Rail Express
- Rail Express June 2008
- No.145
- In This Issue
- Front Cover Image - No.66411 Eddie the Engine powers through Cartengill on May 2nd, 2007 with the northbound 4S43 'Tesco Express' service.
- News
- Second 'Tesco Express' service to start as Scottish intermodal flows win grant aid. Grand Central is in meltdown as its power cars fall by the wayside. Old Oak Common depot is to close as Crossrail development is planned. Doncaster Crimpsall is demolished to make way for houses. New 'Pendolinos' are to be built in Italy. Fastline Freight starts coal operations, but with FirstGBRf traction and stock.
- Wrexham & Shropshire launched
- RAIL EXPRESS reports from the launch day. There is also a retrospective on the much loved London depot at Old Oak Common, with the news that EWS will be shutting the facility down.
- Centre RAIL EXPRESS Modeller
- Nick Gurney's outstanding Holland Park container terminal layout is the star feature of this issue. In news, there are announcements for a Class 205 'Thumper' DEMU and Class 14 'Teddy Bear' Type 1 in 4mm scale, while the mini-modelling magazine also includes ordering details for our latest special and limited edition models of Railfreight Metals 37507 and Teenage Cancer Trust Class 60 60074.
- Columns
- Your favourite monthly reading - Railtours, Traction & Rolling Stock, Unitary Authority, Irish Angle, complete with superb supporting photography. Hanson Traction's 56311 (56057) makes a return to the main line, while EWS starts work on 37670, only to abandon its planned reactivation.
- 58 Pages + 24 Page Modelling Section, 11¾" x 8¼", 270g.
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