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 stop in Devon?

Planning permission expiry stalls Lynton revival project

Blackmoor station inn secured for L&B revival

More shelter for Beddgelert passengers

Bagnall Sinembe arrives at Teifi line

Former Thorpe loco heading for Hayling

Trust makes urgent bid to keep Darj loco in UK

BRIEF LINES

Narrow gauge projects triumph again in the Heritage ‘Oscars’

Rapid progress on Talyllyn overhauls

Talyllyn’s new top team enjoys a strong start

Programme announced for Manx 150 celebrations

Rhiw Valley assets go up for sale after line closure

Fairbourne Gala to star Prince & Albert

Sanders fitted to Corris loco

Statfold to open five days a week

Bredgar makes progress on Katie overhaul

Buzzrail records festive record

Greenway threat to Donegal revival?

Sandstone extension to revive photo favourite

Gales lead to Swiss derailments

21-year effort secures Indonesian survivors

New carriages debut on Alishan

Motor museum loco heads for Somne

West Coast in wilderness to enable track upgrades

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REASONS TO BE HAPPY

Mountaineer and Gowrie • James Waite is impressed with progress in building replicas of ‘first’ and ‘last’ locos in the saga of the North Wales narrow gauge.

Sunny start to a new season • Trains are running again across the UK narrow gauge and NGW’s photographers have wasted no time getting out to make the most of the very Spring-like weather…

Rail Lorry at Hendre Ddu • Dan Quine has pieced together the history of an obscure locomotive that was more of a homespun contraption.

The Grouping and the Narrow Gauge… • In the centenary year of the Grouping of Britain’s railways, Philip Williams contrasts the fortunes of narrow-gauge lines that became part of the ‘Big Four’.

Statfold opens its Mease Valley line

Seaton carries out £200K bridge work

Unusual loop under threat?

Railmotors boost newly open Queensland line

All change at top of the Harz

Not the Last Trek North… • What wasn’t eventually a finale for the Narrow Gauge North show was again a big success..

Talybont Tales – I have a plan… • Andrew Charman continues his 009 scale NGW project layout, this month turning his dream in to a design…

009 – my part in the story… • As a follow-up to our feature last month, Paul Towers describes the formative years of 009, ‘from the inside’…

ON THE SHELF • The Hendre Ddu Tramway – ‘Blue Stones and Green Trees’

VIEWPOINT

NG EXTRA

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

Into the Balkans • Exactly 50 years have separated two contrasting encounters with Yugoslav steam enjoyed by Donald Brooks.