Feature Articles
Spotlight on LU’s Battery Locomotives
19 January 2012
London Underground relies heavily on the odd-looking, diminutive battery locos used in pairs for its enginering work.
Rail-Blue Charters hits the buffers
17 November 2011.
Cargo-D collapse causes Rail-Blue Charters to cease trading.
NRM’s ‘Deltic’ returns to action – now set for main line service
20 October 2011.
A main line return is planned for No. 55002, the restoring group has set up a dedicated fund for this purpose.
August railtours beset by problems
15 September 2011.
Charter train participants and promoters suffer disappointment as several tours fail to run for several reasons.
It’s time for a PEP talk
18 August 2011.
The future shape of the British Rail suburban electric multiple unit fleet arrived 40 years ago in the form of the prototype PEP units. Simon Bendall tells the story of the three units that would influence a generation of EMUs, both on the Southern Region and beyond.
Go west, young man – for diesels!
21 July 2011.
THERE are certain heritage railways renowned for their diesel operation as opposed to merely tolerating them – and the West Somerset Railway is there among the best. While the public in general may prefer steam, many enthusiasts follow diesel traction and the WSR actively encourages diesel traction.
More ‘Teddy Bear’ Type 1s on the Move
19 May 2011.
Another Class 14 heads for Yorkshire as the Boden fleet leaves the NVR.
The great survivor: Amtrak celebrates 40 years service
21 April 2011.
Controversially created in 1971 from the tattered remnants of America’s once glorious long-distance passenger rail network, Amtrak, the brand of the National Passenger Rail Corporation, is still going strong despite four decades of often hostile government, awkward freight railroads and growing competition from air travel. In the first of two parts, Gareth Bayer looks at the reasons behind the creation of the system and takes the story up to the start of the Clinton era in the 1990s.
Wrexham & Shropshire: Second to none
17 March 2011.
Loved by its passengers, sadly it just couldn’t entice enough of them to travel. January saw Deutsche Bahn cease its Wrexham & Shropshire open access operation after less than three years of service. Mark Darby was on hand to record the major milestones of the short-lived company and provides a selection of his favourite shots here.
Scotland’s railways set for expansion
17 February 2011.
RAIL EXPRESS kicks off a brand new occasional series investigating the UK’s passenger rail network with a two-part guide to the First ScotRail franchise.
Current Issue: March 2012
• Baby Deltic project setback
• Derailed 90046 stops WCML
• ‘Super Tug’ 60074 stays in blue
• DBS repaints Teenage Spirit in its unique colour scheme
• 30 years of the Mk.3 Sleepers
• Waste trains to Markham Vale
• Inside 32-page modelling magazine
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: 15 March 2012
