Rail Express

Rail Express January 2009
No.152 - New Larger Format
In This Issue
Front Cover Image - Displaying its new Ocean Blue livery, 57314 stands at Chester on December 8th - Mark Riley
News
Going loco!: Locos and coaches back in favour with Arriva, ScotRail & First Great Western. Inside the January issue:
Recession starts to bite as the freight companies see reduced tonnages. Jobs at risk at EWS and Washwood Heath Yard closes. DfT reveals new Thameslink EMU fleet specification and speeds the procurement of 200 new DMU vehicles. Arriva Trains Wales begins running its new loco-hauled service sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government.
Feature
Retrospectrum returns with a detailed look at the liveries carried by Research Department locomotives, complete with a history, full locomotive livery listing and some stunning images. Remember Experiment and Ixion?
Pictorial
To coincide with the publication of the new Irwell Press book on Class 55s with have a special monochrome spread of superb 'Deltic' action from the 1960s. Pure nostalgia!
Centre RAIL EXPRESS Modeller
Columns
Your favourite January reading - Railtours, Traction & Rolling Stock, Unitary Authority, Irish Angle, etc.
58 Pages + 24 Page Modelling Section, 9¾" x 12½", 350g.