March 2001

Cover stories

9 Busiest station to be moved!
GNER plans to move Clapham jcn as part of SWT bid

11 WIN ?The Railway Dictionary?
Your chance to win a copy of this great publication

18 Nostalgia Night
A nocturnal photoshoot recalls the 1 960s

News

6 Cotus cut-backs to hit rail
Locomotives and crew to be made redundant

7 North-South high speed line
SRA invites suggestions for a new Anglo-Scottish line

8 ?Clacton? EMUs set to return
Three Class 309 to be used for WCML signal testing

Traction & Rolling Stock

20 Powerscene
Simply the best round up of traction news

30 Unitary Authority
All the topical news from the multiple unit world

33 Irish Angle
NIR invites bids for fleet of DMIJs

34 Wonderful World of Wagons
300 Autoballasters now on order

51 Saloon Talk
Anglia Railways withdraws the last Mk. 1 RMB

Regulars

12 Glasgow or Bust
First Pendolino? ready for testing

37 Expressions
Your letters - including advertising on trains

44 Railtour Bazaar
Engineering work scuppers more railtours again!

47 Reviews
RE gives you honest reviews of raillans? products

48 Preservation
Clos-Warks Railway reaches Cheltenham Racecourse

Models

52 Modern Modelling Odyssey
Bachmann and Hornby?s new products for 2001

55 Modelrail News
RAIL EXPRESS sponsors DEMU Showcase

Pictorial

38 North East ?Grid? References
A superb pictorial study of Class 56s in the north

On the front

?Swinging sixties? recreated at Loughborough. (see the portfolio of the first ever diesel photographic charter - pages 18-19). Picture: Mark Darby.