NEWS Christmas engineering works end in fiasco at Kinga€ s Cross; Reading viaduct opens; West Coast Main Line open access denied; double-deck trains for Waterloo?; Bicester Chord nears completion; DfT wrong to get directly involved with IEP and Thameslink procurement. 16 BOX-TO-BOX: The Highland Main Line Documenting the manual signalboxes on the highly scenic line north from Perth to Inverness. 22 YELLOW GOES OUT OF SEASON Looking back on the six Network Rail Class 57/3s now that the last one has gone for repainting. 25 NETWORK RAIL TONBRIDGE Behind the scenes at the purpose-built depot for autumn and winter seasonal trains in Kent. 26 0-60: CLASS 153 How quickly can these railcars get off the mark? 27 TIME TRAVELLER News from February over the past five decades. 28 EXPRESS MAILBAG & REVIEWS D7018 update; a salutary lesson; HST prototype. 65 LU WORLD Could a€~Da€ Stock be a replacement for a€~Pacersa€ ? 66 RAILTOURS DRS a€~37sa€ a€ what has and hasna€ t worked a tour recently? Plus a full listing of forthcoming trips. 68 PRESERVATION Detailing which diesel locos are currently operational on our heritage railways; MGR wagon bid successful; power unit removed from a€~Westerna€ ; and gala events in 2015. 71 POWER BY THE HOUR More Class 92s to leave for Eastern Europe; further delays for rebuilt a€~73sa€ ; ETL Class 86s head to Willesden for assessment. 71 STORED LOCO UPDATE A full roundup of all 300 locos in store around the country, a total which has risen in 2014. 74 POWERSCENE Our roundup of notable locomotive workings. 82 UNITARY AUTHORITY Class 387s enter service with Govia Thameslink. 84 SHUNTER SPOT RMS Locotec helps out at Bounds Green. 85 COACH COMPARTMENT First HST Composite conversion begins. 87 WAGONS ROLL Prototype BGA steel carriers go for scrap. 88 IRISH ANGLE a€~Santa specialsa€ feature GM haulage; new look for a€~Enterprisea€ loco; DD set goes for overhaul. FRONT COVER: Stored Class 58s Nos. 58048 and 58022 look in a sorry state in the sidings at Crewe Electric depot on June 30, 2014. These are just two of the 300 locos in store around the country, and we detail exactly whata€ s where in our review starting on page 71 this month. Nigel Bainbridge