News - Advenza Freight goes bust, Virgin WCML loco-hauled to go daily, plus the Government plans to sell off transport assests to pay its debt!

News in pictures - The Railhead Treatment Trains are back, and Class 73s are in the news with repaints, charters and the return of 73207 to Whitemoor.

Feature: FHH - A Decade of Growth - October 1999 saw Freightliner expand into bulk freight with its new Heavy Haul subsidiary. Paul Shannon recounts the story so far.

Reviews - A bumper selection of new books feature in our reviews section, including a useful new guide to UK railway photographic locations.

Time traveller - Ten years ago the first Spanish-built Class 67 arrived for EWS, while two decades ago the 2-EPBs were replaced on North London trains.

Preservation - A derailment before the Severn Valley diesel gala sees the weekenda€ s services cut back, plus the best event pictures from the last month.

Railtours - Promoter Compass Rail swaps Riviera Trains Class 47s for DB Schenker Class 67s due to reliability issues. Donnington Class 40 tour dropped.

Traction & Rolling Stock - With the leaf-busting season here again, DB Schenker unsurprisingly backtracks on its plan to reinstate as many as five more Class 37s!

Mess room - Cambrian Rail Partnerships and CAMRA team up to produce and a€~Ale by Raila€ route map. Network Rail reveals worst level crossing excuses!

Classifieds - Looking for a gift, models, something to read or watch, or even a RAIL EXPRESS binder? Check out our classified and web adverts here.

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Comment: Quality on the line - Manufacturers boast about their accuracy, but just how good are recent models such as the Hornby Class 56? Field research suggests things could be much better.

Newsdesk: Trade developments - The latest a€~Na€ gauge news from Dapol includes a Class 92 electric and a single-car DMU. Your chance to get ahead of the pack for a a€~Na€ Fastline Class 66/3.

Reviews: Latest Bachmann - Another bumper month from Bachmann sees the GM Class 66 released in DB Schenker red, the Class 37/4 gets Petroleum and several new wagons and coaches.

Reviews: Heljan Kestrel - Heljana€ s second prototype locomotive is released in the form of 4,000hp Brush Co-Co Kestrel. Its previous Falcon model was quite plain, so how does it fare?

Reviews: Tinsley snowploughs - Flangeway releases its BR independant snowplough in Tinsley TMD-applied Railfreight Distribution livery with special names. Also, three modelling books examined.

Modelling: 56075 & 56102 - The second part of the late-Doncaster Class 56 project sees the two a€~Grida€ models just awaiting painting, including a host of new etches from Extreme Etchings.

Exhibitions: Warley preview - The Warley National Model Railway Exhibition at the NEC in late November is previewed, which includes a goodbye wave to the a€~OOa€ layout Runswick Leamside.

Serial: Mostyn - Welcome to episode 101 of the life and times of the Barrowmore group as they describe the building of their layout Mostyn. This month, Freightliner wagons!

Spanner in the Works - REM wins an award for its article on Alan Whitehousea€ s Mini-MSW layout. Plus, our Colas Class 47/7 a€~twinsa€ are here, and a review of the new Farish a€~Na€ gauge Conflat A.