Rail Express
- Rail Express May 2009
- No.156
- In This Issue
- Front Cover Image - Things are looking beleaguered fro DB Schenker's Class 37 fleet! No.s 37401 & 37670 St. Blazey T&RS Depot lead the Oban to Fort William leg of Pathfinder's 'Easter Highlander' special through Iverhaggernie on April 12th. - Carl Grocott
- 4 News
- High Speed 2 could be four-track, Eurostars set to get new livery and Fastline Freight throws in the towel on intermodal operation.
- 14 News In Pictures
- DBS red 66152 works the first through train from London to Swanage for 37 years, it is farewell to the 'Quids' and 37401 returns to traffic
- 18 Reviews
- Our main review looks at a history of the idiosyncratic Burry Port & Gwendreath line in South Wales, once home to triple Class 03 power!
- 20 Retrospectrum: RfD European
- Railfreight Distribution's Europeanised colour scheme, adopted for the opening of the Channel Tunnel, is the subject of this definitive guide.
- 28 Railtours
- Flamboyant aims for the 'bucket and spade' brigade with its line up of new tours with seaside destinations. Plus full railtour listings
- 30 Pictorial: The French Connection
- We illustrate the latest developments in Freight Europe's steel trials, which have seen Colas Rail, Hanson Traction & Europorte 2 Traction!
- Centre RAIL EXPRESS Modeller
- ViTrains' new Class 47 gets the detail treatment as two locomotives are upgraded and given RfD European livery
- 32 Preservation
- The Bluebell Railway sees its first diesel-hauled passenger service, while 'Grid' 56040 Oystermouth makes its official preservation debut
- 34 Time Traveller
- Twenty years ago the Settle & Carlisle was reprieved! Plus the railway, current affairs and music news from 10, 20, 30, 40 & 50 years ago.
- 36 Mess Room
- A diesel day on the bluebell Railway.. yes, it's an April Fool! Transport Minister Lord Adonis sets out on an all-line rail rover tour of the UK
- 38 Traction & Rolling Stock
- DB Schenker rushes to return Class 37 locomotives to action, but the Brush Type 5 fleet is slashed to just ten operational examples
- 58 Pages + 24 Page Modelling Section, 11¾" x 8¼", 350g.
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