Railways Illustrated Railway Magazine
- Railways Illustrated September 2009
- In This Issue
- Front Cover Image - Freightliner's brand new Class 70 gets ready for testing - Freightliner
- The BIG NEWS this September:
- 12 National Express to relinquish ECML
- 13 Virgin releases Charter MK3 rake
- 17 First GB Railfreight celebrates 10 years
- 20 Electrification planned for Swansea and Bristol
- 22 DB Schenker unveils repainted Class 37
- 28 Moors adds Class 26 and 37/9 to gala roster
- 60 A Class 20 returns to Mallaig
- Features:
- 8 How BR shaped its diesel fleet - David Clough looks at how BR rationalised its diesel fleet in the 1960s
- 24 Vanishing Liveries - Evan Green-Hughes rounds up the liveries that will soon be history
- 34 Got it Swift covered? - The RI interview talks to Jerry Swift from Network Rail
- 37 Spotlight on an Inverness 26 - Restoration of 26043 is close to completion at Toddington
- 41 Diesel be the days - The history of the early diesel pioneers 10000/001
- 50 Bordering on the incredible - National Treasures heads to Berwick-on-Tweed
- 68 Strath yourself in for a ride - The Strathspey Railway's extension to Grantown explained
- 80 Uttoxeter races - When Class 20s took over the Derby-Crewe line 20 years ago
- Regulars:
- 6 First Thoughts
- 12 News
- 28 Heritage News
- 48 Industrial News
- 52 News Pictorial
- 58 Photo Awards
- 60 Charter News
- 63 Steam News
- 70 Steam Pictorial
- 74 International News
- 78 Irish news
- 84 Reviews
- 86 Letters
- 88 Railwayana
- 90 The Railways Illustrated Diary
- 94 Away From The Rails
- 96 In The Stores
- 98 Next Issue
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