News - Train builders reveal new EMU designs, Network Rail publishes highspeed routes, plus are Wrexham & Shropshire and Chittern to merge?
News in pictures - Two Class 37/5s and James the Engine feature on a Spitfire Cumbria tour. BR blue Class 87 heads for Bulgarian. Western Ranger’s last runs.
Reviews - The lead up to the Christmas present buying season sees a bumper batch of products released, including books, calendars and diaries.
Feature: North Wales loco-hauled: 3 - The final part of David Rapson’s epic history of diesel loco-hauled services over the North Wales Coast route sees 1991-2009 covered.
Time traveller - Twenty years ago there were several major milestones on the ECML as a Class 91 broke a speed record and the Mk. 4s entered service.
Railtours - Our columnist explains why trains don't always run smoothly for railtour promoters, as several recent trips have'shown only too well!
Preservation - The Class 15 Preservation Society becomes the custodian of the last Metrovick Co-Bo. ‘Baby Deltic' engine fired-up inside 37372.
Traction & Rolling Stock - DB Schenker looks for five more Class 37s to make up its RHTT fleet to seven. RVE 'grid' 56303 returns to the main line in plain green!
Mess room - The real reason why Bulgarian 87004 has gone blue, tube map changes - and changes back and a seven year old train driver!
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Two major milestones are celebrated as Tonbridge West Yard is retired, while Mostyn reaches its 100th column.

Cover: The first of Freightliner’s fleet of 30 new ‘Powerhaul’ diesel locos, built by General Electric in the US, has been fully painted in an updated colour scheme ready for shipping to the UK in October.