Rail Express May 2017

WHEN SATURDAY CAME…

Recalling the golden years of locohauled holiday trains to Skegness

FAREWELL TO

‘D’ STOCK

LU workhorse bows out after 40 years

Essential reading for today’s rail enthusiast

Class 88

STARTS WORK

RAIL EXPRESS No. 252 MAY 2017

■ Commissioning runs begin as full fleet arrives

40 PAGES

■ SVR secures an ‘88’ for diesel gala

OF MODELLING ■ LAYOUT FOCUS

East Anglia in the 1960s

■ EUROPHOENIX ‘37’ How to get the interim look

■ IN-DEPTH REVIEWS Kernow ‘47’ and Farish ‘37/4’

Class 442 Fleet finishes with

Southern, but is snapped up by SWT!