NEWS - Remodelling at Paddington; Glasgow's Eastfield Depot to close; Turbo' update; class 50s at the scrapyard; class 60 names revised; work begins on'Robin Hood'line; helping passengers by satellite... and much more, of course.
Plus:
SECTOR NEWS
COUNTRYWIDE NEWS
PRESERVATION NEWS
STEAM NEWS
STEAM:
STEAM SILHOUETTES - Three breathtaking pages of colour steam silhouette photography, with some helpful lints by our Assistant Editor, Chris Milner, on how to get the best out of shooting into the light at dawn or dusk.
STEAM PERFORMANCE IN THE 'GOLDEN ERA' - Was it all it was cracked up to be, though? Chief Correspondent Peter Semmens looks back to some of the earliest timing logs he ever put together—in the years immediately before Nationalisation in 1948.
MODERN TRACTION:
THE ABC OF RfD - Continuing his close look at the workings of Railfreight Distribution, 'Andred' comes up with a list of every single regular working the division operates.
GO-AHEAD FOR THE IVANHOE LINE - Chris Milner describes the ambitious plan to give railway passengers in the Leicester area a brand new service.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
CUBA LIBRE! - Spectacular photography accompanies Ron Lingley's sparklingly descriptive article on the sugar cane trains of Castro's Cuba—the land time forgot.
PERPETUAL MOTION 0 Now that the multi-million pound transformation of London's Liverpool Street Station is complete, we look back over the long and proud history of this mega-station in the heart of the City.
REGULAR FEATURES:
LOCO & STOCK CHANGES
MAILBAG
ANSWERS
BACKWARD GLANCES
COMING EVENTS
CHANNEL TUNNEL UPDATE