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

All our Yesterdays…

Rheidol’s plans for Devil’s Bridge spark cafe controversy

VoR’s August Steam Festival proves a hit

Lynton extension bid submitted

Three in, three out at Corris

Llanfair’s Austrian visitor on its way back home

Brecon to offer footplate trips

Storms spell end for FR’s landmark trident

Ivor becomes a Great Little Train

Simplex celebrates seven decades on Leighton line

BRIEF LINES

Darj Trust within 10k of boiler fund target

Poor weather fails to dent Fintown

Lincs Coast recalls war history of its stock

Rheidol plays host to veteran BR loco crew

Progress on the Peat • John Tavender, permanent way supervisor at one of the UK’s newest narrow gauge lines, provides an update from the Lincolnshire peat.

Loco partnership benefits two lines

Harz lines closed for major maintenance

Summer service issues in Berlin

Wagons go from Africa to America

MTVS makes carriage and track progress

Mining line moves with the times

Warm Welcome in Sichuan • In the second of three features on China’s narrow gauge in 2004, James Waite recalls a nightmare journey to visit a remote colliery line.

Downhill all the way • Andrew Charman looks at one of the oldest forms of narrow gauge travel, and tries it out for himself…

We’ll be coming down the mountain…

Power super and special… • Traditional Autumn happenings kept the photographers busy through September and into October.

Magnificent Macedonia • Prior to its abrupt closure in 1966, the Gostivar to Ohrid line through the rugged Macedonian mountains provided an unforgettable experience. Keith Chester describes an idyll that could not last and photographs of a 1959 journey capture one of the greatest losses the narrow gauge world ever suffered.

Worth the long bus ride… • Bill Jolitz enjoys the full-size attractions that added to the recent US narrow gauge modelling convention.

Conventionally speaking… • The 45th Narrow gauge Convention in Pennsylvania was a modelling overload. Bill Jolitz runs through the many attractions.

ON THE CHRISTMAS SHELF

VIEWPOINT

Pause for thought…

The Tram that grew into a Train • Donald Brooks looks back to winter 1979 in Austria.