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Cover Stories:
Thunderbirds Are Go! - Virgin unveils the first of its 'rescue' fleet
Traction & Rolling:
Powerscene - Simply the best coverage of traction movements
Unitary Authority - All the latest news of DMUs, DEMUs and EMUs
Wonderful World of Wagons - EWS places final order for HTA hoppers with Thrall
Irish Angle - DEMU derails in freak accident
Land of Milk & Funny goings on - Revel in the stories ofaWR locomotive controller
Models:
Model News - Lima distributor pulls the plug
News Extra - Progress report on new Bachmann products
57301 in Close-Up - Detail pictures and official livery diagram
News:
etwork Rail buys Railtrack - Railtrack accepts £500m bid from new company
SRA axes 'Crosslink' service - SRA pulls the plug on Anglia's Basingstoke service
Thrall's York Works to Close - 270 jobs to go as Thrall plant at York is to shut
NEW FEATURE!:
Locomotive Spectrum - RE presents the complete livery list for all traction
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Regulars ..:
Glasgow or Bust - The first 'Pendolino' enters passenger service
Railtour Bazaar - We turn the clock back to 1979 - what a good yeari
Preservation Progress - New group strives to buy 50029 and 50030
Classified Advertisements - Want a good B&B or a bargain. Look no further!
On the front: Welcome back No. 47845 - re-incarnated as Class S7/3 No. 57301 Scott Tracy. It is the first of 12 Thunderbird' locomotives ostensibly for Virgin Trains, but which can also be used by other operators. Full credit to Virgin Trains for entering into the spirit and actually naming these 12 after Thunderbird' characters! The Class 57/3 sub-class differs from the prototype Class 57/6, primarily its higher horsepower - 2,750hp. Picture: Philip Sutton, courtesy Virgin Trains.
