News
Great North Western Railway seeks to run new services from Yorkshire and North West; six a€~Thunderbirdsa€ handed over to Network Rail.

16 Retrospectrum a€ Anglia Railways
The history is recalled of this operator with the turquoise (except it was green!) livery. Full list of locos so painted.

22 Speedlink Casualties
Another traffic which bit the dust when Speedlink ceased was the ball clay from Cornwall. We take a look at these workings with details of wagons used.

26 Time Traveller
It is half a century since the Metropolitan electric locomotives were withdrawn a€" plus all the news from 10 to 50 years ago.

30 Preservation
John Kennedy sells his West Somerset Railway based Class 25 No. D7523 and two shunters to the Epping & Ongar Railway.

36 Railtours
Ita€ s not been a good month for railtourers with several outings cancelled; tough luck for those who booked national rail tickets in advance.

40 Travellera€ s Check
In the third of a series, this is what to see and where to go if you fancy going to the Czech Republic a€" where most traffic is loco-hauled.

46 Traction & Rolling Stock
Status details of DRSa€ recently bought Class 37/4s and top coverage of loco movements, shunter developments, DMU/EMU, coach and Irish news.

Rail Express Modeller

vV Comment: Time to up our game?
Railway modellers have never been ones for dioramas, despite their huge popularity with those modelling other disciplines. Gareth Bayer suggests that it is time for a change.

VII Newsdesk: Latest developments
Dapol shows off its stunning looking final painted samples of the Network Rail yellow MRA side-tippler set. Plus Bachmann presents the first look at its new Class 419 MLV.

VIII Reviews: Latest from Graham Farish
There are two big new releases from Bachmann in a€~Na€ gauge this month with the two and three-car Met-Camm DMUs and the Metalair PCA cement wagon both being covered.

X Review: Bachmann latest
New locomotives from Bachmann include an early BR blue Class 47, weathered Class 03 and a DCC sound Freightliner GM. We also illustrate the latest run of the Mk. 1 TPO vehicle.

XI Review: Kernow Class 37/9s
The latest tooling variation on Bachmanna€ s Class 37 covers the Ruston-powered Class 38 testbeds that have been produced for Kernow Model Rail Centre. Our review is here.

XI Exhibition diary
Our listing of Octobera€ s events with significant diesel and electric era layout exhibits. The main show is the Manchester MRS Exhibition over the first weekend of the month.

XII Review: Bachmann BAA
The steel wagon fleet has been ignored by manufacturers over the years, which makes the new BAA coil wagon a real boost for modellers. Read on for our opinion.

XIV Review: New wagons from Hornby
We take a look at two brand new 1950s onwards freight vehicles from Hornby in the form of the two-axle 27-ton ironstone tippler and the standard BR 20-ton brake van.

XV Review: Bachmann BAA
The steel wagon fleet has been ignored by manufacturers over the years, which makes the new BAA coil wagon a real boost for modellers. Read on for our opinion.

XVII Review: JLTRT Class 08
Sure to be a locomotive that will inspire a new generation of D&E era a€~Oa€ gauge layouts, Brian Daniels reviews Just Like The Real Thinga€ s easy-to-build Class 08 shunter.

XVIII Research: Railhead Treatment Trains
Just in time for the autumn leaf fall season, REM takes a look at modelling watercannon and Sandite trains through the years, including our useful train formation guides.

XXIII Full Frame: NR Class 97/3
Despite having been around for a couple of years, Network Raila€ s Class 97/3s still create a lot of interest wherever they go. John Beckett details 97303 with ERTMS equipment.

XXVII Serial: Elcot Road #9
The ninth edition of the Elcot Road saga continues with the track-building theme, and takes a closer look at operating the points, which are controlled using Tortoise motors.