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ISSN: 1466-0180
Cover: This scene is unlikely to be repeated
for sometime, the pioneer Ffestiniog new-build Fairlie ‘Earl of Merioneth’ now out of service and likely to be so for some time. The full story of the locomotive and its final
run is in this issue. Photo: Graham Bond/FF&WHR
NARROW GAUGE WORLD is published
nine times per year. This issue published 25th May 2018 Next issue on sale 29th June 2018
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Issue No 130 June 2018
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CONTENTS
05 First Lines Favourite locos making their return
06 Headline News Donegal railcars heading home?
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07 UK News A new station at Waunfawr
14 World News Sibiu bid to buy a locomotive
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16 Locomotives Finale for the ‘Earl of Merioneth’
20 UK Lines Lynton - the early days
26 News Gallery Latest narrow gauge images
30 Waite’s World India’s hidden sugar locos
33 European Lines More Austrian visits in the 1960s
36 Narrower Gauges Yesterday and today at Eaton Hall
40 NG Modelling Welsh splendour in 009
44 NG Modelling Realistic finishing on a small layout
47 NG Modelling Shows and new kits to tempt
48 On the Shelf Latest narrow gauge reading
50 Viewpoint Questions answered - and posed
51 Narrow Gauge Extra The quiz, differing times and more
53 Diary Where to see NG action this month
54 Narrow Gauge Encounters New undergound NG in Poland
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