In Issue:

HEADLINE NEWS
ScotRail to be Nationalised; Coventry VLR progress; First ‘91’ heads for scrap; Stourbridge branch relaid; Cardiff seeks rail expansion;First additional cars for NIR units arrive; Rare ‘Chopper’ passenger working; WH Davis to build ‘MegaBox’ wagons; Main Line Class 484 testing starts; Major infrastructure projects take shape at King’s Cross and Barking Riverside.

POWER BY THE HOUR
GBRf ‘66’ gets retro look; Hanson & Hall hires HST power cars; Class 69s on the move.

UNITS
GWR aims for 2021 ‘Flex’ introduction.

COACHES
Mk.4s head off for scrapping in Newport.

WAGONS
Intermodal order indicates bright future.

SHUNTERS
Big month for RSS fleet moves.

LU WORLD SPECIAL
All change at the LT Museum.

RAILTOURS
BLS to take ‘50s’ to Margate.

PRESERVATION
Wensleydale fleet reduced; HST coaches for AFRPS and Colne Valley; ‘Whistler’ due for LSL tours; ELR ‘Thumper’ moves to

IRISH ANGLE
Grant for Galway area; rare outing for Bell container and 201 Class loco.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
A look back to Tinsley open day in 1996, which was our launch event but turned out to be the depot’s last.

25 YEARS OF CHANGE
Previous editors Murray Brown and Gareth Bayer recall some of their Rail Express memories, backed up with snippets from some of our 300 past issues.

MODELLING
There’s a wagon theme to this month’s issue with news of new models in ‘N’ and ‘O’ gauges, before we take an in-depth look at the three new JSA steel carrying wagons from Accurascale, and show how to build classic BR 21t hoppers from kit form.