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Issue 276 OUT NOW!
The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.
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RAIL EXPRESS APRIL 2019
Issue 275 OUT NOW! Network Rail to devolve into regions (again!), Thunderer back on railtour duties, and GWR to host an open day at Long Rock depot. The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling. If you’d like to read this edition of RE, then you can download…
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Rail Express March 2019
‘50’ sold to Great Central Railway! Ceremony honours Sir Bill! The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.
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FEBRUARY 2019
FEATURES A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTUREUsing virtual reality to train rail engineers. MANCHESTER VICTORIA 175The station celebrates a major milestone. WESTERN DIESELS60 years of change on the Western Region. 0-60: CLASS 444Third rail but second rate? THEN & NOW: MILTON KEYNES Spot the difference over 10 years. REGULARS SUBSCRIPTION OFFERSThe best ways to get Rail…
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JANUARY 2019
FEATURES CALLING AT DERBYA railwayman’s view on the recent station remodelling and upgrade. GAS GIANTSA look at the distinctive former BOC, which are reviewed in model form on page M26. 0-60: CLASS 321It is back to East Anglia to test out these ex-British Rail workhorses. FATE OR COINCIDENCE?The bizarre story of No. 47299’s fatal crash.…
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July 2018
FEATURES THE FINAL EAST COAST PULLMANS A look back 40 years to when the final Pullman trains ran from King’s Cross to Harrogate and Hull. EXPERIMENTS IN ‘BUSTITUTION’ Railbuses introduced in the late 1950s to help keep lines open had all gone within 10 years, along with the lines they were meant to save. 0-60:…
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June 2018
FEATURES 12 FYLDE ELECTRIFICATION Blackpool North reopens after five-month electrification and upgrade programme. 13 WHEN SATURDAY CAME… The glory days of holiday trains to Blackpool. 20 ‘HOOVERS’ CONQUER CUMBRIA Our April tour that took two ‘50s’ to Carlisle. 24 ‘50s’ at WORKINGTON The proof that they worked there in BR days. 27 A MOMENT IN…
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May 2018
NEWS HEADLINE NEWS New West of England franchise proposed; SVR offers chance to drive a ‘66’ and ‘73’; Cancellation of electrification review; First Class 800/2 arrives; GA’s new Brantham depot put on hold; Backing promised for new routes and stations; CAF factory milestone; New West Coast franchise to start in 2019; North Wales signalling upgrade.…
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April 2018
FEATURES 14 THE D200 STORY Charting 60 years of the pioneer Class 40. 18 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN A round-up of the other preserved ‘40s’. 19 CLASS 40 POSTER POSER Can you solve this 1970s riddle? 22 ON SHED PART 3 Looking at purpose-built facilities in the Midlands, North England and Scotland. 28 0-60: CLASS 800…
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March 2018
[su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: March 2018 Next issue: April 2018 – On sale: March 13[/su_note] FEATURES TWO ZULU ZERO TWO Life aboard the former Class 121 video survey unit Pandora by one of its technical crew. LOADS OF RUBBISH An in-depth look at the locations, locos…
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