Rail (Enthusiast) Magazine - No.321 Jan 1998

Rail (Enthusiast) January 1998. Issue No.321

- Front Cover:  Nos.37023 Stratford Depot Quality Approved and 31420 leave Leamington Spa with the 1647 Reading-Liverpool Lime Street train on July 18.

- Comment:  Looking forward to see what might happen in the New Year.

- Lead News:  Railtrack invests £75 million in LTS Rail's line.

- News:  Sinfin branch to close to passengers, four years after last train ran.

- Around the Regions:  Aln Valley's bridges to be built at cost by McAlpine. 

- Wolmar:  Welcoms Railtrack's expansion plans but they must go further.

- New Year's Greetings:  From all the RAIL team, complete with pictures!

- Open Access:  Reaction to road haulier Stobart's rail comments.

- London's Forgotten Railway:  RAIL's Insider examines the history and fortunes of London's key radial route, the Barking-Gospel Oak line.

- Modern Images:  The very best in modern traction photography.

- Immingham's Heavy Haul:  Paul Shannon looks at the vast range of freight to and from Immongham and the north east Lincolnshire coast.

- Bodmin and Wenford's Freight Renaissance:  The preserved Cornish line carries regular freight to feed into the 'Enterprise' network. John Hunt looks at the freight operations of this unique railway.

- Rail Blue:  John Robinson presents a few classics from the '70s and '80s with a '40 on mineral wagons, a 'Peak' at Diggle and St Austell and plenty more, but all blue.

- Fleet Review of the Year:  RAIL's roundup of 1997 traction highlights. 

- Loyalty Card:  Win a VIP day out with Virgin, including a cab ride.

- Heritage News:  A preview of the 1998 preserved diesel galas.

- Insider:  Looks back over 50 years of British Railways.

- Arrivals and Departures:  All the latest moves from the railway world.

- Stop and Examine:  A seasonal ghost story from Midland territory.