Railways Illustrated Railway Magazine
- Railways Illustrated December 2008
- In This Issue
- Front Cover Image - Classic BR blue as 40125 heads south through Garsdale with a mixed freight on April 15 1981 - Les Nixon
- The BIG NEWS this December:
- 14 Stunning 56097 makes preservation debut
- 21 Class 87 makes Bulgarian tour debut
- 22 Class 50s return to the main line
- 22 Clayton D8568 to visit Old Oak Common
- 28 Three April Scottish landcruises planned
- 29 Class 52 to head to Kyle
- 38 Bo'ness new home for 37403 and 37413
- 96 West Coast's 47786 back to use
- Features:
- 6 UP THE BLUES - A Class by Class history of BR blue livery
- 33 EDS HE WINS - Ed Ellis of Iowa Pacifics EXCLUSIVELY talks on the record
- 36 SECLUDED IN DENT - National Treasures visits Dent station cottage
- 44 PACE SETTERS - Part two of the Pacer replacement trains in the North East
- 70 40 YEARS APART - BR's last steam train 1968, and its 2008 copy
- 72 LUBECK 'BUNNEY' FAREWELL - The end of 218s on Hamburg-Lubeck trains
- 80 THE 'NEW' O1s - A breakdown of the industrial Class O1s shunters
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