Headline News:
- Finishing what Beeching began: historic bridges to be eradicated
- Lines must be ready for'instant' post-lockdown restart
- Kerr Stuart steam locomotives to star in Corris and Talyllyn galas
- New Grange No. 6880 Betton Grange targets September steaming
- New chairmen for Llangollen Railway pic and trust boards

News:
- Collett carriages star in snowy Severn Valley services
- From where will the sector now buy its coal?
- Gwili gets National Collection 75 ton BR breakdown crane
- Hagley Hall expected to return to action by the end of the year
- Two vintage Isle of Wight electric sets are now preserved
- New Vintage Trains acquires three Class 144'Pacers'for excursion use
- Major progress on rebuild of Swanage's LSWRT3 No. 563
- Bo'ness & Kinneil to be testbed for hydrogen train conversion

Main Line News:
- No. 4920 Dumbleton Hall on course for main line comeback
- Appeal to return 'Deltic' Royal Highland Fusilier tothemainline
- Bahamas booked for doubleheading with May flower to Cornwall 

Features:
The largest small railway or the smallest large railway? - In the first of a two-part feature, Phil Marsh reflects on half-a-century of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, charting the development of the heritage line up to the 1990s.
Hobby to heritage professional - Gareth Evans talks to recently appointed Tanfield Railway general manager David Watchman about his career, experiences and ideas for enhancing the friendly north east of England standard gauge line.
The London, Brighton & South Warwickshire Railway! - How did a pairof ex-London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 'Terrier'O-6-OTs end up running far from home territory amidst the rolling hills of southern Warwickshire? Robin Jones reports.
Continuing seven decades of excellence - The award-winning Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Tywyn is expanding with the acquisition of rare H C Casserley photographs and, Covid-19 restrictions permitting in the year ahead, new displays, writes Robin Jones.
The Steam Engines of WWII in Europe - The UK and Germany planned the construction of new steam engines to haul supplies for a war that was seen as inevitable. The history is explored by Philip Horton in his new 144-page hardback The Steam Engines of World War II in Europe.

Models:
Model News - New models of preserved prototypes from Hornby include Tornado, Oliver Cromwell, Bodiam, General Steam Navigation, Winston Churchill and Ruston 88DS diesel shunters.
Grace with pace - Gresley's incomparable V2s - The LN ER V2 2-6-2s stood head and shoulders above the rest in their versatility, tenacity and good looks. Pete Kelly tells the story of these amazing machines as he recalls a Settle and Carlisle trip behind No. 4771 Green Arrow more than 30 years ago.

With Full Regulator: In his latest column, Don Benn looks at Nos. 61306,45562 (45699) and 34064 - plus a guide to train timing.

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CONTENT PAGE IMAGE: Fallen snow at Falling Sands: GWR pannier No. 7714 crosses the recently-restored Falling Sands Viaduct which spans the Staffordshire & Worcestershire canal and River Stour with the 10.15am departure from Kidderminster Town on December 30, the final day of Severn Valley services before they were cancelled due to the line being placed in the tighter Tier 3 Covid-19 restriction. 
COVER: Running late with four GWR Collett carriages, WR Hawksworth 0-6-0PT No. 1501 hurries out tf the Severn Valley Railway's Foley Park Tunnel after overnight snowfall