News - Top stories this month include: Corus announces cut-backs which may well affect Thornaby depot (p.4); Porterbrook decides to repaint Deltic D9016 out of purple (p.5); Class 170 Turbo re-livened to mark ten years of Robin Hood Line (p.6); Serco & Netherlands Railways wins 25-year Merseyrail franchise (p.11) plus much more...
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Mess room - Lighten up from the deadly serious business of railways with this page!
Raittours - Clashing railtours continue - why are they still happening?
Traction & Rolling Stock - RE has the most comprehensive modern traction coverage comprising 16 pages of traction news. Power by the hour (p.18), Power scene (p.20),
Shed talk (p.20), Spectrum (p.22), CLassified information (p.24), Name game (p.25), Grim reaper (p.26), Shunter spot (p.27), Unitary authority (p.32), Irish (p.34) and Wagons (p.35).
Time traveller - Railway headlines from this month 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago.
Simply the best! - A four-page pictorial feature of the superb North Yorkshire Moors Railways Diesel Gala which beat alL records with no less than 11 diesels in action!
High noon for High Marnham - story and images of the decline of the Nottinghamshire freight-only line.
Preservation - Southern Electric Group plans EMU museum at West Worthing depot.
Modern modelling - News including the announcement of the new 00 gauge ready-to-run PCV and REs next Limited edition modeL The EM gauge layout Calcutta Sidings appearing at the RE-sponsored DEMU Showcase is featured (p.52) and, on Mostyn, a DMU building chalLenge is laid down (p.57).