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News A GBRF a€~Bluebirda€ is wrecked in West Highland crash; ScotRail sleeper services to be hived off and Northfleet terminal on the Thames officially opened. 15 Time Traveller We turn back the clock to past decades: forty years ago, a sleek experimental train made its debut a€ the APT-E. 16 Box to Box: Leicester-Peterborough Pt.1 This new series continues with a look at the doomed signalboxes along this important cross-country route with pictures old and new. 22 LU World Business is booming on the Underground a€" plus a Metropolitan coach built in 1892 is renovated for the Undergrounda€ s 150th anniversary celebrations. 24 Railtours Our railtour scribe rather likes Cornwall and headed off twice to sample the famous fare a€" not pasties but a a€~Deltica€ and Class 37s! 26 The Welsh dimension Passenger numbers are on the increase in Wales, with lines being reopened and electrification soon to march to Cardiff a€" all aided by the pro-rail Welsh Assembly Government. 36 Preservation Shortage of steam traction sees the NYMR hire a a€~Deltica€ to cover; The Great Western Societya€ s steam railmotor No. 93 is set for main line action. 40 Power by the Hour The first two newly overhauled Class 37/4s 37419 and 37425 enter traffic but two more DRS a€~37sa€ , 37087 and 37510, are switched off to become spares donors. 42 Powerscene Ita€ s been another busy month and we bring you all the interesting loco movements from around the country in a bumper 16 page section. 59 Shunter Spot The former Severn Tunnel rescue shunter, 09017, has a new lease of life and owner a€" the National Railway Museum, York. Plus news from the other operators. 60 Unitary Authority The last of the FGW Class 180 a€~Adelantea€ units, 180102, is sent to Kilmarnock for renovation: All the news of individual classes with superb imagery. 64 Coach Compartment A start has been made on scrapping the long-stored Mk.2 carriages stabled at Dalton airfield in North Yorkshire. Plus the first rebuilt ex-HST buffet cars leave Kilmarnock for FGW. 66 Irish Angle The recession is hitting Irish Rail and, with reducing subsidy, cut-backs are on the way. We have all the traction news from both IR and NIR. Rail Express Modeller IX Newsdesk: Latest developments With the Class 47s hitting 50 years of service, Bachmann and Modelzone announce new model releases. Also new from Judith Edge Kits is the diminutive Southern electric DS74. X Modelling: Silver Fox Class 89 Alex Carpenter builds the Silver Fox Models kit of this much-liked machine, withdrawn from British Rail service 20 years ago this month, in both of its InterCity liveries. XIII D&E Files: 89001 Avocet Intended as the forerunner of a fleet of electric locomotives for the East Coast Main Line, 89001 ended up as a prototype without a purpose. Its turbulent history is detailed here. XIV Reviews: Bachmann Therea€ s a corporate era theme to this montha€ s selection of goodies from Bachmann, encompassing a three-car Class 108 and a number of Mk.1s, including more Pullmans. XV Review: Hornby a€~Van Ba€ Hornby has a decent record of producing non-passenger coaching stock built by the Southern Railway. The latest, the bogie a€~Van Ba€ which lasted well into the 1980s, is now out. XVII Reviews: Graham Farish Among the latest batch of products in a€~Na€ gauge is the all new Mk.1 First Corridor while the Class 37/0 gets the Network Rail yellow treatment as a departmental Class 97/3. XVIII Exhibition diary It might be summer but therea€ s still plenty of exhibitions to tempt modellers out of the deck chair, including the D&E focussed Stormex event and Midland Railex at Butterley. XIX Review: TMC Mk.1 Horse Box Produced by Hornby Dublo many years ago, there is now a new version of the Mk.1 Horse Box thanks to the Bachmann model commissioned by retailer TMC. XX Modelling: Safeway containers The forerunner of todaya€ s containerised services run for the likes of Tesco and Asda, the Safeway swapbodies brought a freight revival to the Far North in the early 2000s. XXII Modelling: HST barrier coaches Ever since the HSTs were introduced, there has been a requirement for barrier coaches to move vehicles around. Mick Bryan builds a pair of present day Mk.1 BG-based coaches. XXIV Serial: Elcot Road #19 It is time to start the scenic work on our a€~P4a€ layout project with construction of the road bridge scenic break and creation of the overgrown bank along the backscene. XXVI Review: Dapol MRA tippers The five-vehicle MRA side-tipping ballast wagon sets are among the most distinctive of Network Raila€ s new generation engineersa€ fleet, the new Dapol model is assessed here.
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