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Rail Express
Written by enthusiasts - for enthusiasts. Superb features and regular columns.
04 News
Silverlink withdraws Class 321 due to brake problem; Direct Rail Services? Class 665 shipped to UK in new style livery; Virgin to drop ten more Class 87s; Ambitious plans to return CFD Class 20s to the UK from France...
13 Mess room
Relax with this light-hearted page. Shock horror as minister speaks sense and a house sale is thwarted by a model railway in the garden! Enjoy Passing Loop?s side-ways take on the latest news story.
14 Skegness summer Saturdays
Kim Fullbrook recalls two photographic visits to the Skegness line to record the summer Saturday trains that ran in 1983 and which offered a wide variety of motive power including, of course, Class 205.
19 Time traveLLer
Railway headlines from this monthS, 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. InterCity re-launches with a new livery to claim back lost customers.
20 Traction & Rolling Stock
Sixteen pages of traction news together with some of the best rail photography around: Power by the hour (p.20), Power scene (p.22), Shed talk (p.22), Classified information (p.26), Name game (p27), Shunter spot (p26), Grim reaper (p.29), Spectrum (p.32), Unitary authority (p.34), Departmentals (p.35) and Irish (p.37).
38 All change at the NRM
Murray Brown visits York to update readers on the National Railway Museum?s plans for the future and explains the policy regarding modern traction exhibits. Includes a full list of items moving to Shildon Village.
44 Railtours
The recent problems with unruly passengers could lead to a crack-down on safety and a ?Western? returns to Penzance after 27 years.
46 Preservation
A Class 27 is to move to the East Lancashire for a year plus the usual preview of forthcoming diesel galas, running days and special events.
49 Modern modelling
A new 4mm scale plastic kit for a Class 320 EMU is unveiled and DJH launches its ?0? gauge Class 47 kit. Simon Bendalt describes his P4? layout, Staverton, which will be appearing at Scaleforum later this month.
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