Features:
'Electra' Emerges - Versatile traction for high-speed service on East and West Coast Main Lines
News and Notes - Kidderminster wins Heritage Award; Faster trains on ECML; InterCity "73 "s renumbered; Lines reopen/or coal; Cardiff gains steam collection; Toddington stock for sale
Road to the Isles - Dr W. A. Shannon muses on the way that the foreshore scenery of the West Highland line at Mallaig has changed
Riding the North Eastern TPOs - P. W. B. Semmens experiences one of the current Travelling Post Offices, in preparation for this month's 150th anniversary of those trains
Locomotive Practice and Performance - P. W. B. Semmens "Sprints" round Scotland during a week's tour by a class "156" diesel multiple-unit
Rails Return to South Tyne Valley - Dr. Tom Bell reviews the achievements and ambitions of South Tynedale RPS
New Approaches to North London Termini - Plans for comprehensive redevelopment of extensive site behind Kings Cross and St. Pancras
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Traffic & Traction
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Front cover - Locomotive 47 466 passes through Dawlish, along the South Devon coast, on Good Friday, April 20, 1984, heading the 09.36 Leeds-Plymouth extra.