January 2005

04 News
Four companies bid to win East Coast franchise, Harry Needle buys Class 20/9 fleet and GNER loans its Class 89 to AC Loco Group.

14 Christmas Quiz and wordsearch
You?ll soon be fed up of turkey and in-laws, so enter one of our superb competitions and win a copy of one of Railway Special?s brand new DVDs.

15 Mess room
Unwind with RAIL EXPRESS? light-hearted page. Footballer fans refuse to board a Class 153 as it is named after a director of the opposition team!

16 GNER HSTs - Pedigree & Power
The HSTs are an indispensable part of GNER?s fleet. With some superb images, here is the story of their evolution on the East Coast Main Line.

24 Preservation
North Yorkshire Moors Railway accepts unique gangwayed ?Thumper? and Freightliner?s 47205 enters preservation at Northampton & Lamport line.

26 Time traveller
The railway headlines from this month 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 20 years ago, the APT broke the time record between Euston and Glasgow.

27 Railtours
The industrial dispute is playing havoc with railtours - operators have lost considerable revenue as the impasse continues.

28 Traction & Rolling Stock
Sixteen pages of traction news and the best rail photography: Power by the hour, Powerscene, Shed talk, Spectrum, Name game, Shunter spot, Unitary authority, Coaches, Wagons, Irish angle and a tribute to the DEMUs.

46 West Highland ?Tractors? recaLLed
We turn the clock back 20 years and more to revel in steam-heat Class 37s and ETHELS on the West Highland. You?ll enjoy this with a vengeance!

Modeller

III Comment: Larger scaLes
We update our earlier editorial that asked: What future for modern modelling in 7mm scale? The outlook is now more positive with major developments taking place in this arena.

IV News: WarLey special report
The most in-depth and authoritative coverage of diesel and electric era modelling news from the NEC is presented here.

VIII Pictorial: Warley Layouts
There was much to see at the National Model Railway Exhibition. REM presents a selection of layout images, featuring diesel and electric models, from the show.

XI Report: Hornby?s 2005 plans
Hornby has just revealed its plans for the forthcoming year. REM has a full run-down of the exciting programme.

XII Reviews: Latest products
Heljan?s Class 57/3 and 57/6 locomotives, the ZFV ?Dogfish?, Dapol?s Class 73 ?JB? and new publications are reviewed.

XVIII Tutorial: Building Pete?s ?Peak?
The third part of our feature on building the JLTRT Class 45 kit in ?0? gauge looks at upgrading the roof detail.

XX Full Frame: Class 04 in ?0? gauge
This month sees our reader?s gallery spot take a look at a superb Drewry 0-6-0 shunter from Geoff Brain in 7mm scale.

XXI Serial: Mostyn
The Mostyn ?P4? layout project: Richard Oldfield recounts some recent dramatic developments.

XXII Spanner: Exhibitions
Resident commentator SS3 gives us a take on the Warley show. Includes diary dates for forthcoming exhibitions.