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DRS Class 20s head for store at Eastleigh
Yarmouth 'drags' now worked by DRS Class 47s
Long Marston Open Weekend in pictures
50017 Royal Oak sold for preservation
Restoration plan for NRM's Class 502

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Chasing Class 37s in 1999 - Steve Gandy recalls chasing Class 37s on passenger trains a decade ago
The Railways Illustrated Interview - Rl talks to the Diesel Traction Group about the challenges it faces
A lost line from Lenwade - A new series looking at tost lines examines the line from Aytsham to Lenwade in Norfolk, as it is today and as it was in the 1970s
Cole-ity at Coleford - Britain's shortest steam railway is at Coteford, as David Staines explains.
Unseen Eastleigh - There were a few other visitors to Eastleigh Works before and after the open weekend event, as Marcus Betts shows
Next Stop Please! - Classic Trains looks at the shortest trips by loco-hauted trains
Cool Colas - Paul Shannon looks at ttie rise of new freight operator Colas Ral

Cover Stories:
D1015 reaches Kyle of Lochalsh
The RI photo competition 2009
Lost lines; the Lenwade branch
Ex-BR Class 87s in Bulgaria
Colas Rail profile
Chasing Class 37s a decade ago

On the cover: D1015 Western Champion passes Craig Farm on the last leg of its trip to Kyle of Lochalsh on June 20