1 Cover

3 Welcome

4 Contents

68 Steam & Heritage
Somerset & Dorset '7Fs' reunited at West Somerset; Slieve Gullion overhaul put on hold; 'S160' back in business; six West Somerset trustees asked to step down.

74 Industrial Steam

76 Steam Portfolio

78 Classic Traction
'Deltic' to star at Epping Ongar; rare workings at AVR gala; East Anglian Class 306 for main line?

83 Traction & Stock
Launch of Gat Ex Class 387/2s; crack grounds Heathrow Express fleet; Rail Operations Group increases fleet.

86 Stock Update

89 Traction Portfolio

90 World

95 Narrow Gauge
Talyllyn appoints new GM; new Bagnall enters service in Scarborough; steam at Bromyard.

98 Network
Ordsall Chord work underway; flooding affects WCML again; landslip hits Lewes to Eastbourne line.

100 Railtours

102 Metro

104 Freight

106 Operations
Our round-up of news from the train and freight operating companies.

14 Multiple Aspects
With Lord Berkeley.

14 Railways in Parliament

46 Readers' Platform
Your thoughts and opinions on the topics that matter to you.

48 Reviews
The latest crop of railway books under the spotlight.

50 Subscription Offer
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60 Panorama
Our monthly gallery of the best railway images.

65 100 years ago
What The RM was reporting 20, 50 and 100 years ago.

112 & 114 Heritage Diary
Opening times of steam centres and heritage railways.

116 Meetings
Details of railway society meetings near you.

122 Prize Crossword and Where Is It?

16 Promises, Promises
For this month's Practice & Performance John Heaton examines some of Britain's fastest trains, all of which have an impressive start-stop speed in excess of 100mph.

24 Rails to Gunnislake
Mike Fenton takes a trip along Devon's picturesque Tamar Valley route from Plymouth to Gunnislake and looks at the plans to extend the line northwards to Tavistock.

30 Rail Story at Ingrow
The latest addition to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is all about education and interpretation. Chris Milner explains more about this special Bahamas Locomotive Society project.

36 How CIÃ remembered the Easter Rising
As Ireland marks the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, Gary Boyd-Hope looks at the 15 stations across the network that CIÃ named after the Rising's leaders back in April 1966.

52 Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
Cliff Thomas heads to North Devon to find out more about the ambitious plans to extend the 2ft-gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Railway south to Blackmoor Gate and beyond.

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