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Issue No. 280 September 2019                                                                                                             CONTENTS
























































          ‘WARSHIP’ IN KENT: The Spa ValleyRailway’s diesel gala on August 2-4 included visiting diesel-hydraulic No. 821 Greyhound,which is quite possiblythe first of the class
          to visit Kent (unless anyreader knows differently?), but certainlythe first to run on the Spa Valley. The Type 4ispictured passing ForgeFarm with the 17.00 EridgetoTunbridge
          Wells on the first day. The oast houses in the background provide proof it is in Kent. PhilBarnes.

            FEATURES                                               NEWS                                                                                       FROM ONLY

            14    WHEN SATURDAY CAME                               7     HEADLINE NEWS                                                                      £21.50
                  Looking back to the heyday of diesel-hauled            Government makes commitment to regions;
                  holidaytrainstoPaignton and Torbay.                    DRSopen dayraises £10,000; Morefreight from
                                                                         Felixstowe;Leeds gets high speed rail research
            22    INSIDE THE NOC                                         centre; Steam legends help launch Scottish
                  Network Rail’s National Operations Centrein            ‘Azumas’; ‘Deltic’ repairs to begin; ‘Ironing board’  NEVER MISS AN ISSUE...
                  Milton Keynes –what is it and what does it do?         seats fail newcomfort standards; GWR prepares     SU SCRIBE TODAY –PAGE12
                                                                         for‘biggest timetable changesince 1970s’; NR
            26    0-60: CLASS 331                                        launches track worker safety taskforce.
                  The CAF-built EMUs arenew to Northern, but
                  howdotheyrate performance-wise?                  71    LU WORLD
                                                                         Private sale for‘Green’ 1986 Stock.
            28    THEN &NOW:DONCASTER
                  Alook at the station in the 1970s and now.       72    RAILTOURS
                                                                         Charity tour to coverDartmouth lines.
            REGULARS                                               74    PRESERVATION

            12    SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS                                    Second French ‘Chopper’ scrapped;Mangapps
                  The best waystoget Rail Express every month.           celebrates 30 years; ‘Bubble Car’ returnsto
                                                                         Swanage; G-WR ‘Hoover’ first; VintageTrains hires
            29    TIME TRAVELLER                                         Class 20; Newengine block forearly‘37’.
                  Headlines from Septembers past.
                                                                   78    POWER BY THE HOUR
            30    REVIEWS                                                LNER stands down Class 91; Class 70 trialled on
                  Aselectionofnew railway books.                         stone train; Final GBRf ‘92’ outshopped.

            31    EXPRESS MAILBAG                                  80    POWERSCENE
                  Gala gripes; Youngest reader; Police and tram.         Notable workings, Name Game, and Spectrum.

                                                                   88    UNITS
            MODELLING                                                    Northern ‘144s’ to be retained into 2020.

            Heljanhasannouncedit
            isretoolingits‘OO’gauge                                93    SHUNTERS
            Class47toproduceanew                                         Twomove to Avon ValleyRailway.
            model,whileothersare                                   94    COACHES
            launchingamixofwagons
            includingchinaclayand                                        Stored ArrivaMk.3s go forscrap.                 Part of the remitofNetwork Rail’s National Operations
                                                                                                                         Centreistooversee railtours to makesurethey
            timbertypes.Wethen                                     95    WAGONS                                          do not interferewithregular services. On June 29,
            showhowtoproducesteel                                        Newfleet of stone wagons ordered.                Nos. 37218+37059 powerPathfinder’s ‘Mazey Day
            stripcoilsinaweekend                                                                                         Cornishman’ at Powderham, Devon, while heading
            modellingjob,beforereviewingHornby’s                   96    IRISH ANGLE                                     the 1Z80/05.39 Tame Bridge Parkway to Penzance.
            ‘Castle’classHSTpowercarsandmore.                            Intensiveservice forPortrush Open golf.         Stephen Ginn
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