CARRIAGE & WAGON NEWS REPATRIATION SPECIAL - The full background to the Swanage Railway repatriation of Lydia and Isle of Thanet, two Pullman cars which formed part of Winston Churchill's funeral train in 1965 and were left stranded in California when Alan Pegler's Flying Scotsman US tour went bust in 1969. Robin Jones traces the whole story - from the beginning of the Pullman concept.

34 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: SILVER LINING FOR NOTTINGHAM'S GREAT CENTRAL - WITH GREY CLOUD ATTACHED - The Great Central Railway has been granted a Transport & Works Order for the East Leake branch so it can take charge of the EWS gypsum trains which it helped reintroduce. However, as a result of complaints by four householders, a clause has been added - banning the operation of 'after hours' heritage trains. As the line prepares for a judicial review, Robin Jones examines the problem and looks at the way ahead for the Great Central Railway (Nottingham).

39 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: WHAT PRICE A NORFOLK ORBITAL RAILWAY? - The idea of connecting the North Norfolk and Mid-Norfolk railways may be seen as an unrealistic step too far by many critics, but the idea has now received backing from the county's rail partnership and a feasibility study is set to be launched. Robin Jones reports on this ambitious public transport initiative.

50 MANX MANNA: THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S GUIDE - A must for anyone who intends to visit the Isle of Man either nor or in the future. Resident author David Lloyd-Jones outlines exactly when and where to take the best picture on all FIVE heritage lines, the Isle of Man Steam Railway, the two electric tramways, the Groudle Glen Railway and the Douglas Horse Tramway.

65 A SEASIDE LINE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY - Heritage Railway supports the idea of preserved lines becoming public transport once more. The Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway has now joined the bandwagon, despites its modest 15in gauge and 'miniature' locomotives.

68 I GET AROUND - Two classic steam roundhouses both held open weekends on July 14/15, yet are 1,000 miles apart. Robin Jones and Bill Parker compare and contrast the magnificence of the two venues, Barrow Hill engine shed in Derbyshire and the Hungarian National Railway Museum in Budapest.

74 NEW GENERATION NEWS SPECIAL: FRESH HOPE FOR THE WORLD'S OLDEST PUBLIC RAILWAY - Passed over by many historians, all but ignored by the enthusiast sector and little known to the general public, the Llanelly & Myndd Mawr Railway in South Wales has a claim to being the world's first public railway. Robin Jones looks at the line's history and how a small group of local revivalists have reached a deal to restore part of it as a running line.

84 SMALL BUT PERFECT - GW STEAM AT ITS BEST - While the repatriation of Pendennis Castle is the GWR story of the year if not the decade, big does not always mean best! Bruce Murray, a member of the voluneer crew behind the running of pannier tank No. 9466 outlines its preservation past, present and hopes for the future.