NEWS:
HEADLINE NEWS - New identities for Trainload Freight companies; 'Ixion' hits more trouble during main line trial; Eurocentral's new Mossend terminal opens; B12 4-6-0 almost complete; Frames cut for A1 Project; Loco-hauled trains on West Highland line again.
STEAM NEWS - 'Duchess of Sutherland' returns to Bressingham; Insurance dispute over Manx Electric locomotive; Great Central 'Black Five' is staying put; Welshpool's new station opens; 'Flying Scotsman' moves on to Swanage Railway.
DIESEL & ELECTRIC PRESERVATION NEWS - D9000 to go main line despite setback; D8 'Penyghent' moves under own power; Generator problems for 50 149; Preservation bid for 'Commonwealth Spirit'; Diesel- hydraulics to head West Somerset gala; None Valley class 25 resold; New DMUs for Caerphilly and Chasewater.
GENERAL NEWS - Loco-haulage returns to Cardiff Valleys; Class 323s to Manchester Airport; Class 92 testing latest; Open Day for Crewe Basford Hall; Procedural errors halt station closures; First class 150/2 unit named; Avonmouth Docks commissioning; 'Swanline' stations open; Doncaster Open Weekend report.
OPERATIONS NEWS - Morpeth derailment repercussions; Motorail changes; Class 488 formation changes; Merseyrail problems follow resignal;ling; Exeter inspection sheds completed; Birmingham area EMU shortages; 'Ocean Mail' operations; Trainload Freight changes; ABB units on LUL's Central Line.

STEAM:
MANCUNIAN MEMORIES - During the early British Railways era, the Manchester area teemed with engine sheds offering a bewildering variety of motive power. Frank Hornby re-lives those great days in his 'Shed Visit' feature
DELIVERING THE GOODS - Once upon a time, few people would have shown even a passding interest in the humble goods wagon - but with the explosion of freight specials and photographers' charters on preserved lines in recent years, all that has changed. Assistant Editor Chris Milner reports.

EARLY DIESELS:
EACH A GLIMPSE, AND GONE FOR EVER - Early diesel motive power is hauntingly brought back to life in our special eight-page photographic extra.

MODERN TRACTION:
CLASS 87 COMES OF AGE - It's hard to believe that it was as long ago as 1 June 1973 that the first class 87 locomotive was allocated to Willesden Electric Depot. Michael J. Collins looks back over 21 years of the powerful ac electrics.
MAKING SENSE OF CLASS 47 OVERHAULS - Allan C. Baker outlines the bold moves made towards cutting maintenance costs of the Brush Type 4 (class 47) locomotives in the 1980s, and the important pioneering work played at Stratford.
CHANGING TIMES IN HOLLAND - In 'Railway Practice & Performance' Chief Correspondent Peter Semmens reviews the recent changes on Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and rides on one of Holland's doomed postal expresses.
EAST LANCS DIESEL WEEK - A page of photographs from the ambitious operation of a week-long diesel service at the East Lancashire Railway.
TRAVELLING IN LUXURY - Modern Traction Editor Colin J. Marsden concludes his review of the prestigious 'Blue Pullman' trains, looking at their accommodation, livery, operation and eventual run-down and withdrawal.
RIBBLE VALLEY RENAISSANCE - When a group is intent on bringing new life to a long-closed passenger service, the 'railway nutter' image definitely has to go...

COMMENT:
MULTIPLE ASPECTS - Who can possibly win during the series of rail strikes we have all had to endure recently? Nick Pigott, who takes over as the Editorship of 'Railway Magazine' after the next issue, looks at the dispute at length.

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