Rail Express

RAIL EXPRESS is Britain's favourite modern rail enthusiast title. Undoubtedly the best for modern traction photography, the magazine keeps readers informed and entertained with undiluted coverage of Britain's railways in the diesel and electric era. First produced in 1996, RE has set a new standard for the hobby, with a clean design, high quality paper and the best reproduction. January 2008 saw the magazine relaunched in an innovative 'supersize' format, showing off the ground-breaking contents to the best advantage. Every issue includes news and analysis covering the present day railway scene, plus the latest preservation developments. Also inside: RAIL EXPRESS Modeler - Diesel & Electric era modeling magazine

Rail Express

Arriva bids for a Newcastle-Brighton open access service

Sander faults revealed in Talerddig crash

LNER to celebrate with ‘225 day’

‘Short’ closure as box section is slid into place under busy A46

Romic purchases two Class 20s as more power cars exported • Michael Owen’s fleet of English Electric Type 1s is reduced to three as Romic Group acquires its first non-HST locomotives, while Mexico’s second batch of Class 43s has now sailed from Great Yarmouth.

More TfW Rail Class 153s stopped • Welsh Class 153 fleet is reduced to 13 sets.

Sliding window ‘air cons’ for Jacobite train • Modified Mk.2f TSOs head to Fort William.

Powerscene • Our authoritative class-by-class review of newsworthy locomotive workings.

Class 26 prevented from leaving Llangollen • Weight restriction on bridge blocks movements from and to the Llangollen Railway.

Diesel gala pictorial

Swietelsky reduces its shunter fleet • Decisions made regarding some of the Class 08s and industrials acquired with HNRC.

Last batch of VTG/Mendip HOA hoppers delivered • The iconic Foster Yeoman brand has been almost eradicated from Britain’s railway network with the arrival of the final group of new HOAs and the resulting scrapping of the big ‘Y’-branded JHAs.

Deltics and bubble cars for ‘TT:120’

Hornby expands its ‘TT:120’ range

Golden ochre, Railfreight and Fragonset Class 31s

FLIRT-ing in ‘OO’ gauge • Has the brand-new ‘OO’ gauge Class 755 ‘FLIRT’ become Hornby’s latest flagship D&E model?

Class 02 0-4-0DH in ‘OO’ • Yorkshire shunting power arrives in ‘OO’ gauge.

Steel on steel with Revolution’s IHA-F

CIÉ H Vans and grain wagons • Irish Railway Models adds to its Bulleid’s standard triangulated chassis wagon range with two brand-new models, and there are more to come.

Modelling structures with styrene sheet • In the second part of a mini-series on styrene card, the essential techniques used for structure modelling are explained.

Rising to the challenges • The Severn Valley Railway has faced some challenging times since the Covid Pandemic. Chris Milner talks to managing director Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster about how this popular heritage railway has handled them, and how it is facing the future.

TIME TRAVELLER • Steven Knight takes the time machine into the archives

The way we were • Rail Express delves into the archives to take a nostalgic look at railways of the 1950s and 60s, as part of an ongoing series in connection with Rail 200 which marks the 200th anniversary of the first rail passenger service.

‘Statesman’ luxury train re-enters service in September • The Crewe-based luxury train aims for a late summer re-introduction after refit.

Four preserved locomotives to be transferred to a new home

Tyne & Wear fire training 83 TS car scrapped