Rail (Enthusiast) Magazine - No.341 Oct 1998

Rail (Enthusiast) October 1998. Issue No.341

- Front Cover:  EWS 37883 passes Greenholme with th e 1326 Dee Marsh-Mossend(4S72) Enterprise working on June 4.
 
- Comment:  The departure of John Swift QC is a great loss to the railway.

- News:  New service for West Yorkshire and Connex struggles.

- Around the Regions:  New Parkway station for Blisworth?

- Wolmar:  Has the SRA been put on the backburner?

- 'Turbostar' is Ready to Roll!  The first of Midland Mainline's brand new Class 170 deisel multiple units is almost ready for business. Lee West visited Adranz's works at Derby Litchurch Lane to look at how the units are built.

- Sparkies 'Cross the Mersey:  John Hunt provides an in-depth look at the fastinating, but overlooked, Merseyrail electrics system and details all the places to go, what to see and how to make the most of a day on this interesting system.

- Highland Swing:  Clachnaharry signalbox, just north of Inverness, is manned to operate the swing bridge that crosses the Highland Canal. David Allen explains how this 'box works, the only manned box north of Inverness.

- D&E Years:  A special D&E years with a selection of new transparencies now available from the latest ColourRail catalogue. Enjoy rare pictures of Class 17s, 28s and 71s plus a single-car Merseyside electric parcels unit.

- Don't be Vague:  A brief insight into the log-lost Class 74s. 

- Open Access:  GNER Class 67s would defeat electrification.

- Fleet News:  Virgin electrics in trouble and new pools for stored locomotives.

- Freight News:  Changes to Wolverhampton steel trains.

- Insider:  A new start for Prescott and the railways - post regulator?

- Arrivals and Departures: Vic Stevens joins Maunsell.

- Heritage News:  D444 gets ready to go main line and 4-SUB is saved at last.

- Stop and Examine: An EWS Mini and more strange trespass shots.