News:
'DELTIC' RETURN - D9000's first run back on the main line
MILK TRAFFIC RETURN - Tiphnook and Tankfreight trials
NEW CREWE BASE - Private coach operators on the move
FREIGHT UPDATE - New and altered freight workings
CHANNEL TUNNEL - Repercussions from November's fire

Traction & Rolling Stock:
POWERSCENE - Simply, the best locomotive coverage
SHED TALK - Status changes for locos and stock
UNITARY AUTHORITY - Multiple unit and coach commentary
IRISH ANGLE - NIR and IR topics reviewed
WAGONS - More from the world of wagons
DEPARTMENTAL DIARY - Departmental delights in the Bristol area

Models:
NEWS - Looking forward to an exciting 1997
Improving Dora - Imformation and ideas to upgrade 37116

Nostalgia:
THE RATTLE & ROLL YEARS - 1969 - moon landing and Kestrel!
PAST & PRESENT - West Yorkshire as it was and now

Pictorial:
CENTRE SPREAD - A seasonal view of 60047 at Peak Forest

Features:
MARCHING INTO HISTORY - March diesel depot and yards flattened
40 NOT OUT - Class 101 celebrates its 40th birthday!
THE AIR-BRAKED SERVICE EXPANDS - The advent of Speedlink in 1977
30,000hp OR BUST! - Southern Pacific under the spotlight
RAILTOURS - How about a good railtour trip?
REVIEWS - Armchair entertainment for the New Year
PRESERVATION - News from the preservation scene
SALOON TALK - Preserved coaching stock latest

Cover Stories:
WAGONS ROLL! - First new wagons for EWS delivered
ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN... - Turn back the clock to 1969
CHILTERN LINE REDOUBLING - M40 proposes track improvements
'DELTIC' FIRE - Incident spoils first run of D9000

COVER: Immaculate in EWS colours, Class 56 No. 56041 and a rake of newly converted MEA box wagons leave Marcroft Engineering's Stoke-on-Trent Works on December 5th.