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

HEADLINE NEWS

Class 47s and 69s stored while GBRf buys Beacon Class 60s • The post-New Year slowdown has seen a cull of its non-Class 66 freight and rail services fleet, while the operator has re-acquired the ten Brush Type 5s from Beacon Rail.

More ‘Auroras’ enter service • Third Class 810 diagram is introduced on Midland Main Line

Mk.3b to be rebuilt to First Class specification • Former Arriva Trains Wales TSO to revert to its former FO configuration

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

Swietelsky wins Humber contract • A freshly-overhauled Class 08 will be provided at the Phillips 66 refinery under a new agreement

HST power cars unveiled in new colours • Repaints kick off 50 years of HST celebrations

A baby ‘Baby Deltic’ for EFE Rail

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‘Red Death’ from Bachmann • Tooled from the rails up, Bachmann’s new Class 66 model looks the part. How much has it been improved over the previous model?

Testing the Hornby TXS Class 37

Impressive ‘OO’ ‘Prestwins’ • Diagram 277 ‘Prestwin’ wagons with 12ft. underframes and the lower tank body are the latest BR wagons to emerge from Clark Railworks. As we discovered in our review, they are modelled and finished to the highest standard.

Classic BR china clay wagons • Model BR china clay traffic in 4mm scale with the new, highly detailed Diagram 1/051 13t five-plank china clay wagons from Accurascale

Make your own lineside cabinets • What do you do with offcuts and waste styrene strip? Use it to build lineside details! This article looks at how to model a common style of lineside cabinet or LOC in ‘OO’ gauge layouts.

Bulk coal pioneer in ‘OO’ • The ground breaking NER 20t coal hopper wagon is modelled by Accurascale in numerous forms. A pack of three NCB internal user wagons is given a thorough appraisal.

Loco hauled around Cleethorpes • ANDY FLOWERS looks a nostalgic look at the heyday of loco hauled workings around Cleethorpes area – an area often viewed by enthusiasts as unglamorous and off the beaten track.

Network Rail looks towards Osprey fleet replacement • With the existing roster of YKA wagons having been built between 1950 and 1961, the process of contracting for the next generation of track panel carriers has now commenced.

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

‘Old kid on the Block’ enters Modern Traction Tour Market • It’s good news for railtourers as the oldest steam charter operator enters the diesel market.

Rolling introduction of new trains outlined over the next three years

Cravens heritage unit passes initial tests ahead of restoration work