Rail (Enthusiast) Magazine - No.306 Jun 1997

Rail (Enthusiast) June 1997. Issue No.306

- Front Cover:  On hire to EWS, General Motors built Class 59/1 No.59101 Village of Whatley works the 6B52 1457 Llanwern-Port Talbot empty iron ore working.

- Comment:  TOCs must address the latest problems of overcrowding.

- Lead News:  New DMUs for Midland Mainline.

- News:  Tunnel HGV shuttles to restart, royal train to be scrapped?

- Around the Regions:  More expenditure on Nottingham station.

- Wolmar:  Safety rules for the Tunnel need to be less complex.

- Rovers for All Over!  Steve Cox shows where you can go this summer on a rover ticket.

- PDQ:  Multiple working types explained and who owns that scrap 'Peak'?

- Open Access:  It's your letters.

- Running like Clockwork:  John Hunt profiles the 100-year-old Glasgow underground, known locally as the 'Clockwork Orange'.

- Hydraulic Heaven!  The three-day West Somerset gala is reviewed in detail by Pip Dunn.

- Has GM tripped up in Ireland?  Pip Dunn looks at the troublesome 201 Class operating in Ireland.

- Railtours:  The Class 31 finale is in sight, but first they're off to Stranraer.

- Fleet News:  Amazing WCML passenger workings and a 'grid' goes for scrap.

- Heritage News:  56001 bid fails and 'Crompton' to go to Llangollen.

- Insider:  The truth behind those 'bargain' fares.

- Stop and Examine: How to get from A to B, according to Railtrack.

- West Anglia's Freight Revival:  Jeremy Caldecoat surveys the current freight operations in West Anglia.