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Cover: Gleaming loco, happy passengers – it was a time for celebration at the Richmond Light Railway on 6th July with the relaunch of Bagnall 0-4-0ST ‘Pixie’, known to many narrow gauge enthusiasts as the Reverend Teddy Boston’s engine. Now the loco is in the care of Richmond owner Jeremy Martin and back in action for the first time in almost two decades, superbly captured here by
Steve Town.
The inset picture shows the remarkable project by the Alishan Firest Railway in Taiwan to beat the ravages of typhoon damage, an innovative solution described in detail in this issue.
Issue No 186 August 2024
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05 First Lines Welcome back old friend
06 UK News Money and flooding issues
CONTENTS
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14 World News Durango suffers landslips
18 News Focus Alishan’s remarkable tunnel build
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21 Locomotives The Reverend’s engine returns
24 News Gallery latest from our photographers
28 Waite’s World Sugar cane trains in Brazil
32 Today’s NG New trains on Swiss mountain
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36 Lost Lines Railway built for grouse shoots
40 NG Modelling 009 layout built in a month
43 NG Modelling 7mm Hunslets – at the correct gauge
44 On the Shelf Tempting large-scale models
46 Viewpoint How many gauges at the Ratty?
47 NG Extra More from the narrow gauge world
48 Diary Peak-season trains, when and where
50 Encounters Meals on rails in Vienna
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