Rail Express - 17 Jun 2025
THE CREATION OF NETWORK SOUTHEAST
MODELLING SECTION
LUMO SECURES FIVE CLASS 222s
PLUS
CLASS 69 NAMED AFTER BTP
MODELLING
HEADLINE NEWS
DIESEL GALA PICTORIAL
SUBSCRIPTION OFFER
HOW NETWORK SOUTHEAST CHANGED THE FACE OF TRAVEL
TIME TRAVELLER
POWERSCENE
IRISH ANGLE
COACHES
PRESERVATION
SHUNTERS AND INDUSTRIALS
RAILTOURS
LU WORLD
UNITS
POWER BY THE HOUR
DIESEL GALA PICTORIAL
BOOK REVIEWS
WAGONS
A new dawn as South Western Railway is renationalised
More LNER services to Bradford
LNER marks 225 day with a naming
First steps for Tyne & Wear Metro extension
MAN ARRESTED AFTER TFW TRAIN HITS TRAILER
First phase of Class 395 refresh concluded
RAIL BENEFIT FUND CHARITY AUCTION GETS UNDERWAY
HS2 DONATES BALLAST TO BLUEBELL RAILWAY
DRONES USED TO SPOT TRACK TRESPASSERS
Lumo secures five Class 222s for Stirling operation
First Group submits open access plan for Hereford
Chancellor confirms £15 billion public transport investment
Street running demo for Coventry VLR
’ELLO, ’ELLO, ’ELLO: CLASS 69 NAMED BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE
AS this issue closed for press, the first two Stadler Class 99 locomotives for GBRf from an order of 30 were due to be unloaded at Portbury Docks, Bristol, on June 10.
Nos, 99001 and 99002 are part of an order placed by GB Railfreight in April 2022, and
Longest CrossCountry journey comes to an end
SCOTTISH LINE REOPENS WITH NEW STATION
LOCO RENAMED
IN BRIEF
LNER plans shorter Mk 4 sets and a return to Newcastle
First Class 67 finally sent for scrap
NEWS ROUND-UP
NEWS ROUND-UP
DMU
More ‘Networkers’ sent for scrap
DEMU
CLASS 465 & 466 ‘NETWORKERS’ DISPOSED OF
EMU
IET
DEPOT TALK
West Coast Railways acquires former GWR HST stock
ANOTHER ERS MK.3 REACTIVATED
‘CASTLE’ HST COACHES
BO’NESS MOVEMENTS
‘JACOBITE’ COACHES SWAP
‘NIGHT RIVIERA’ LATEST
DEPOT TALK
Powerscene
Powerscene
DEPOT TALK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
‘Peak’ to return to Butterley from ELR
‘Hymek’ back in action
Pioneer Class 37 to visit Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
2025 GALA DATES
‘Generator’ to return to Bury?
EASTFIELD ROYAL LIVERY FOR GCR ‘27’
RES COLOURS FOR WENSLEYDALE CLASS 47/7
MULTIPLE UNIT DEVELOPMENTS
Great Rocks heads to the NYMR
COACH NEWS
WESTERN RANGER PROGRESS
CLASS 26 GOES FOR TYRE TURNING
Diesel gala pictorial
Diesel gala pictorial
New CIMC container tanks from C-Rail
ACCURASCALE DELIVERS ITS 21T HOPPER WAGONS
East Coast traction in ‘OO’
NEW HORNBY ROLLINGSTOCK
AUSTERITY CHARITY SUCCESS
KMRC RAISES FUNDS FOR ‘GORDON’
SPECIAL EDITION OO ‘GOYLE’ FROM KMRC
RAPIDO TRAINS CHEMICAL TANK WAGONS
FIFTY-FUND EXCLUSIVE ‘HOOVER’
News from around the hobby
Hornby delivers the Lumo Class 803/0
MODEL FEATURES
Railway 200 ‘Javelin’
MODEL FEATURES
Mail train modelling in ‘N’
MODEL FEATURES
Southern Railway classics in ‘O’
MODEL FEATURES
Irish 35t tank wagons
MODEL FEATURES
Fish tales from Hornby: The YMO/YMA ‘Salmon’
MODEL FEATURES
The Railway Enthusiasts’ marketplace
Scenic details from styrene
How Network SouthEast changed the face of travel
How Network SouthEast changed the face of travel
CHRIS GREEN BIOGRAPHY
CHRIS GREEN ON…
40 YEARS AGO… JULY 1985
30 YEARS AGO… JULY 1995
20 YEARS AGO… JULY 2005
10 YEARS AGO… JULY 2015
50 YEARS AGO… JULY 1975
Last Class 08s finish at Celsa
NEWS ROUND UP
PRESERVATION
DB Cargo sends Skako ballast train for scrap
DEVELOPMENTS
Tour cancellation rises a worrying development
Track bashers’ bonanza
Royal Scots Grey to feature in four-loco tour
FORTHCOMING TOURS FOR JULY
Wet your ‘Whistle’
IARNROD EIREANN (IE)/IRISH RAIL
Two major framework agreements signed but retrenchment for rail at Dublin Port
NORTHERN IRELAND RAILWAYS (NIR)
Rails Around Preston
Joint Railways – Eastern And Southern England
The Settle To Carlisle Line
British Railways Atlas 1955
LT Museum launches final appeal for ‘Q’ stock restoration
‘CLIP’ project is making progress
Sarah Siddons and 4-TC testing
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