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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News - Transport for London to take over Silverlink Metro routes; FGW to axe rural services in the South West; SWT gains extra 'Desiro' units and swaps Turbostars for Class 158s; Poor track sees S&C route shut for a month.
News pictorial - Tyne Valley freight resurgence; Sleeper diverted to Oban; First TPE Class 185 in passenger service; Eastleigh Works' very last overhaul.
It's that sinking feeling...Due to extensive salt mining, Northwich, Cheshire, is slowly subsiding. Rail provides the transport solution to the scheme to prop up the town.
Preservation - First pictures of the Llangollen Diesel Group's Class 37/9 No, 37901 in Railfreight colours. 'Deltic' diesel line-up at The Plant' is proposed.
Railtours - After a six-month break, Railtour operator Heartland Rail prepares for a relaunch with a set of excursions that will use Cotswold Rail HSTs.
Centre - RAIL EXPRESS Modeller - Our modeller's magazine can be found stapled between the centre pages. A prize-winning depot layout is our feature this month. We also model a SF silver-roofed Toffee Apple'.
Time traveller - The railway headlines from 5,10,20, 30 and 40 years ago. 30 years ago, BR employed triple-headed Class 37s on South Wales iron ore trains.
Stratford 'silver' roofs - The East London depot pushed BR's corporate image to the limit and beyond with silver and grey roofs on its locos. Here's the full story.
Traction & Rolling Stock - 14 pages of unbeatable loco and stock news. All your favourite columns are here: Power by the hour, Powerscene, Shed talk, Spectrum, Shunters, Units, Coaches, Wagons and Irish, along with top photographic coverage,
Mess room - Unwind with Rail Express' light-hearted page. Virgin Trains gives out 1,500 watches to staff, synchronised with the 'atomic' clock at Rugby.
Cover: Stratford's grey-roofed No. 47085 Mammoth makes an impressive departure from Ipswich on July 28th, 1980, with the Norwich-London 'East Anglian'. David Rapson
News pictorial - Tyne Valley freight resurgence; Sleeper diverted to Oban; First TPE Class 185 in passenger service; Eastleigh Works' very last overhaul.
It's that sinking feeling...Due to extensive salt mining, Northwich, Cheshire, is slowly subsiding. Rail provides the transport solution to the scheme to prop up the town.
Preservation - First pictures of the Llangollen Diesel Group's Class 37/9 No, 37901 in Railfreight colours. 'Deltic' diesel line-up at The Plant' is proposed.
Railtours - After a six-month break, Railtour operator Heartland Rail prepares for a relaunch with a set of excursions that will use Cotswold Rail HSTs.
Centre - RAIL EXPRESS Modeller - Our modeller's magazine can be found stapled between the centre pages. A prize-winning depot layout is our feature this month. We also model a SF silver-roofed Toffee Apple'.
Time traveller - The railway headlines from 5,10,20, 30 and 40 years ago. 30 years ago, BR employed triple-headed Class 37s on South Wales iron ore trains.
Stratford 'silver' roofs - The East London depot pushed BR's corporate image to the limit and beyond with silver and grey roofs on its locos. Here's the full story.
Traction & Rolling Stock - 14 pages of unbeatable loco and stock news. All your favourite columns are here: Power by the hour, Powerscene, Shed talk, Spectrum, Shunters, Units, Coaches, Wagons and Irish, along with top photographic coverage,
Mess room - Unwind with Rail Express' light-hearted page. Virgin Trains gives out 1,500 watches to staff, synchronised with the 'atomic' clock at Rugby.
Cover: Stratford's grey-roofed No. 47085 Mammoth makes an impressive departure from Ipswich on July 28th, 1980, with the Norwich-London 'East Anglian'. David Rapson
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