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ISSN: 1466-0180
Cover: Three sisters together, but briefly
– the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway staged a Brazil bonanza on 21st May when its Kerr, Stuart 0-4-2ST ‘Premier’
returned to service after overhaul. The inset picture shows the Gateshead Garden Festival Railway, a 15-inch gauge line that ran for only five months but carried more passengers than many lines do in years... Photos: Andrew Charman & Donald Brooks
NARROW GAUGE WORLD is published nine times per year. This issue on sale 24th June 2022 Next issue published 29th July
Issue No 167
July 2022
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05 First Lines Small line, big day, great fun
CONTENTS
06 Headline News Welsh coal on sale again
07 UK News Taiwan diesel heading for Wales?
14 World News Froissy celebrates its 50th at last
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18 Locomotives Three Brazils at Sittingbourne
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22 Waite’s World Dutch steam trams in profile
25 News Gallery Making most of weather and light
30 The Narrower Gauges 15-inch at the Garden Festival
33 Narrow Gauge Traction Remarkable railcar travels
36 From the Archives Manx adventure in 1964
40 NG Modelling French coastal theme in 009
43 On the Shelf Latest models and books
46 Viewpoint More on Decauville China mystery
47 NG Extra Could Penrhyn have been saved?
49 Diary Plenty of early-summer trains
50 Encounters Hungarian line recently reopened
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