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News Department for Transport starts franchise renewal process with East Coast Main Line; a€~Crusheda€ Class 455 totally rebuilt at Wolverton Works. 14 The Greater Good Present incumbent which operates the Greater Anglia franchise is Abellio; This is the story of the successive operators of East of England services. 22 Retro-Railfreight: Rock on Rail The movement of rock salt was part of the daily rail scene for decades. David Ratcliffe takes a look at how the traffic developed. 26 Railtours David Russell braved a wintera€ s day to sample the first railtour duty of a Class 70 in three years a€ duly diverted because of snow on the rails. 28 LU World Victoria Line trains are now running every 95 seconds in the peak, thanks to completion of a multi-million pound upgrade investment Rail Express Modeller News, authoritative reviews of recently issued models and modelling expertise is all here in a 40-page magazine. 33 Preservation The Weardale Railway is ditching normal public services and instead concentrating on themed specials and its successful Polar Express trains. 36 Power by the Hour West Coast Railways has received its four newly purchased Class 57/3s and has immediately put two of them to use. 38 Powerscene The most comprehensive roundup of all the traction news from the month, supplemented with top imagery. 50 Shunter Spot Knottingley takes delivery of a Class 08 for its trip duty to Milford Sidings and Harry Needle continues to dispose of more shunters. 51 Coach Compartment Several Mk.2s owned by Direct Rail Services are being outshopped from Eastleigh Works for use on the Cumbrian Coast service. 52 Wagons Roll For the first time, Rail Express provides a full fleet run-down of all the wagons used in the burgeoning biomass traffic. 54 Irish Angle Ita€ s good news for the IR Railfreight business as container traffic returns to Waterford-Ballina route after an eight-month break. 56 Unitary Authority The last two 4-VOPS leave third rail territory heading to Barrow Hill to provide components for the Brighton Belle project.
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