Editorial:
Channel Tunnel decision needed quickly
Non-event of the decade
What future for wagonload merchandise?
A historic traction report

Features:
Letters
USA to have 125 m.p.h. trains
Electric vs. Hydraulic: BRB diesel transmission report
Liverpool plans a rapid transit rail loop
Is there a future for public transport?
Old Oak opening completes WR's diesel servicing depots
Power signalling at Bletchley and Wolverhampton
Self-help may save the Highland Lines
Tokenless block in Italy
Continental express
Spanish National Railways' 10-year modernisation plan
Financial crisis facing French Railways?
BR rebut a challenge from the travel trade
Block train service for 90 per cent of West Midlands steel
BR try new tyre profile
Train running and traction performance
Today and tomorrow
The Irish Scene
Beyond the Channel
Traffic report
Accident report