Rail (Enthusiast) Magazine - No.338 Sep 1998

Rail (Enthusiast) September 1998. Issue No.338

- Front Cover:  On May 13 1997, GNER 91020 passes Plawsworth with the 1430 King's Cross-Newcastle. Inset: Ready for business! Restored for business D6700 at Thornaby on August 18.
 
- Comment:  No support means GNER's franchise promises are put on hold.

- News:  ECML upgrad planned and Chiltern Railways fined.

- Around the Regions:  A museum for Crianlarich station?

- Wolmar:  Railtrack should be more enthusiastic about Piggyback.

- Toton - the 24hr Service Centre:  As a preview to the EWS/RAIL Toton Open Weekend on August 29/30, Pip Dunn visits Toton to see how maintenance is carried out on the vast EWS fleet.

- The Last of its Kind...  Signalling operations at Nairn in the highlands are fastinating, the only station where a bike is needed for the signalman, as David Allen details in words, pictures and diagrams.

- Insider:  Freight by rail will soon have its day again.

- Rail Blue:  Michael Szczeblewski from Manchester presents a selection of pictures from the mid and late 1980s featuring long-lost Sulzer Type 2s in Scotland, 'Peaks', '47s', '50s' and '37s' in various locations.

- Open Access:  Sustrans says it will work with rail re-openings.

- Fleet News:  GNER fleet in trouble and full DRS 20s details.

- Freight News:  More coal trains and traffic to Goodrington.

- Railtours:  The first Class 57 tour is taking bookings.

- Heritage News:  55002 for main line use and 91031 claimed for the nation.

- Arrivals and Departures:  NWT director retires after 36 years.

- Stop and Examine: Steam World's Chris Leigh stands in.