Railways Illustrated Railway Magazine
- Railways Illustrated August 2009
- In This Issue
- Front Cover Image - D1015 Western Champion passes Craig Farm on the last leg of its trip to Kyle of Lochalsh on June 20 - Fishbones Glover
- The BIG NEWS this August:
- 14 Class 395 Javelins enter passenger traffic
- 16 First GBRf acquires Network Rail's three Class 73s
- 20 DRS Class 20s head for store at Eastleigh
- 23 Yarmouth 'drags' now worked by DRS Class 47s
- 26 Long Marston Open Weekend in pictures
- 33 50017 Royal Oak sold for preservation
- 38 Restoration plan for NRM's Class 502
- Features:
- 8 Chasing Class 37s in 1999 - Steve Gandy recalls chasing Class 37s on passenger trains a decade ago
- 30 The Railways Illustrated Interview - RI talks to the Diesel Traction Group about the challenges it faces
- 44 A Lost Line From Lenwade - A new series looking at lost lines examines the line from Aylsham to Lenwade in Norfolk, as it is today and as it was in the 1970s
- 64 Cole-ity at Coleford - Britain's shortest steam railway is at Coleford, as David Staines explains
- 68 Unseen Eastleigh - There were a few other visitors to Eastleigh Works before and after the open weekend event, as Marcus Betts shows
- 70 Next Stop Please! - Classic Trains looks at the shortest trips by loco-hauled trains
- 80 Cool Colas - Paul Shannon looks at the rise of new freight operator Colas Rail
- Regulars:
- 4 Welcome
- 6 First Thoughts
- 14 News
- 33 Heritage News
- 40 Charter News
- 42 Photo Awards
- 48 Industrial News
- 50 News Pictorial
- 58 Steam News
- 66 Steam Pictorial
- 74 International News
- 78 Irish news
- 82 Reviews
- 86 Railwayana
- 91 The Railways Illustrated Diary
- 94 Away From The Rails
- 96 In The Stores
- 98 Next Issue
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