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Railways Illustrated June 2009
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FEATURES
How King Coal lost his Throne
Paul Shannon looks at the decline in the coal industry since the start of the 1984 Miners' strike
The Miracle of Barry Scrapyard
Hundreds of steam locos were preserved after they lingered in Barry Scrapyard, as Mark Hicken recalls
A Pen-t up Passion
The superb station at Yeovil Pen Mill is this month's National Treasure
RI Photo Awards
All the winners of the 2008 Railways Illustrated photo awards
Shunted Into a Corner?
A full round up of all the surviving Class 08/09 shunters.
Coal Crunching
Pip Dunn remembers some of the coal locos pressed into passenger action during the 1984 miners' strike
THE BIG NEWS THIS MONTH
Eastleigh open day preview
50008 for August main line return
66/3 rescues East Midlands HST
Advenza sells 47 for scrap
Class 90s back on Birmingham services
Western Courier for the main line?
Through trains return to Swanage
COVER STORIES
RI Photo awards –all the winners
Will D1062 return to the main line?
Coal traffic since 1984
Full round up of surviving shunters
Fastline 66 rescues an HST
Yeovil Pen Mill station
DBS reinstates Class 37s
The 'Great Briton II' railtour