ews - NEWS is winding down activity at Margam and Washwood Heath, while 530 jobs are at risk. Three new loco-hauled services begin operation,

News in pictures - A new colour scheme for LNWRa€ s 08810, the Class 508s finish work on South Eastern and there is a main line return for the Loch Rannoch name.

News special: Hanson Class 56/3s - Top quality colour images celebrating the new Colas Rail/Freight Europe Imminghama€Midlands steel flow that started with double-headed a€~Gridsa€

Time traveller - Twenty years ago there was tragedy as faulty wiring led to three trains colliding near Clapham Jn. The news from 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 years ago.

Reviews - A bumper selection of new books and DVDs covering the diesel era are featured. Our lead review looks at a great new publication on the a€~Delticsa€ .

Retrospectrum: BR Research - The small fleet of ex-revenue locomotives dedicated to departmental and research services are covered in the latest of our popular livery guides.

Nostalgia: a€~Deltica€ delights - Do you remember the EE Type 5 locos in their prime? Top quality black and white photography recalls the first years of ECML a€~Deltica€ operation.

Railtours - Our columnist reports from a tour that took at Class 40 back to the ECML. Plus, did you know that it was ten years since the first Class 66 railtour?

Preservation - Class 50 Indomitable is reunited with its power unit at Old Oak Common. The Devon Diesel Group launches an appeal for sister locomotive Superb.

Mess room - Our cartoonist comments on the a€~Wild Westa€ of Scotland. The last Series 0 a€~bulleta€ train runs in Japan, and humorous happenings from the last month.

Traction & Rolling Stock - Mostly out of use since their return from Europe, EWS has found more infrastructure work for the Class 58sa€Ã