News:
Headline News - Airport-style security scanners for Paddington; Stagecoach offers long- distance tickets for £1; End of the line for Old Dalby test track; Man charged over Midlands arson attacks; Boiler construction starts for A1 Pacific; London Eye plan for NRM; Another 'Ufton' crash narrowly avoided.
Headline News Special: Docklands Light Railway's extension to London City Airport opens in December. Dr Iain C. Scotchman reports.
Features:
Britain's Greatest Railway Enthusiast - With an amazing collection of railwayana, not to mention his own private standard gauge railway, Bill McAlpine is a man many readers would willingly trade places with. Here he talks exclusively to the Editor.
Know your Electrostars - In the first of a two-part feature, Andy Flowers explains the differences between the 12 variants of 'Electrostars'.
Spy in the Cab - From January, all trains on the national network must have an On Train Monitoring Recorder- OTMR. It could force some heritage traction off the rails, as Phil Marsh explains.
Big Changes in Ireland - In Practice & Performance, John Heaton samples the Dublin to Cork service as the replacement of locomotives by multiple units in Ireland gathers pace.
2006 Railtourers' Guide - It's the time of year when thoughts turn to holidays, and our Railtourers' guide has some great ideas for rail-based tours.
Timetable Review - John Cormack presents the first instalment of the winter timetable changes.
Panorama - A selection of the best photographs sent in by readers in our monthly showcase.
Ghost Story - Our annual Christmas ghost story is this year told by John Heaton.
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FRONT COVER: Officially launched on November 24 in Germany, the Siemens-built Class 185 DMUs for Trans-Pennine Express represent the last of the long line of current UK orders for new main line trains. How long will it be before we see such a trainbuilding feast again? CHRIS milner
Lower left: By the time this issue appears on sale, the Class 373/3 Regional Eurostar sets operated by GNER will have just 90 or so hours to go before becoming history on the East Coast Main Line. An up express led by No. 3302 leaves Grantham on November 1.