Features:
News & Notes: Southall Centre moves; BR fares increase; Medway Valley resignalling; Gainsborough line threatened
Locomotive Practice & Performance: P. W.B. Semmens compiles a miscellany of lntercity running
Mersey side Railways in a Day: David Webster covers every passenger route in the county
Riccall Recalled: Steve Flint remembers the old York - Selby line
Railway's Early Opponents: Dr. David Norman Smith refers to the first critics of the railways
Closely Observed People: Hugh Dougherty admires the crowds at a Kilmarnock Open Day
Single to Stobs: Bruce McCartney had a troublesome last journey on the Waverley Route
Treasure Shop of Steam: M.J. Denholm visits the National Railway Museum of Italy
Royalty at Tyseley: Patrick Kingston sees HRH the Prince of Wales visit Birmingham Railway Museum

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Front Cover: Crewe-built class "52" C-C diesel-hydraulic locomotive No. D1062, "Western Courier", at Highley, Severn Valley Railway, on which line it is based by the Western Locomotive Association. Photo: Richard Little