In its former guise, 47 851/D1648 Traction Magazine is seen near Ais Gill with the 06:55 Birmingham - Edinburgh on February 23, 2002. Chris Dyson INSET:Then Editor David Brown and Publisher John Greenwood pose with 47 851 following naming at Derby station on January 15, 2002. Darren Ford

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Royal Scots Grey hits 50 and our competition winner reports back 8 D&E decades

Another step back in time 10 Pilot scheme diesel hydraulics

David N Clough gives the real reasons for the Westen Regions’s diesel choices 15 Class 47 review

The year-end review by Parrot of the workings of the remainder of the Brush 4 fleet 19 Nocturne

The railway system after dark as observed through the lens of Steve Carter

27 Life as a Loco Controller

Michael Mercer provides more of his reminiscences from Room 101 32 Saltley, gone but not forgotten

Formerly based there, Bob Dunn recalls happier times 34 Mothballed at Marston

A selection of Steve Widdowson and Tom Braund’s photos of locos in store at Long Marston 38 What’s in a name?

Al Pulford’s latest photographic contribution provides us with a selection of ‘namers’ 42 A Colour-Rail jourmey

A look at the new book from this famous photographic archive

44 Mixed doubles

Varied double-heading from the Rail Photoprints archive 51 Reviews

The latest books 52 TPO

More of your letters and photos 54 Modelling news

What was new at the Warley show, plus the 2011 releases from Hornby 56 Baking a ‘Wonderloaf’

Dicky Dockerill explains how he constructed a 7mm scale MetroVick Co-Bo 62 DCC sound Grafar Class 37

How to wire an N gauge EE Type 3 for sound by Roger Miller

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