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Hello All

 

I have gone through my old issues of rail Express Modeller looking at train formations printed in their issues, it may help if looking to research/copy train formations.

 

I have started at May 2005 issue 108 from when I started collecting the mag, I am sorry if I may of missed any.

 

Issue: Year: Content:

 

103: DECO4: SCRAP WAGONS

 

108: MAY05: GRAIN WAGONS

 

110: JULY05: TIMBER TRAINS

 

114: NOV05: FREIGHTLINER TRAINS

 

117: FEB06: ROYAL TRAINS

 

118: MARCH06: WEST HIGHLAND LINES TRAINS

 

121: JUN06: FERTILISER TRAINS

 

122: JULYO6: NETWORK SOUTHEAST LOCOMOTIVE HAULED TRAINS

 

125: OCT06: HST’S

 

127: DEC06: MILITARY TRAINS

 

129: FEB07: PETROLEUM TRAINS

 

130: MARCH07: PETROLEUM TRAINS PART2

 

133: JUNE07: SCOTTISH PUSH/PULL TRAINS 1971-2005

 

135: AUG07: NUCLEAR FLASK TRAINS BR-EWS

 

136: SEPT07: DRS NUCLEAR TRAIN FORMATIONS

 

137: OCT07: RAILFREIGHT SUBSECTOR TRAINS

 

140: JAN08: BITUMEN TRAINS

 

142: MARCH08: MENDIP STONE

 

143: APRIL08: MEDPID STONE 1994-PRESENT

 

146: JULY08: NETWORK COAL

 

152: JAN09: SNOW PLOUGHS

 

154: MARCH09: SECTORISATION ERA PARCELS

 

159: AUG09: COMMERCAIL EXPLOSIVE TRAINS

 

167: APRIL10: MARK 3 DVT’S

 

169: JUN10: WHISKY TRAINS

 

173: OCT10: TINPLATE/IMPORTED STEEL COIL TRAINS

 

157: DEC10: PLASMOR TRAINS 1986-PRESENT

 

176: JAN11: AUTOBALLASTER FLEET

 

178: MARCH11: PARCEL SECTOR TPO 1986-91 AND RAIL EXPRESS TPO 1981-96

 

Regards

 

Ants

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Good idea to post this. Like you, I got fed up with rummaging through my collection whenever I wanted to look something up, so I recently did the same as you. Feel free to add these into your list for completeness:

 

106 ECML Expresses (1958-2003 loco-hauled)

120 Fertiliser trains (not 121)

166 West of England passenger trains (this is in the main magazine, NOT the modelling supplement; it's part of the article on Tiverton Jn. in 1975)

171 Steel coil (domestic)

 

Also, you have 175 as "157" for the Plasmor.

 

I have REx going back to issue 99, and your list is complete back as far as that, with the additions above. I think that they ran similar features as part of the main magazine before REx Modeller was introduced. I seem to recall reading references to articles on cement trains and automotive trains, which I've always assumed were in the same style. Maybe someone with access to earlier issues can provide that info and we'll be on the way to a definitive list.

 

Jim

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Heres a list I pulled off the old REXM site, apologies for some duplication but perhaps the thread starter can edit his post if he wishes

 

Bitumen Trains – David Ratcliffe (REM40)

China Clay Trains – Simon Bendall (REM5)

Coal Trains – Simon Bendall (RE90)

ECML loco-hauled – Simon Bendall (REM11)

Fertiliser Traffic – David Ratcliffe (REM26)

Freightliner Trains – Simon Bendall (REM19)

Grain services – Simon Bendall (REM13)

Inter-City 125 HSTs – Simon Bendall (REM30)

Res Mail Trains: pt 1 – Simon Bendall (RE86)

Res Mail Trains: pt 2 – Simon Bendall (RE87)

Mendip Stone: pt 1 – Simon Bendall (REM47)

Mendip Stone: pt 2 – Simon Bendall/Gareth Bayer (REM48)

Military Trains – Simon Bendall/David Ratcliffe (REM33)

Motorail Services – Simon Bendall (REM3)

Network Coal – David Ratcliffe (REM50)

Network SouthEast loco-hauled – Simon Bendall (REM27)

Nuclear Flask Trains (BR/EWS era) – David Ratcliffe (REM40)

Nuclear Flask Trains (DRS era) – Gareth Bayer (REM41)

Petroleum Trains: pt 1 – David Ratcliffe (REM34)

Petroleum Trains: pt 2 – David Ratcliffe (REM35)

Scottish loco-hauled: pt 1 – Simon Bendall (REM23)

Scottish loco-hauled: pt 2 – Simon Bendall (REM38)

Scrap Metal Trains: pt 1 – Gareth Bayer (REM8)

Scrap Metal Trains: pt 2 – Gareth Bayer (REM10)

Sectorisation Era Parcels Trains: pt 1 – Simon Bendall (REM59)

Snowploughs – Simon Bendall (REM57)

The Royal Train – Chris Ibbotson/Simon Bendall (REM22)

Timber Trains – Simon Bendall (REM15)

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Hi,

 

who is it that produces the pictures of the locos that REx use for the little formation pictures?

 

Alistair

 

I would definately like to know. The 'software' would be very useful indeed! B)

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who is it that produces the pictures of the locos that REx use for the little formation pictures?

I would definately like to know. The 'software' would be very useful indeed! cool.gif

I think that the artist that you are refering to is Simon Glancey and his work is available for purchase on his website http://www.wwrgallery.co.uk. If you look at the bottom of this old Rail Express webpage (http://railexpressmodeller.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/class-375-update/), you will see the reference.

