UK based freelance journalist contributing to a number of transport titles featuring classic cars, Volkswagens, railways, music and general nostalgia. He was previously Associate Editor for Classic Car Weekly with Bauer Media, having worked as Sub Editor for Model Rail, RAIL & Steam Railway magazines. In the past he has worked for the South East London Mercury, Record Mirror, Sounds, EMI Harvest Records, Charisma Records, Anglia News, Avon News, Music Mart, Peterborough & Cambridgeshire Business, Steam Railway & Steam World, British Railway Modelling & Traction. Co-author of Boney M (Hamylyn paperback), author of The Usborne Guide to Model Railways, UK Punk Rock and a contributor to Secret Britain (AA Publications) and The Encyclopedia of Trains and Locomotives, plus contributions to many periodicals from Smash Hits to The World of Trains.
From 1992-2009 Brown was Managing Editor of British Railway Modelling and Traction magazines plus associated publicatons (Warner Group Publications).