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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News - Four companies bid to win East Coast franchise, Harry Needle buys Class 20/9 fleet and GNER loans its Class 89 to AC Loco Group.
Christmas Quiz and wordsearch - You’ll soon be fed up of turkey and in-laws, so enter one of our superb competitions and win a copy of one of Railway Special’s brand new DVDs.
Mess room - Unwind with RAIL EXPRESS’ light-hearted page. Footballer fans refuse to board a Class 153 as it is named after a director of the opposition team!
GNER HSTs - Pedigree & Power - The HSTs are an indispensable part of GNER’s fleet. With some superb images, here is the story of their evolution on the East Coast Main Line.
Preservation - North Yorkshire Moors Railway accepts unique gangwayed ‘Thumper’ and Freightliner’s 47205 enters preservation at Northampton & Lamport line.
Time traveller - The railway headlines from this month 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 20 years ago, the APT broke the time record between Euston and Glasgow.
Railtours - The industrial dispute is playing havoc with railtours - operators have lost considerable revenue as the impasse continues.
Traction & Rolling Stock - Sixteen pages of traction news and the best rail photography: Power by the hour, Powerscene, Shed talk, Spectrum, Name game, Shunter spot, Unitary authority, Coaches, Wagons, Irish angle and a tribute to the DEMUs.
West Highland ‘Tractors’ recaLLed - We turn the clock back 20 years and more to revel in steam-heat Class 37s and ETHELS on the West Highland. You’ll enjoy this with a vengeance!
Modeller:
Comment: Larger scales - We update our earlier editorial that asked: What future for modern modelling in 7mm scale? The outlook is now more positive with major developments taking place in this arena.
News: WarLey special report - The most in-depth and authoritative coverage of diesel and electric era modelling news from the NEC is presented here.
Pictorial: Warley Layouts - There was much to see at the National Model Railway Exhibition. REM presents a selection of layout images, featuring diesel and electric models, from the show.
Report: Hornby’s 2005 plans - Hornby has just revealed its plans for the forthcoming year. REM has a full run-down of the exciting programme.
Reviews: Latest products - Heljan’s Class 57/3 and 57/6 locomotives, the ZFV ‘Dogfish’, Dapol’s Class 73 ‘JB’ and new publications are reviewed.
Tutorial: Building Pete’s ‘Peak’ - The third part of our feature on building the JLTRT Class 45 kit in ‘0’ gauge looks at upgrading the roof detail.
Full Frame: Class 04 in ‘0’ gauge - This month sees our reader’s gallery spot take a look at a superb Drewry 0-6-0 shunter from Geoff Brain in 7mm scale.
Serial: Mostyn - The Mostyn ‘P4’ layout project: Richard Oldfield recounts some recent dramatic developments.
Spanner: Exhibitions - Resident commentator SS3 gives us a take on the Warley show. Includes diary dates for forthcoming exhibitions.
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