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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News - Top stories this month include: Arriva's S&C loco-hauled to run on Saturday in December; Wave goodbye to the Class 101s - competition to win tickets on the farewell special; First Group committed to developing freight traffic with GB Railfreight; Connex surrenders South Eastern franchise to new company; SWT 'Desires' make their debut; GNER launches first internally refurbished Mk. 4 rake; Final train to High Marnham, plus much more... West Coast modernisation - Virgin 'Pendolinos' are to start running at 125 mph before Christmas. Mess room - Don't take railways too seriously! Relax with this light-hearted page. Preservation - Exclusive: The National Railway Museum's Class 50 is set to move to the Swindon 'Steam' museum and the SVR sells its Class 25, No. D633. Cross-country HSTs - They've been a familiar sight for 22 years. Join David Russell in a nostalgic look back at the the operation of HSTs on the Cross-country routes. Ij The missing link - John Matthews takes an in-depth look at the under-used, highly-scenic and rarely photographed section of line from Clitheroe to Hellifield. "iljjl Time traveller - Memorable rail headlines from this month 5,10, 20,30 and 40 years ago. Do you remember the first deliveries of Brush Type 4s to the Western? Traction & Rolling Stock - 17 pages of traction news: - Power by the hour - Power scene - Shed talk - Spectrum - Name game - Classified information - Grim reaper (p.39), Shunter Spot - Unitary authority - Coach corridor - Wagons - Irish - Railtours Raiultours - Gary Thornton asks 'Is it time to look abroad and widen our horizons as the variety of tours here is now so thin. Modern modelling - News from the modern modelling world including exclusive first reviews of Hornby's new Class 50 and Heljan's 'Hymek'. We also have a preview of the forthcoming Warley show and the continuation of our Mostyn serial. Cover - Class 101 is to finish on New Year's Eve. First North Western staged a line up of the surviving sets at Longsight on November 2nd. See page 9 for details of the 'farewell special'.
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