Rail Express July 2017

CLASS 20

SVR GALA SPECTACULAR

Which locos survive as they notch up 60 years in traffic?

Class 88 tops the list of 17 visiting locomotives

FLEET SURVEY

Essential reading for today’s rail enthusiast

NEXT STOP AMSTERDAM! Eurostar ‘Velaros’ reach Brussels as a first step to network expansion

RAIL EXPRESS No. 254 JULY 2017

■ RETRO FREIGHT

The rich variety of the South Staffs line in the 1970s and 80s

40 PAGES

OF MODELLING

A moment

IN TIME Why this ‘Hymek’ was the unlikely star of a 1972 open day

■ ‘CLAY TIGERS’

Full history of the fleet

■ FIRST LOOK

Hattons’ 7mm Warwell

■ NEW RELEASES

Dapol ‘Bubble Car’, DJM ‘71’