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VIEW FROM THE END OF THE PLATFORM Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD Issue 346 June 2023 Publisher: Steve Cole stevec@warnersgroup.co.uk Editor: Phil Parker phil.parker@warnersgroup.co.uk T: 07879 664 383 Design: Ruth Jamieson Advertising: Sarah Jarman sarah.jarman@warnersgroup.co.uk T: 01778 392055 Advertising Designer: Amie Carter amiec@warnersgroup.co.uk Production Eexecutive: Allison Mould 01778 395002 allison.mould@warnersgroup.co.uk Contributors: Rik Bennett, Martin Crapper, Mark Greenwood, Robert Hannaford, Dave Skertchly, Jim Smith, Mark Thatcher. www.warnersgroup.co.uk ©Warners Group Publications plc 2023 All rights reserved. Material is only accepted on the understanding that there are no copyright restrictions. Although every care will be taken, all materials submitted are at the owner’s risk and Warners Group Publications cannot be held responsible for loss or damage however caused. Copyright on all materials in this magazine remains vested in the Authors and Warners Group Publications. Reproduction of the whole or any part is forbidden without relevant permissions. Warners Group Publications and the Editor cannot be held responsible for any error that might occur in text or advertisements. Reliance placed upon the contents of the magazine is entirely at the reader’s own risk. GARDEN RAILWAYS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES We did it again – another successful ‘Layout in a Day’, built for, what was, by all accounts, a very successful National Garden Railway show. Mick Blowfield, and his team of volunteers from the 16mm Association, made sure that the final show at Peterborough would be fondly remembered for many years. Once the doors opened, we didn’t stop talking all day, which can only be a good thing. Our three metre square layout wasn’t the smallest at the show by a long way, nor can it compete with the sheer grandeur of the behemoth that is the 16mm modular layout, but none of this matters. Lack of space isn’t a bar to enjoying large scale railway modelling, neither is money, judging from the very nice budget models on offer that sit proudly alongside those high-end steam locomotives we would love to own. As the plants start to put on their best showing, and the tracks are cleared and awoken from their winter slumbers, it’s the perfect time to think about sharing your efforts with our readers. If you can take a dozen or so photos and write a few words, we’d love to showcase your line in the future issue of Garden Rail. Drop me a line with a photo or two, and I’ll see what I can do to make this happen. In the meantime, there will be more shows this year, some lines to visit, and, of course, the move to Stoneleigh Park next year for the NGRS. There’s always something to look forward to! Printed by: Warners Midlands plc Distribution News Trade – Warners Distribution T: 01778 392417 Model Trade – Warners Trade Sales T: 01778 392404 Overseas Agents – Japan Erei Co, Ltd 1-1-12 Toyotama-kita, Nerma-ku, Tokyo 176 Subscriptions T: 01778 392465 F: 01778 421706 (UK & Overseas) subscriptions@warnersgroup.co.uk UK: £57.00 12 issues (1 year) UK DD: 3 issues for £5 then £12.49 per quarter Rest of Europe: £71.00 12 issues (1 year) Rest of World: £83.00 12 issues (1 year) You can now manage your subscription online at: www.world-of-railways.co.uk www.warners.gr/gardenrailrenewals Back Issues T: 01778 391180 subsaccexecteam@warnersgroup.co.uk www.world-of-railways.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues West Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9PH Mark Thatcher (left) and Dave Skertchly (right) joined the Editor on our stand at the show. Both were kept very busy, talking about modelling, offering advice and answering questions. CONTENTS LAYOUT IN A DAY – 2023 P6 ORANGE SIMPLE by Mark Greenwood P14 THE WORLD OF WAGON LOADS by Dave Skertchly P18 MAILBOX P22 MWCH GRUMBLYN ON TOUR by Robert Hannaford P28 CRATE EXPECTATIONS by Jim Smith P30 LGB TOYTRAIN DIESEL CONVERSION by Rik Bennett P32 READ ALL ABOUT IT, AND PHONE HOME! by Mark Thatcher P36 DIARY DATES P23 P42 PRODUCT NEWS OPERATIONAL ODDMENTS by Martin Crapper P24 P50 READERS’ MODELS Garden-Rail.co.uk | 346 June 2023 3

