News - Top stories this month include: First Great Western confirms Class 57 order; Harry Needle buys 'heavyweight' Class 37s; EWS look at 125mph freight services; Brand new 'Pendolinos' to be stored; Network Rail business plan published; Further investment for the S&C route plus much more...
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Mess room - Put your feet up in re's Mess Room and relax with this light-hearted page.
Retro Freight: North Teesside - A look back at freight operations north of the River Tees over the last two decades through the lens of Michael Rhodes. ::' :::; .: )
Time traveller - Railway headlines from this month 5,10,20,30 and 40 years ago.
Traction & Rolling Stock - RE has the most comprehensive modern traction coverage comprising 14 pages of traction news. Power by the hour (p.20), Power scene (p.22), Shed talk (p.22), Spectrum (p.25), Name game (p.26), Classified information (p.27), Grim reaper (p.28), Shunter spot - including full location , listing (p.29), Unitary authority (p.32), Irish (p.34) and Wagons (p.35).
Railtours - Oh dear! Two 'Spin & Wins' tours running on the same day - most risky.
Eurostar - a train for all regions - We take a detailed look at this flagship train providing domestic services in Britain and in France as well as through the Channel Tunnel.
Preservation - Llangollen diesel group beats the odds and has 37240 running on time!
Modern modelling - News from the modelling world including the announcement of a new 'Hymek' model from Heljan (p.49). We also look at a superb 'EM' gauge docklands layout (p.50) plus the Mostyn serial (p.54) and the second part of our DMU conversion project (p.56).
Cover: Class 57/6 No. 57601 approaches Bath Spa with a Paddington-Plymouth train on June 17th, last. FGW has just confirmed an order for at least three Class 57 conversions.