Rail (Enthusiast) Magazine - No.319 Dec 1997

Rail (Enthusiast) December 1997. Issue No.319

- Front Cover:  Class 37 No.37693 near Gleneagles with EWSR's 6D52 Aberdeen-Mossend 'Enterprise' service on July 18 1997.

- Comment:  The new railway needs longterm investment plans.

- Lead News:  Railtrack's profits rise and EWS starts shunter heavy overhauls.

- News:  Virgin's Scottish punctuality plummets.

- Freight News:  EWS forms new wagon team at Doncaster.

- Around the Regions:  Euxton station to open on December 15. 

- Wolmar:  Begins his new larger column by looking at Virgin Train's record.

- The Most Spectacular Trains in the World:  The magnificent Tennessee Pass in America has now closed. Gavin Morrison presents a pictorial record of the line at work in its final few months.

- Open Access:  NRES employees feel let down by the service's poor quality.

- Geordie's canny Metro heads for Wearside:  As the Tyne & Wear Metro extension to Sunderland draws closer Phil Haigh takes a look behind the scenes at the busy system.

- If our World's Collide then Rail will Suffer!  Stobart's Barries Thomas warns rail to stick to what it's good at.

- The D&E Years:  Peter Hughes presents anither set of pictures, with a South Wales Blue Pullman and East Coast action.

- Fleet News:  '33' returns to passenger work and Fragonset '47s' start work.

- Britain's Longest 'Box:  Shrewsbury's vast array of 'boxes is visited by David Allen, who explains their operation.

- Reader Offer:  Videos, books and binders on offer.
 
- Heritage News:  Numerals from LMS 10000 for sale on its 50th anniversary.

- Insider:  Welcomes Railtrack's decision to start taking risks.

- Arrivals and Departures:  Top level changes at RRNE and Eurostar.

- Stop and Examine:  Railway property and RAIL's staff under the spotlight.