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Railways Illustrated February 2010

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FEATURES

Head Honchos

How DRS plays its part in keeping the railhead clear for trains

Workington Together

Network Rail builds a temporary station in a week

Denmark Summit

National Treasures looks at a superb London suburban station

Out of sight, out of mind!

Murray Brown reports on the progress of 31144

Bridport Revisited

Lost Lines visits a Dorset branch line that closed in 1975

Paignton pleasure and pains

Class 31s worked to Paignton in 1988/89, with debatable efficiency

Running out of gas

Mark Hicken recalls gas turbine prototype GT3

Nine Lives

The history of the ‘fast’ shunters – the Class 09s

Steam’s tickets to ride

Andrew Fowler rounds up which locos are passed for the main line

Railfreight review 2009

Paul Shannon looks back at a mixed year for railfreight

THE BIG NEWS THIS MONTH

Class 70s start work
German V320 works passenger train
Scrapman buys locos from DBS
DB Schenker Class 60s stored
DRS Class 37/4 on the comeback trail
8624 could leave Peak Rail?
Peak moves to its new home

COVER STORIES

On board a night time RHTT
Preserved 37/4s and 56s for the main line return?
New Workington Station
WSR plans Hydraulic gala
Paignton 31s in the 1980s
Main line steam locos listed