Cover stories:
ETH Class 57 makes its debut - Porterbrook’s purple ‘57/6’ emerges from Brush
News:
SRA publishes ‘Strategic Agenda’ - Aspirations of the SRA have in the next ten years
GB Railfreight’s ‘66/7s’ debut - The la8st freight operator shows off its nw locos
12 5mph first run of ‘Voyager’ - Virgin’s new unit reaches Edinburgh on test
Traction & Rolling Stock:
Powerscene - You won’t find any better comprehensive loco news
Unitary Authority - RE’s expert has all the latest unit information for you
Wonderful World of Wagons - Caib orders 20 TEA 100-tonne tank wagons
Irish Angle - Bleach Creen-Antrim opening delayed yet again
Regulars:
Glasgow or Bust - Many major WCML upgrade schemes are underway
Railtour Bazaar - ft’s time operators treated passengers as customers
Expressions - RE’s letters page - this month: ‘Pacers’ and the press
Product Review - The revamped Class 507 and ‘Desiro’ are sampled
Feature:
Under Control - The story of the IMR’s centralised loco fleet control
Pictorial:
An Afternoon at York - We take you back to 1978 when all was BR blue!
Models:
Modelrail News - Bachmann introduces its 7mm brass Class 24
‘Rat’ captured, - Comprehensively reviewed - Bachmann’s Class 25
Porterbrook’s 57601 in detail - Superb images for prospective modellers of the 57/6
Long Live British Rail! - Steve Flint summarises ‘Modelling the British Rail Era’
On the front - Brush unveils Porterbrook’s Class 57/6 demonstrator -full story see page 8. Picture: Phil Sutton.