Rail (Enthusiast) Magazine - No.282 Jul 1996

Rail (Enthusiast) July 1996. Issue No.282

- Front Cover:  A driver's eye view of the Forth Bridge, as seen at 0745 from the 0640 Dundee-Penzance CrossCountry HST.

- East Lancashire Railway diesel gala picture special:  Heritage news coverage of one of the year's preservation highlights.

- Carlisle - the Border City:  RAIL visits Carlisle, and describes all rail traffic for the keen observer.

- The Longest Day:  Britain's longest passenger haul is from Dundee to Penzance. The first of a two-part in-depth behind the scenes lok at this service.

- Liveries - the State of the Art:  Pip Dunn describes all the different paint styles, and lists what locomotives wear what paint schemes.

- The Spa Valley Line:  The new Spa Valley railway has big plans ahead for its re-opening.

- A 'supertram' for Portsmouth city?  Adrian Searle details the ambitious plans to create a light railway in the Gosport and Portsmouth area.

- Signalling Scotland's Single Lines:  David Allen looks at how Scotland's single lines are signalled using both traditional and modern practices.

- Comment:  Britain lost the new locomotive order - what about wagons?

- Lead News:  EXCLUSIVE first look at EWSR Class 61.

- News:  Yeoman's decade celebration, Cambridge depot to close.

- Around the Regions:  250th appearance of the best regional review.

- Wolmar: The need for a rail federation.

- Insider:  Lessons to be learned from the Sheffield 'supertram'.

- Open Access:  RAIL readers spark off the topics for debate.

- Railtours:  All the forthcoming events from all tour operators.

- Fleet News:  The most up-to-date, comprehensive review of fleet activity.

- Heritage News:  Complete coverage of modern traction preservation.

- Privatisation:  Steven Knight keeps you up to date in his latest column.

- Main Line Points:  Giving you more for your money.

- Arrivals and Departures:  Who's gone where and why.

- Classified Ads:  Periphery services to help RAIL readers.

- Stop and Examine:  Top link turns and rough shunts.