Rail (Enthusiast) Magazine - No.333 Jun 1998

Rail (Enthusiast) June 1998. Issue No.333

- Front Cover:  On March 6, 1997, a Eurostar emerges from Sevenoaks Tunnel with the 1157 Waterloo-Paris.
 
- Comment:  Good PR is as important as investment.

- News:  Horrific German rail crash kills 98. Class 66 works first trains.

- Around the Regions:  Plans to redevelop Aberdeen.

- Wolmar:  Examines the small print for the CTRL deal.

- The Cotswold & Malven Line - a Bright Future:  Ian Baxter details the operations of the Hereford=Oxford line which is enjoying a higher profile with increased patronage.

- Insider:  Safety is more of an issue than is reported.

- Open Access:  A need for a railway framework for the future says SoR.

- Midland Mainline Makes it Happen:  Midland Mainline has refurbished its HST fleet and is now looking to increase the number of trains it runs with new DMUs. Howard Johnston explains how and why.

- Bagging the Calvert Bins:  The Northolt-Calvert 'binliner' is renowned for a varied mixture of locomotives. Kim Fullbrook profiles this interesting working in both words and pictures and lists best ways to get good photographs.

- Fleet News Special:  Class 31,37,47 and 56 freight locomotives worked passenger trains as Virgin's Class 47/8 fleet availability reached an all-time low. Pip Dunn details what locomotives have worked where, when and why.

- Fleet News:  NWT Class 37s in trouble and Virgin '47s' hit rock bottom.

- Freight News:  East London 'Enterprise' workings recast.

- Heritage News:  Forward Trust offers EMU's for sale and 'D4' goes blue.

- Arrivals and Departures:  Brian Scott leaves the FirstGroup board.

- Stop and Examine:  North Western Trains now operates HSTs. Apparently.