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Rail Enthusiast 1983 March Class 58 in Full Colour
Rail Enthusiast 1983 March Class 58 in Full Colour
Rail Enthusiast is published monthly. Front Cover, Front cover: The "Deltic" prototype in its distinctive blue and cream livery pictured at Markham with an up express of maroon stock in June 1959. Photo: Colour-Rail.
Contents
6 Serpell shock Far from justifying British Rail's desire to widen electrification and update its services, the options in the Serpell Report seem to indicate a big thumbs-down. Geoffrey Freeman Allen reports.
12 Little Boxes ... That might be how some people describe the Class 08 diesel shunters. But they perform a useful role throughout the BR system. Basil Cooper describes how they work.
14 DMUs with a Difference The Class 127 diesel-hydraulic DMUs so familiar to St Pancras outer suburban passengers are due to be scrapped any time now. Mick Burgoyne looks at their history.
18 Your letters Controversies over diesel power on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the National Railway Museum's decision not to preserve D200 are on the agenda, along with overcrowded HSTs and America's Pioneer Zephyr.
20 The great Class 26 'bash' The long-awaited emergence of 26003 from works last autumn led to a flurry of phone calls and one of the most frustrating chases of all time!
22 Modern Image Memories It's amazing how many diesel classes have passed into history already. We bring another collection of photos from the dawn of Britain's diesel age.
26 Swiss Spectacular The breathtaking railways of Switzerland form a vital link in the European trunk network. Geoffrey Freeman Allen describes the system and tells why even Alpine winters hold no fears.
32 Class 58-in colour Our centre spread features Doncaster's new heavy freight diesel-electric Co-Co No 58001 in its striking Railfreight livery.
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