EUROPHOENIX BUYS ‘91s’
Locos bound for Eastern Europe
STOURBRIDGE
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A tribute to the line that’s defied the odds
Essential reading for today’s rail enthusiast
NEW LOOK FOR GBRf ‘TUG’
No. 187 DIESEL AND ELECTRIC ERA MODELLING
Dapol’s ‘Hoover’ ‘N’ gauge Class 50s arrive at last
MODELLING SECTION
■ N GAUGE ‘50’
Dapol 'Hoover' reviewed
■ ‘ED’ IN FOCUS 4
Newsdesk: Bachmann’s mid-season update
12 D&E Files: A Class 73 called ‘BoB’
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Newsdesk: Banana vans in ‘O’ gauge
Refinishing the Dapol ‘OO’ Network SouthEast Class 73 with numbers and nameplates.
Iwata’s ‘Revolution HP-CR’ airbrush is tested.
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Newsdesk: IRM’s fertiliser wagons approach release
A close look at the newest two-rail ‘O’ gauge coaches from Darstaed.
20 Review: ‘O’ gauge Mk.1 suburbans
32 Review: ‘N’ gauge Class 50s reviewed
‘OO’ Class 20/3s, 24/1s, 117s, 121s, and the 4BEP are among the current projects making progress at Bachmann alongside the Graham Farish Class 319 EMU.
Dapol progresses its new banana vans to the livery stage whilst Accurascale reveals CAD impressions of its ‘OO’ Mk.5 stock.
Livery samples of Irish container flats and fertiliser wagons arrive at IRM. Cavalex receives the first prototypes of its ‘OO’ BBA and BLA wagons.
A popular Class 73 electro-diesel is profiled.
16 Modelling: Class 73 No. 73129 City of Winchester
22 Exhibitions: Warley National Model Railway Exhibition
25 Review: Kernow PRA in ‘OO’
Kernow’s latest china clay wagon is closely examined.
28 Review: Effortless coverage airbrush
Dapol fits advanced electronics and a smooth running mechanism to its brand-new ‘N’ gauge model.
RAIL EXPRESS MODELLER EDITOR Nigel Burkin
REMeditor@mortons.co.uk
Improving a 4mm Class 73
■ WARLEY PREVIEW What’s in store at the NEC?
Printed in the UK
China Clay PRAs
GOING DUTCH The fascinating Class 77 story
No. 282
RAIL EXPRESS No. 282 NOVEMBER 2019 £4.50
First Class 60 released in Beacon Rail blue