Issue No. 238 March 2016
8 HEADLINE NEWS
The ?rst Class 88 and the last Class 66; London
Overground plans further extensions; retro
livery for 125 Group Mk.3s; Crossrail milestones
for 2016; Hollywood comes to Kinga€ s Cross;
NYMR wins HRA award; more storms bring more
damage; Government bid to devolve local rail
operations; ScotRail Class 385 takes shape; new
EMUs for Northern franchise.
15 UKRL: THE NEXT CHAPTER
The Leicester-based loco owner looks to expand
and re-engineer its Class 56 ?eet.
16 THE RENATUS PROJECT
Behind the scenes at Wabtec in Doncaster,
where the Eversholt-owned Class 321 ?eet is
being rebuilt for the next 20 years.
18 TRANS-PENNINE LOCO-HAULED
Charting the ?nal years of loco-hauled services
over the Pennines, which ended 25 years ago.
24 0-60: CLASS 395
Can Southeasterna€ s Class 395 a€~Javelins' topple
ScotRaila€ s Class 380s from the top spot?
MODELLING
Part 2 of our feature
on power station coal
trains focuses on the
privatisation era, with
a guide to its locos and
wagons. We also look at
modelling the pictorial
liveries carried by Wessex
Trains DMUs, then review Kernowa€ s a€~37/5a€ ,
Bachmanna€ s a€~37/7a€ , and Gaugemastera€ s a€~73a€ .
25 DERBY TRAINMAN
The trainman course ended with the infamous
Buckeye lift test.
26 MAILBAG & REVIEWS
Chester electrics; Barnetby signals and signallers.
27 TIME TRAVELLER
News from 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
28 LU WORLD
Transport for London details future LU projects.
73 RAILTOURS
Heritage diesels attract the punters; power
station visit goes for a Burton.
75 PRESERVATION
Class 442 car claimed for the National Collection;
a€~Choppera€ to be NNR standby at Cromer.
80 POWER BY THE HOUR
RVEL a€~73/9sa€ make main line debut; Colas hires
preserved a€~37a€ ; marooned a€~86a€ leaves Penrith.
82 POWERSCENE
Our authoritative class by class round-up.
90 UNITARY AUTHORITY
Thameslink debut for Class 387/2.
93 SHUNTER SPOT
HNRC scores big in DB Schenker sales.
94 COACH COMPARTMENT
UKRL to repair a€~Nightstara€ generator.
95 WAGONS ROLL
HOAs and JNAs arrive for Tarmac.
96 IRISH ANGLE
Refurbished DD set taken out of Ã
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