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The first issue of Railfan came out in December 1994 being a collaborative effort between Karl Morris, Reid McNaught and Ian Munro. | The first issue of Railfan came out in December 1994 being a collaborative effort between Karl Morris, Reid McNaught and Ian Munro, trading as Triple M Publications. They continued to produce quarterly issues providing some pointed editorial comment, a good spread of current Railway news, detailed progress with heritage groups, and a wealth of in-depth articles covering every aspect of NZ railway locomotives, rollingstock, operations and facilities, all profusely illustrated and presented as a high quality publication. For the latter years, publication was manages by Karl and Reid, but when Reid passed away in 2019, Karl decided to also retire after producing only a couple more 'solo' issues. The hope was that someone would take over the 'business' but sadly that did not eventuate. | ||
Revision as of 08:50, 23 July 2022
Full Name: New Zealand Railfan
Publisher: Triple M Publications
Issue Frequency: Quarterly
Editor: Morris; K. • McNaught;Reid
ISSN:
Width (mm): 209
Height (mm): 297
Orientation: Portrait
Format: Booklet
First Issue: December 1994
Last Issue: March 2020
The first issue of Railfan came out in December 1994 being a collaborative effort between Karl Morris, Reid McNaught and Ian Munro, trading as Triple M Publications. They continued to produce quarterly issues providing some pointed editorial comment, a good spread of current Railway news, detailed progress with heritage groups, and a wealth of in-depth articles covering every aspect of NZ railway locomotives, rollingstock, operations and facilities, all profusely illustrated and presented as a high quality publication. For the latter years, publication was manages by Karl and Reid, but when Reid passed away in 2019, Karl decided to also retire after producing only a couple more 'solo' issues. The hope was that someone would take over the 'business' but sadly that did not eventuate.