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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
06 News
Shortlist published for WCML and Greater Anglia franchises. First threatens to walk away from Great Western. DRS?takes over Northern Belle. New logo for Eurostar.
12 News in Pictures
There are interesting ECS moves for DBS and DRS illustrated. GMs double up on the Exeter to Bescot china clay and Royal Diamond visits Raiths Farm, Dyce.
14 Reviews
A fascinating selection of new titles come under inspection in our reviews page. Our lead book documents the battle between diesel-electric and diesel-hydraulic.
16 News special: GBRf launches interhubGB
At an event at Barking RFT on March 23rd, GB Railfreight launched its multimodal interhubGB concept, which plans services to Manchester, France and Bristol.
18 Speedlink casualties: Barnby Dun
The third instalment of our look back at the traffic lost due to the Speedlink wagonload a€~axea€ sees the Barnby Dun operation in South Yorkshire described.
20 Time Traveller
Forty years ago, the LMS-built EMU stock was axed from the MSJA route. We also look back over the railway and news headlines from 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 years ago.
22 Railtours
a€~Deltica€ 55022, celebrated its 50th birthday in style with a return to its early 1980a€ s railtour look . Our correspondent was on RSGa€ s first charter in its new guise.
24 Preservation
HNRC?acquires South Devon Diesel a€~Choppera€ 20118. The Spa Valley extends its operations to Eridge. Plus full listings for diesel events for the rest of 2011.
30 Subscriptions
Subscribe to Britaina€ s most popular diesel enthusiast magazine, the biggest, brightest and best railway monthly around.
38 Traction & Rolling Stock
Three of the former Fastline Class 66/3s return to work, the five locos joining Direct Rail Servicesa€ fleet. Meanwhile, DRS?looks to return as many as ten GMs!
50 The great survivor: Amtrak at 40
One of the most famous passenger companies in the world, Amtrak almost didna€ t make it to four decades. RE describes the difficult birth of an inter-city icon.
58 Classifieds
Looking for a gift for a friend or partner, models, or something to read or watch? See our classified and web adverts here.
Rail Express Modeller
VII Comment: Fotopic alternatives
The alleged death of photo hosting service Fotopic has seen a scramble of railway photographers to other websites. The editor looks at some of the options for those in the hunt for a new home.
IX Newsdesk: Trade developments
Rail Exclusives announces a completely revamped version of the Heljan Class 33/0 a€~Cromptona€ in a number of liveries. Modelzone also reveals its next batch of Bachmann limited edition products. Plus a news round-up
X Review: Heljana€ s BRCW Lion
The latest diesel prototype from the Danish manufacturer is the striking Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Type 4 demonstrator Lion, which gets a 4mm scale release in its fantastic all-over white livery.
XI Newsdesk extra: New paints and airbrushes
Another exciting batch of the latest in paint technology from The Airbrush Company. Also new is a selection of dual-action airbrushes from the Japanese Iwata brand and an impressively quiet compressor.
XII Review: Bachmann retooled Class 37/0
Having disappeared from the range several years back, the original cowl bufferbeam Class 37 is back in retooled form with wire handrails, lighting and six-axle drive. RAIL?EXPRESS?takes a closer look at the new EE?Type 3.
XIII Review: Latest Bachmann and Ontracks
The Bachmann LNER/BR?steel-sided highfit is inspected, the useful open wagon being a very useful vehicle for 1950-70s era modellers. Also reviewed is the latest automative related wagon distributed by Ontracks.
XIV Modelling: Weathering a clean Class 108
Tim Shackleton returns to the subject of weathering with a look at a typical everyday a€~cleana€ DMU?from the 1980s. Using just two major paint colours, the model is given a realistic appearance in just a few stages.
XVIII Research: Modellera€ s guide to LPG trains
The last trains of propane and butane ran in the UK in the mid-1990s. David Ratcliffe looks at the history of these fascinating freight flows, including a lengthy selection of wagonload and block train formations.
XXIV Layout: Return to Bedlam Heath
George Woodcock is back within the pages of RAIL EXPRESS Modeller with the story of his a€~OOa€ layout Bedlam Heath, a compact slice of the Southern Region in Kent in 1980 based on a real location.
XXXI Serial: Elcot Road
Welcome to the fourth part of our series on the construction of a Southern Region 18.83mm/a€~P4a€ layout. This montha€ s instalment provides a primer on building trackwork, including a look at point terminology.
