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TOO MANY LOCOMOTIVES?

This month’s issue of Garden Rail features no less than four articles on locomotives in various forms. We’ve vintage ones from David Pinniger, an electric loco that should have been nitro powered by Mick Pagram, ‘Flying Scotsman’ in Gauge 1 by Friso Booij, and something ugly from my own workbench. Even Product News is loco-heavy.

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Back in July, Andy Christie opened up his line as part of an Open Gardens event. Half a dozen of us spent the day entertaining visitors with small steam engines and eating cake. We’ll bring you a few more photos next month, and I’m twisting Andy’s arm for a full feature.

All of this is just a coincidence, but it does highlight that we modellers are terrors for focusing on the front of the train, and being less interested in the rolling stock. Looking at the folder full of future articles, I am a bit light on wagon and coach builds, so if you have a project under construction, or are about to start one, please take some photos and send them to me. We pay for everything published, so it’s a great way to help fund your hobby. The same goes for feature layouts. With the sun out and the plants looking at their best, take a selection of pictures and send me a couple. If it looks like we can turn them into a feature, I’ll just need some words, and you can be a big noise in a future issue. Don’t be modest, there isn’t a garden line that someone won’t be impressed by, and we can all learn from each other.

Now, you might be wondering why I’m sitting in a Bond microcar in this month’s mugshot. Well, that’s Mark Thatcher’s fault, as you can read on page 20... Phil Parker, Editor

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CONTENTS

6 Johnson Harbour, change for Johnson Quay by Malcolm Pugh

14 The man from LGB

17 Building ‘Royal Spencer’ by Mick Pagram

20 Pistons and Pedals by Mark Thatcher

24 A Lazy Summer by Mike Duffy

28 550 Not out – ‘Taw’ by David Pinniger

30 Building a wardrobe on wheels

34 A 3D-printed ‘Flying Scotsman’ by Fri so Booij

REGULARS

23 Diary Dates 38 Mailbox 42 Product News 50 Seen at the show

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