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Rail Enthusiast 1984 April Gatwick Express Launch
Rail Enthusiast 1984 April Gatwick Express Launch
Rail Enthusiast is published monthly. Front Cover, Front cover: Looking immaculate in her new large-logo livery style, Class 73 Bo-Bo electro-diesel No. 73105 was photographed by David Maxey in the picturesque setting of Brighton Station during trials for the new "Gatwick Express" service last month.
Contents
Know Your Departmentals!
Perhaps the most confusing and least-understood of all British Rail numbering systems is that of
its vast array of departmental stock. At last, we've tracked down an expert who can put the picture
straight in Roger Butcher.Page 6
I'm the Gatwick Express Fly me!
At long last, the loco-powered, air-conditioned, new-liveried Victoria-Gatwick push-pull service is
about to run. Geoffrey Freeman Allen was among the guests on a special press preview of this
prestige Southern Region service.Page 12
Railways in the Soviet Union
Peter Kelly manages to penetrate the Iron Curtain and take a brief glimpse at the massive SZD
rail network of the USSR a country where a 2,000-mile-long new rail route is being built along
with a branch line of 700 miles!Page 24
Isle of Wight revisited
David Maxey joins a birthday celebration in the Isle of Wight, where London Transport
Underground veteran stock is celebrating 60 years of service.Page 28
Preservation pioneers
Those "elder statesmen" of modern traction preservation, the Diesel and Electric Group, are alive
and well in the West Country. Howard Johnston visits them and brings us up-to-date on their latest
achievements.Page 35
Outlines of Power: Class 37
The English Electric Class 37 diesel-electric Co-Co is among the most versatile and long-lived of
British Rail diesel classes and is the subject of Mike Turner's centre-spread painting this
month.Pages 32-33
The Incredible Hulk
By good chance, a Rail Enthusiast contributor managed to get some superb colour slides at
Peterborough of Paddington crash victim 50041 Bulwark, en route to Doncaster for appraisal and
(hopefully) a full repair.Page 34
What's in a Name?
In the third part of his intriguing series about locomotive names, David Maxey delves through the
reference library shelves to find out the MEANING of so many of the well-known nameplates we
know today.Page 52
Also: News lines, Page 15; All Change, Page 20; Looking Ahead, Page 21; Rail mail, Page 39; Readers' Round-Up, Page 43; Railtour Review, Page 58.
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