FEATURES 
14 THE APPLE OF THEIR EYE
The campaign to reopen the March to Wisbech ‘Bramley Line’ gathers pace. 
 
16 THE LOST ART OF THE TELEPHOTO
Currently largely out of fashion in railway photography, using a lens with a focal length greater than 300mm brings a new dimension to the subject, as these images show.
 
24 0-60: CLASS 159
They are used on inter-city services, but do they have the performance to match?
 
27 DISTRICT LINE 150 
Celebrating LU’s second oldest line
 
REGULARS 
 
31 TIME TRAVELLER 
Looking back to decades past
 
32 REVIEWS & MAILBAG
A selection of books; plus letters on Class 56 ‘top hats’ and ‘Q’ stock mix up
 
M20 SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS
The best ways to get Rail Express every month 
 
NEWS 
 
8  HEADLINE NEWS
Network Rail shake-up sees the return of five regions; Cornish open day; ‘Deltic’ failure mars comeback tour; Northern Powerhouse rail reveals strategic plan; First shotts line electric; RDG promises fares reform; New wall for Dawlish; NER Autocar wins two HRA Awards; Gospel Oak ‘Aventra’ testing starts; Agreement nears on driver-only control. 
 
71 RAILTOUR
Class 50 Thunder to make welcome return to main line passenger service
 
73 PRESERVATION 
‘Grid’ to undergo bogie swap, ‘Hoover’ arrives at new home of Great Railway; More ‘108s’ for Llangollen; Another ‘37’ for sale; RTC-liveried ‘Goyle’ to go tour. 
 
79 POWER BY THE HOUR 
Ex –GWR  Porterbrook power cars placed into store; HST enters service with Hull Trains.
 
80 POWERSCENE 
Notable workings from the last month, plus Name Game and Spectrum
 
90 UNITS 
DHUs out, EMUs in on the ‘GOBLIN’
 
93 SHUNTERS 
Hanson shunters in focus
 
94 COACHES 
More HST stock arrives at Long Marston 
 
95 WAGONS 
New flask wagons delivered 
 
96 IRISH ANGLE 
Irish Rail report healthy freight traffic