ↑ Horton, Liz (March 1, 1992), "Narrowing the field", Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management
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