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

New Class 69 livery variant marks EMD-GBRf relationship

New HNRC Swietelsky livery emerges

Lineside signs to mark Stockton & Darlington bicentenary

56301 sold to DC Rail as Colas stores two more Class 56s • Now back in traffic, the Class 56 Group has been able to complete the transfer of their main line registered locomotive to DC Rail.

Final ‘720’ and ‘805’ deliveries take place • Last units are released from Derby and Newton Aycliffe.

Debut passenger outing for ERS Mk.2 set • A new addition to the charter train market.

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

WLA launches D1048 loco appeal • Funds required for repairs to Western Lady.

Quadruple switch for Freightliner 08s • A flurry of movements has seen more than half of the company’s shunter fleet change their location.

Portbury-Margam KEA conversions stored after two weeks • Steel carriers modified from box wagons for a new Tata Steel imported slab flow were not a success and have been taken out of service.

Reliveried GM 201 Class locomotive re-enters revenue earning service

Railway 200 celebration models revealed

Electrostars are a GO!

1980s ‘Skinhead’ Class 31 • The second tranche of the Accurascale Class 31 includes a ‘skinhead’ which had a long and interesting history.

Authentic sounds for the Hornby ‘Gronk’

Yorkshire shunting power in ‘O’ from Heljan • The Yorkshire Engine Co. Class 02 is the perfect entry level locomotive for ‘O’ gauge.

Diagram 1/108 and 1/109 16t mineral wagons in ‘OO’ • Deceptively simple models conceal a high level of technical specification.

‘Warships’ in ‘N’ • NBL D600 ‘Warship’ Class locomotives make unlikely candidates for an ‘N’ gauge model.

Modelling with High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) • One of the most versatile modelling materials is styrene sheet and strip. It has been the mainstay of modelling for decades, but is it losing its appeal?

The Adelante fleet: 25 years on • It is 25 years since the first Class 180 emerged from GEC Alsthom’s Washwood Heath factory. David Russell tells the story of the ‘Adelante’ fleet, which has had a rather chequered history

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

The demise of DP2 • Fraser Pithie recalls the fatal railway accident in July 1967 on the East Coast Main Line, at Thirsk, North Yorkshire, which involved prototype DP2, the forerunner of the Class 50s.

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