Modern Locomotives Illustrated 2019 №233 October-November

London: Key Publishing Ltd. — 84 p. — ISSN: 1756-8188.The history of the present Modern Locomotives Illustrated magazine can be traced back to 1975, when Locomotives Illustrated No. 1 was published by Ian Allan. The original idea of a magazine series with each issue covering a specific class or group of smaller classes of steam locomotives came from the late Geoffrey Freeman Allen, the erstwhile Editor of Trains Illustrated which later became Modern Railways as we know it today.
To take on its new life, the magazine was renamed as Modern Locomotives Illustrated and a total revamp of style, content and production methods were introduced. A lot of new Apple-based hardware was purchased together with the latest Adobe software to enable the revamped product to make the most of the modern production and printing procedures. The one area which could not be compromised was quality, in terms of both content and production, therefore the very latest PDF production technology was used together with the latest printing techniques. Over the past years Colin had invested in a vast collection of modern traction photographic material and together with a massive technical library was available for this new venture. Also.