Rail (Enthusiast) Magazine - No.315 Oct 1997

Rail (Enthusiast) October 1997. Issue No.315

- Front Cover:  Great Western Trains' power car No.43173 Swansea University lies nose down in the ballast at Southall shorn of its front bogie and with one side ripped away.

- Comment:  The Southall crash brings out the worst in the media.

- Lead News:  Seven killed in Southall smash as HST collides with freight train.

- News:  New identity for North London Railways and new livery for EWS.

- Around the Regions:  150 years of railways at Huddersfield commemorated.

- Wolmar:  Resists the calls for ATP and says better training is the answer.

- Stations Haunted by Ghostly Trains:  The stations and lines with little-used token services are examined as Phil Haigh reveals those that are haunted by ghosts, where many a passenger fears to tread.

- Open Access:  What about a Network Investment Plan from Railtrack?

- Pointless Miles... Imagine a train running 19,000 miles more than it needs to each year? The Ketton cement train from King's Cross does and Pip Dunn reveals this and the other freight services that run pointless miles over Railtrack's routes.

- Insider:  Laments the lack of investment on the Southern's 'tramway'.

- PDQ:  Railtrack's remaining turntables and nuclear flasks to Valley.

- The North and West:  The North & West line from Crewe to Cardiff was a 'Cinderella' line, but no more as Rhodri Clark explains the remarkable turnaround in fortune for the South Wales and West operated line, that now sees through trains to Manchester and Penzance as well as Cardiff.

- Fleet News:  '37s' on Southall clear up and '47s' rescue Virgin services.

- Reviews:  The RAIL team have their say on the latest releases in the shops.

- Heritage News:  Waterman gets his '20' back as group try to save a '304'.

- Arrivals and Departures:  New Chief Constable for BTP.

- Stop and Examine:  Relief Inspector Dunn issues this week's Form 1s.