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VIEW FROM THE END OF THE PLATFORM

Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD Issue 346 June 2023

Publisher: Steve Cole stevec@warnersgroup.co.uk Editor: Phil Parker phil.parker@warnersgroup.co.uk T: 07879 664 383 Design: Ruth Jamieson Advertising: Sarah Jarman sarah.jarman@warnersgroup.co.uk T: 01778 392055 Advertising Designer: Amie Carter amiec@warnersgroup.co.uk Production Eexecutive: Allison Mould 01778 395002 allison.mould@warnersgroup.co.uk Contributors: Rik Bennett, Martin Crapper, Mark Greenwood, Robert Hannaford, Dave Skertchly, Jim Smith, Mark Thatcher. www.warnersgroup.co.uk ©Warners Group Publications plc 2023 All rights reserved. Material is only accepted on the understanding that there are no copyright restrictions. Although every care will be taken, all materials submitted are at the owner’s risk and Warners Group Publications cannot be held responsible for loss or damage however caused. Copyright on all materials in this magazine remains vested in the Authors and Warners Group Publications. Reproduction of the whole or any part is forbidden without relevant permissions. Warners Group Publications and the Editor cannot be held responsible for any error that might occur in text or advertisements. Reliance placed upon the contents of the magazine is entirely at the reader’s own risk.

GARDEN RAILWAYS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES

We did it again – another successful ‘Layout in a Day’, built for, what was, by all accounts, a very successful National Garden Railway show. Mick Blowfield, and his team of volunteers from the 16mm Association, made sure that the final show at Peterborough would be fondly remembered for many years. Once the doors opened, we didn’t stop talking all day, which can only be a good thing.

Our three metre square layout wasn’t the smallest at the show by a long way, nor can it compete with the sheer grandeur of the behemoth that is the 16mm modular layout, but none of this matters. Lack of space isn’t a bar to enjoying large scale railway modelling, neither is money, judging from the very nice budget models on offer that sit proudly alongside those high-end steam locomotives we would love to own.

As the plants start to put on their best showing, and the tracks are cleared and awoken from their winter slumbers, it’s the perfect time to think about sharing your efforts with our readers. If you can take a dozen or so photos and write a few words, we’d love to showcase your line in the future issue of Garden Rail. Drop me a line with a photo or two, and I’ll see what I can do to make this happen.

In the meantime, there will be more shows this year, some lines to visit, and, of course, the move to Stoneleigh Park next year for the NGRS. There’s always something to look forward to!

Printed by: Warners Midlands plc

Distribution News Trade – Warners Distribution T: 01778 392417

Model Trade – Warners Trade Sales T: 01778 392404

Overseas Agents – Japan Erei Co, Ltd 1-1-12 Toyotama-kita, Nerma-ku, Tokyo 176

Subscriptions T: 01778 392465 F: 01778 421706 (UK & Overseas) subscriptions@warnersgroup.co.uk UK: £57.00 12 issues (1 year) UK DD: 3 issues for £5 then £12.49 per quarter Rest of Europe: £71.00 12 issues (1 year) Rest of World: £83.00 12 issues (1 year) You can now manage your subscription online at: www.world-of-railways.co.uk www.warners.gr/gardenrailrenewals

Back Issues T: 01778 391180 subsaccexecteam@warnersgroup.co.uk www.world-of-railways.co.uk/Store/Back-Issues West Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9PH

Mark Thatcher (left) and Dave Skertchly (right) joined the Editor on our stand at the show. Both were kept very busy, talking about modelling, offering advice and answering questions.

CONTENTS

LAYOUT IN A DAY – 2023 P6

ORANGE SIMPLE by Mark Greenwood P14

THE WORLD OF WAGON LOADS by Dave Skertchly P18

MAILBOX P22

MWCH GRUMBLYN ON TOUR by Robert Hannaford P28

CRATE EXPECTATIONS by Jim Smith P30

LGB TOYTRAIN DIESEL CONVERSION by Rik Bennett P32

READ ALL ABOUT IT, AND PHONE HOME! by Mark Thatcher P36

DIARY DATES P23

P42

PRODUCT NEWS

OPERATIONAL ODDMENTS by Martin Crapper P24

P50

READERS’ MODELS

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