LOOKING BACK: RAIL 1 (1981)

Peter Kelly is Rail Enthusiast’s launch editor. Quoted in issue 1, Sir Peter Parker, chairman of the British Railways Board, sums up the feeling in the industry at that time: “We in the railway community are not on the verge of an abyss, but on the verge of a breakthrough.”

RAIL 800 is on sale today (May 11).

Celebrating 800 issues of the market-leading modern rail magazine, 35 years of coverage, 21 years edited by Nigel Harris.