Shortlist published for WCML and Greater Anglia franchises. First threatens to walk away from Great Western. DRS?takes over Northern Belle. New logo for Eurostar.
12 News in Pictures
There are interesting ECS moves for DBS and DRS illustrated. GMs double up on the Exeter to Bescot china clay and Royal Diamond visits Raiths Farm, Dyce.
14 Reviews
A fascinating selection of new titles come under inspection in our reviews page. Our lead book documents the battle between diesel-electric and diesel-hydraulic.
16 News special: GBRf launches interhubGB
At an event at Barking RFT on March 23rd, GB Railfreight launched its multimodal interhubGB concept, which plans services to Manchester, France and Bristol.
18 Speedlink casualties: Barnby Dun
The third instalment of our look back at the traffic lost due to the Speedlink wagonload a€~axea€ sees the Barnby Dun operation in South Yorkshire described.
20 Time Traveller
Forty years ago, the LMS-built EMU stock was axed from the MSJA route. We also look back over the railway and news headlines from 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 years ago.
22 Railtours
a€~Deltica€ 55022, celebrated its 50th birthday in style with a return to its early 1980a€ s railtour look . Our correspondent was on RSGa€ s first charter in its new guise.
24 Preservation
HNRC?acquires South Devon Diesel a€~Choppera€ 20118. The Spa Valley extends its operations to Eridge. Plus full listings for diesel events for the rest of 2011.
30 Subscriptions
Subscribe to Britaina€ s most popular diesel enthusiast magazine, the biggest, brightest and best railway monthly around.
38 Traction & Rolling Stock
Three of the former Fastline Class 66/3s return to work, the five locos joining Direct Rail Servicesa€ fleet. Meanwhile, DRS?looks to return as many as ten GMs!
50 The great survivor: Amtrak at 40
One of the most famous passenger companies in the world, Amtrak almost didna€ t make it to four decades. RE describes the difficult birth of an inter-city icon.
58 Classifieds
Looking for a gift for a friend or partner, models, or something to read or watch? See our classified and web adverts here.
Rail Express Modeller
VII Comment: Fotopic alternatives
The alleged death of photo hosting service Fotopic has seen a scramble of railway photographers to other websites. The editor looks at some of the options for those in the hunt for a new home.
IX Newsdesk: Trade developments
Rail Exclusives announces a completely revamped version of the Heljan Class 33/0 a€~Cromptona€ in a number of liveries. Modelzone also reveals its next batch of Bachmann limited edition products. Plus a news round-up
X Review: Heljana€ s BRCW Lion
The latest diesel prototype from the Danish manufacturer is the striking Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Type 4 demonstrator Lion, which gets a 4mm scale release in its fantastic all-over white livery.
XI Newsdesk extra: New paints and airbrushes
Another exciting batch of the latest in paint technology from The Airbrush Company. Also new is a selection of dual-action airbrushes from the Japanese Iwata brand and an impressively quiet compressor.
XII Review: Bachmann retooled Class 37/0
Having disappeared from the range several years back, the original cowl bufferbeam Class 37 is back in retooled form with wire handrails, lighting and six-axle drive. RAIL?EXPRESS?takes a closer look at the new EE?Type 3.
XIII Review: Latest Bachmann and Ontracks
The Bachmann LNER/BR?steel-sided highfit is inspected, the useful open wagon being a very useful vehicle for 1950-70s era modellers. Also reviewed is the latest automative related wagon distributed by Ontracks.
XIV Modelling: Weathering a clean Class 108
Tim Shackleton returns to the subject of weathering with a look at a typical everyday a€~cleana€ DMU?from the 1980s. Using just two major paint colours, the model is given a realistic appearance in just a few stages.
XVIII Research: Modellera€ s guide to LPG trains
The last trains of propane and butane ran in the UK in the mid-1990s. David Ratcliffe looks at the history of these fascinating freight flows, including a lengthy selection of wagonload and block train formations.
XXIV Layout: Return to Bedlam Heath
George Woodcock is back within the pages of RAIL EXPRESS Modeller with the story of his a€~OOa€ layout Bedlam Heath, a compact slice of the Southern Region in Kent in 1980 based on a real location.
XXXI Serial: Elcot Road
Welcome to the fourth part of our series on the construction of a Southern Region 18.83mm/a€~P4a€ layout. This montha€ s instalment provides a primer on building trackwork, including a look at point terminology.
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