NEWS:
NEW IMAGES FOR EAST COAST AND GREAT WESTERN - Operators reveal new train colours
CONNEX INTRODUCES 'NETWORKER EXPRESS' - Class 365 in service at last!
CHANNEL TUNNEL NIGHTSTOCK TESTS - Who will win Railfreight Distribution?
BIDDERS SEEK RfD - Who will win Railfreight Distribution?

TRACTION & ROLLING STOCK:
POWERSCENE - Comprehensive locomotive coverage
SHED TALK - Withdrawals, storages and pool changes
UNITARY AUTHORITY - Multiple unit and coaching stock news
WAGONS - Latest wagon developments
DEPARTMENTAL DIARY - North Wales departmentals reviewed

NEWS:
NEWS - Hornby's new '00' gauge Eurostar
HOWGILL - Under the wires of the Bolton club layout

NOSTALGIA:
PAST & PRESENT - The Tallyllyn Railway years ago and now
THE RATTLE & ROLL YEARS - Remember 1972? End of the 'Warships'

PICTORIAL:
CALENDAR - The Aberdeen-Elgin freight at Keith
4 INTO 1 - Goodbye to Trainload freight colours

FEATURES:
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE! - The story of RFS' 19 Class 08 shunters
RES - THE STORY - Concluding review of Rail express systems

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
RAIL CHARTER SERVICES UNVEILED - Sir William relaunches charter trains
RAILTOURS - What's coming up in new railtours
30,000hp OR BUST! - Union Pacific and its huge locomotives
PRESERVATION - Top preservation stories
SALOON TALK - News of preserved coaching stock

COVER STORIES:
NEW DAWN IN THE EAST - GNER reveals its true colours
EX WATERMAN STOCK FOR SALE - Locomotives and coaches to be sold
CHESTERFIELD FREIGHT TIMETABLE - All locomotive-hauled trains detailed
DO YOU REMEMBER 1972? - Not a good year for the Hydraulics
'DELTIC' EXTRAVAGANZA - Three 'Deities' convene on East Lanes

PLUS:
FREE POSTER MAGAZINE - Giant loco preservation poster

COVER: The new look on the ECML Class 91 No. 91019 Scottish Enterprise waits in Newcastle Central after arriving with the 15.30 from King's Cross. The locomotive and Mk. 4 stock is the first to carry the new house colours of the ECML operator, Great North Eastern Railway Limited.