8 HEADLINE NEWS HS2 bill receives royal assent; New depots for Exeter and Manningtree; Lime Street closed as wall collapses; Freight grant cut will mean reduction in rail traffic; Major railway scrapyard calls it a day; Franchise bidding mania will lead to glut in surplus stock; Severn Valley Railway wins modern traction award; Three shortlisted for East Midlands franchise; Chiltern a€~Bubblesa€ to go; a€~Storm Dorisa€ traction bonus; First Class 88 tour announced; Second City Crossing opens. 14 BATTERSEA BOUND! The tunnel boring machines have been lowered underground for the Northern Line's extension to Battersea in South London. 18 SECTORISATION AND THE FOCUS ON FREIGHT OPERATIONS The 1980s saw a key change in British Rail management as it switched from focusing on regions to business sectors. 25 0-60: CLASS 390 Virgina€ s a€~Pendolinosa€ are quick, but are they also quick offthe mark? Neville Hill finds out. 27 PANDORA THROUGH WOODHEAD A Moment in Time as EM2 No. 27006 gets ready to enter the famous tunnel in 1959. 28 REVIEWS Books on monorails, railway history and Class 58s are new out this month. 29 EXPRESS MAILBAG Last days of the a€~Westernsa€ ; Hong Kong battery locos; 92-hour clock; and Eurostar scrappings. 30 TIME TRAVELLER April news from decades past. 72 LU WORLD A look inside the first a€~Da€ Stock Sandite train. 74 RAILTOURS Rare chance for DRS a€~66/3a€ haulage; Mercia suspends European tour programme. 76 PRESERVATION a€~Westerna€ appeal successful; Bluebell 4-VEP to go main line; DRS a€~37a€ preserved; update on Class 56 Group a€~Gridsa€ ; Deltic to visit Spa Valley. 80 POWER BY THE HOUR New locos delivered to UK; DRS reveals loco tender results; Colas a€~67sa€ ready for service. 82 POWERSCENE Notable workings from around the country. 90 UNITARY AUTHORITY More a€~700sa€ introduced on Thameslink. 93 SHUNTER SPOT Cambridge gets a pilot; Changes at CardiffTidal. 94 COACH COMPARTMENT DRS a€~air consa€ become nuclear escort coaches. 95 WAGONS ROLL It's a big month for box wagon deliveries. 96 IRISH ANGLE a€~Thumpersa€ vehicles go for scrap.
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