Rail (Enthusiast) Magazine - No.132 Oct 1990

Main features:
 

- News Lines:  The plans for the Channel Tunnel rail link are revised to reduce the number of tunnels, Class 158s enter traffic, BR officially accepts its first Class 60, results of Speedlink survey. D400 to run again in blue? All the major stories in nine pages of news.

- Class 47/7:  David Clough tells the story of the Class 47/7s, British Rail's busiest locomotives, from life on ScotRail push-pull duties to Network SouthEast Thames & Chiltern workings.

- ARC Class59/1:  Rail exclusive. A double-page colour spread featuring an ARC Class 59/1 in Canada.

- Off the Beaten Track:  A portfolio of photographs showing locations which are not often captured on film.

- TGV Atlantique:  Brian Perren reports on the completion of the TGV Atlantique in France, following the opening of the Tours branch.

- Traction News:  Three 'Cromptons' go to Leicester for scrapping, a Class 60 works to Merseyside, the last Class 85/0s are under threat. Britain's most authoritative and topical traction report including Level Five repairs and Network stock report.

- Rail View

- Around the Regions

- Reviews

- Golden Oldies

- Off the Rails

- Wagons Roll

- Departmental Developments

- Railtour Preview

- All Change