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Grab the brand-new July issue of Railways Illustrated magazine for

the best coverage of today’s railway scene. 

 

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Grab the brand-new July issue of Railways Illustrated magazine for the best coverage of today’s railway scene.
Grab the brand-new July issue of Railways Illustrated magazine for the best coverage of today’s railway scene.

Railways Illustrated reflects the energy and vitality of the present-day railway scene. Here’s

what’s in the July issue

Great things ahead

The Greatest Gathering at Alstom’s Derby Litchurch Lane in August promises to be the best railway show in years. Pip Dunn talks to two of the organising team, Gus Dunster and James Dobson, to find out more about the three-day event

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Still going strong, 40 years on

It was June 1985 when the first ETH-fitted Class 37/4s emerged from Crewe Works and four decades later,13 of the fleet are still in main line use. Pip Dunn looks at their later lives and why they still have a role to play.

Identity parade

There’s rarely any need to say ‘unidentified’ in a caption because identifying locos from photos can actually be, in many cases, quite easy. Equally, it can sometimes be challenging, baffling, frustrating and bemusing. But get it right, it becomes satisfying! Pip Dunn offers some tips on IDing those unIDd!

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Deltics around York 

Renowned railway photographer John Whiteley returns with some memories of classic British Rail locos at work on iconic railway routes. For this instalment, he looks at the Class 55 Deltics in action in and around York, a place so closely associated with the class.

 

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