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50 years of Modern Railways Bumper 132-Page Collectors' Edition The day Fiennes was sacked Extracts from a€~I Tried to Run a Railwaya€ What did Beeching ever do for us? The good Doctora€ s reputation examined The once and future train Roger Ford takes a fond look at the HST, everyonea€ s favourite train InterCity achieves profitability John Prideaux kicks off a trilogy from the glory years of the 1980s The provincial renaissance Gordon Pettitt reviews how railways outside the South East have fared One railway for London Chris Greena€ s vision for the commuter railway still resonates today Railtrack - doomed from Day One Roger Ford relates the sorry story of the privatised infrastructure provider 50 years of Class 47s The a€~Duffa€ is as old as this magazine The mechanisation of track maintenance 50 years of increasingly mechanised track maintenance From semaphore to ETCS Signalling technology has changed markedly in the past half century Fifty years of shifting the nationa€ s goods How the freight scene has changed in the past half century The South Western in the sixties Alan Williams recalls ducking and diving to elude detection by fearsome inspectors News News Front West Coast franchising; Bromsgrove wiring; Brighton upgrade Rail Freight Green light for new chord in Ipswich; new termnal at Georgemas for Dounreay decommissioning traffic Infrastructure News Network Rail appoints new signalling contractors Informed Sources Roger Ford analyses the West Coast franchise reletting saga Europe View Keith Fender presents a round-up of news from across the Channel Features Regime change on the South Western Alan Williams reports on the alliance between SWT and Network Rail Alliance seeks to run a€~Babya€ Pendolinos on West Coast Open access operator seeks paths out of Euston Arrowvalea€ s de-icer clears electric rails Keeping third- and fourth-rail systems going during winter Regulars Railtalk Franchising policy Blood and Custard A sideways look at railway life Forum Readers comment on topical issues around the railway today Trackwatch Our monthly look at changes on the national network Moving Wheels Rolling stock news People Recent appointments In Business Latest happenings in industry Classified ads The small ads that matter Alan Williams Royal Mail and the railways compared Crossrail update Junction at Stepney
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