Narrow Gauge World

The only magazine specialising in narrow gauge railways. We recall the past, and offer comprehensive, in-depth coverage of today’s narrow gauge scene. We speak with authority to our readers, many of whom run narrow-gauge railways.

Narrow Gauge World

More pros than cons…

Old Kiln line under threat as museum fights for its future

Lynton reveals plans to extend by half a mile

Restored and renamed Bagnall makes debut

Threlkeld museum gets £170k boost

Keef open day to feature IOM and TR projects

Talyllyn’s Douglas goes to the Severn Valley

Electric shunter earns praise at Boston Lodge

BRIEF LINES

Matthew: youngest loco driver in Lincolnshire?

Fowler back to Bredgar

Making Mannings at FR

Tuesday gang add gravity vehicle to Corris history

Trio clock up 25 years on F&WHR

Brienz and Alishan shut by storms • Alishan permanent way worker killed by rock fall after making track inspection.

Zittau success points to oil-fired future for Saxony steam operations

Motive power surprises boost Zittau Gala weekend

Legs all the way…

Dresden line’s 140th

Funding push to return cane loco to steam

Inside the Lodge • Andrew Charman checks out the latest heritage innovation at the Ffestiniog Railway, giving visitors access to hallowed quarters…

Centenarian Steam at Madiun • James Waite looks back almost 50 years to a memorable visit to Java when steam was on its last legs.

Photo fun in the summer sun • High-season events and charters have provided plenty of inspiration for the photographers.

Exmoor Extra • James Waite enthuses over new Exmoor Steam Railway locos – and the lines where they are operating.

Last Days of the Denver & Rio Grande Western • Adrian Garner recalls the Durango to Silverton line in 1973 when it still had a pre-preservation atmosphere.

Fiction to fact…

England expects… • Andrew Charman checks out the latest 009 locomotive offering from Peco/Kato, the Ffestiniog Railway ‘large England’ 0-4-0ST.

Peco joins the 009 property market

MODEL LINES

Bole limited edition aids 19B boiler campaign

VIEWPOINT

NG EXTRA

That was the year that… • Narrow gauge news stories from the archives and their legacy…

Diary & Special Events

What’s On

Lost and found • Keith Chester discovers some missing slides that evoke memories of watching a strange manoeuvre in Greece.