 

I agree that a CD with lots of images which would allow users to create their own formations would be nice.

 

Regards

 

David

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Heres a list I pulled off the old REXM site, apologies for some duplication but perhaps the thread starter can edit his post if he wishes

 

Bitumen Trains – David Ratcliffe (REM40)

China Clay Trains – Simon Bendall (REM5)

Coal Trains – Simon Bendall (RE90)

ECML loco-hauled – Simon Bendall (REM11)

Fertiliser Traffic – David Ratcliffe (REM26)

Freightliner Trains – Simon Bendall (REM19)

Grain services – Simon Bendall (REM13)

Inter-City 125 HSTs – Simon Bendall (REM30)

Res Mail Trains: pt 1 – Simon Bendall (RE86)

Res Mail Trains: pt 2 – Simon Bendall (RE87)

Mendip Stone: pt 1 – Simon Bendall (REM47)

Mendip Stone: pt 2 – Simon Bendall/Gareth Bayer (REM48)

Military Trains – Simon Bendall/David Ratcliffe (REM33)

Motorail Services – Simon Bendall (REM3)

Network Coal – David Ratcliffe (REM50)

Network SouthEast loco-hauled – Simon Bendall (REM27)

Nuclear Flask Trains (BR/EWS era) – David Ratcliffe (REM40)

Nuclear Flask Trains (DRS era) – Gareth Bayer (REM41)

Petroleum Trains: pt 1 – David Ratcliffe (REM34)

Petroleum Trains: pt 2 – David Ratcliffe (REM35)

Scottish loco-hauled: pt 1 – Simon Bendall (REM23)

Scottish loco-hauled: pt 2 – Simon Bendall (REM38)

Scrap Metal Trains: pt 1 – Gareth Bayer (REM8)

Scrap Metal Trains: pt 2 – Gareth Bayer (REM10)

Sectorisation Era Parcels Trains: pt 1 – Simon Bendall (REM59)

Snowploughs – Simon Bendall (REM57)

The Royal Train – Chris Ibbotson/Simon Bendall (REM22)

Timber Trains – Simon Bendall (REM15)

 

 

Is there any way of getting hold of REM23 and REM38 with the Scottish loco hauled trains?

 

thanks

Mike

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Hiya

 

I did the initial dozen or so - they were done in illustrator.

 

HTH

 

Jim

 

Do you have some sort of "library" of rolling stock profiles that you developed over time and stitched together as required? Also (and this is something that I've often wondered about the REx articles), in the case of trains shown in mixed liveries - e.g. sectorisation era trains with a mix of blue & grey, sector liveries etc. - do the liveries reflect the actual train, or did you use a "plausible mix" of appropriate colour schemes?

 

Jim

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I was told last year at Warley that REX were indeed doing a bookazine of their train formations to be available through WHSmith in fist half 2012 though I have not heard anything since. Source was REX staff on their stand so I believe credible.

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RE086 - RES Mail Trains p1

RE087 - RES Mail Trains p2

RE090 - Coal Trains

RE098 Sup03 - Motorail Services

RE100 Sup05 - China Clay Trains

RE103 Sup08 - Scrap Metal Trains p1

RE105 Sup10 - Scrap Metal Trains p2

RE106 Sup11 - ECML Loco Hauled

RE108 Sup13 - Grain Services

RE110 Sup15 - Timber Trains

RE114 Sup19 - Freightliner Trains

RE117 Sup22 - Royal Train

RE118 Sup23 - Scottish Highland Trains

RE121 Sup26 - Fertiliser Traffic

RE122 Sup27 - Network Southeast Loco Hauled

RE125 Sup30 - High Speed Train

RE127 Sup32 - Military Trains

RE129 Sup34 - Petroleum Trains Pt1

RE130 Sup35 - Petroleum Trains Pt2

RE133 Sup38 - Scottish Push/Pull Trains

RE135 Sup40 - Nuclear Trains Pt1 (BR/EWS)

RE136 Sup41 - Nuclear Trains Pt2 (DRS)

RE137 Sup42 - Railfreight Subsector Trains

RE140 Sup45 - Bitumen Trains

RE142 Sup47 - Mendip Stone Trains p1

RE143 Sup48 - Mendip Stone Trains p2

RE146 Sup51 - Network Coal Trains

RE152 Sup57 - Snowplough Trains

RE154 Sup59 - Mail & Parcel Trains

RE157 Sup62 - Plasmor Trains

RE159 Sup64 - Explosives Trains

RE167 Sup72 - DVT Trains

RE169 Sup74 - Whiskey Trains

RE171 Sup76 - Network Steel Trains

RE173 Sup78 - Steel Coil Trains

RE175 Sup80 - Plasmor Block Trains

RE176 Sup81 - Autoballaster Trains

RE178 Sup83 - TPO Trains

RE180 Sup85 - Liquid Petroleum Trains

RE183 Sup88 - Woodhead Trains

RE185 Sup90 - Sandite & Watercannon Trains

RE189 Sup94 - Deltic Trains

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I was told last year at Warley that REX were indeed doing a bookazine of their train formations to be available through WHSmith in fist half 2012 though I have not heard anything since. Source was REX staff on their stand so I believe credible.

Just found this thread and the proposed  book sounds very interesting - does anyone know if this book was ever produced? 

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Just found this thread and the proposed  book sounds very interesting - does anyone know if this book was ever produced? 

I haven't seen anything from Rail Express; however David Ratcliffe, who has done a lot of work for them, had published 'Freight-Train Formations', which is very good. It doesn't have the little drawings but it does have about 40+ formations of various types, drawn from TOPS and other sources, and lots of photos. The period is from the mid-1970s onwards.

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