To directly answer mwb's question, the March, 1965 edition of Traction and Models says it is Vol. 1, number 1. I expect that was the date it went out to shops and subscribers. The next issue was April, 1965...later on, the cover date had little relation to when Traction & Models actually went on sale. Jones was notorious for being late, sometimes by several months...but he published a good and much needed magazine. I wish there was a similar magazine published today for the traction fans among us.
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