RAILTALK - Modern Railways' editorial view
NEWSFRONT - The month’s major news stories
BRANCH LINES - A NEW MOULD - Might the Keighley & Worth Valley have some pointers for privatisation?
MODERN RAILFREIGHT - Major freight traffic losses
INFORMED SOURCES - TMST in the metal; Post Office to own trains?; Dual-voltage ‘465’ in prospect; Freight controversy
BRITISH RAIL PROCUREMENT-A DECADE OF DISILLUSION - Roger Ford unravels a fraught saga of rolling-stock purchasing
NEW LINES FOR PARIS - Major rail projects forge ahead
THE RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST - Care of the railway's rich legacy
WORLDVIEW - Travel by German ‘Pendolino’, plus news round-up
SERVICE PLEASE I - What will Class-159s mean for Waterloo-Exeter'?
IAN ALLAN RAILWAY HERITAGE AWARDS - Prize preservers of railway heritage 
FORUM - Letters to the Editor
SPECIAL REPORT-INTERCITY FIGHTS THE RECESSION - InterCity’s drive to attract custom in difficult times
MOVING WHEELS - Traffic and rolling-stock news
RAIL TOURER - Train hirers are customers too
STATE OF THE ART - The technology and application of electric traction drives reviewed
THE AIRPORT DILEMMA - Access to Heathrow
AMSTERDAM DEVELOPMENTS

TRACKWATCH - Full listing of BR network changes
ALAN WILLIAMS' COLUMN

Contents page photo - PARIS DESIGNS — A mock-up of new trains for the Eole line in Paris, discussed in the feature article on page 27. RATP and SNCF have ordered 70 double-deck, five-car sets (with an option for 73 more) for delivery from mid 1995, for RER lines E (Eole), A and B (to replace single deckers). SNCF
Front cover - INTERCITY REFLECTIONS — The 21.18 to London Euston stands at Birmingham New Street on 19 November 1992. While this driving trailer is of recent vintage, the West Coast route’s trains represent a central investment conundrum for InterCity. Jonathan Webb