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

New hardware, more interest…

Darjeeling loco’s fate to be decided

King awards MBE to TR veteran John

Bala prepares for planning bid take two

Nutty stays at Welshpool

Dolgoch returns to mark Founders Day

Corris to recall the line’s closure

BRIEF LINES

Alford revival project makes rapid progress

Mountsorrel railway project hopes for opening in July

Evesham Gala to host Kirklees locomotive pair

Baldwin and Belge locos debut in style

Zig Zag returns in style with sold-out opening weekend

No more Thomas for Rail Park

BRIEF LINES

Yukon Porter to find new life in California

Tanks a lot for the donation

Rack veteran back on the climb

Sad Loss in the Austrian Alps • In the second of a three-part series, James Waite looks at a superb line that acted as a wake-up call to local enthusiasts when it was suddenly closed in 1957.

Peat, Clay and Pleasure • The first of a two-part feature by Christopher J B Phillips on Lincolnshire’s narrow gauge.

High season – peak interest • Days of hot sunny weather that stretched into weeks and events with new and interesting attractions have ensured there’s plenty for us to feature in these pages this month…

From Southend to Brighton • Volk’s Electric Railway Association members Derek Smith and Tim Steven tell the convoluted story of the Sussex electric line’s car no 9, dating from 1898 but obtained from Southend Pier in 1949.

Saudi Arabia Today… • Kevin Hoggett recently led the first-ever rail-tour to the Hedjaz Railway and found that preservation of its remains is making only patchy progress.

Were We the First? • Peter Deacon wonders if he was a trailblazing British passenger on a reopened Greek line in 1996.

REASONS TO BE HAPPY

NG MODELLING

Talybont Tales – Power Games • Andrew Charman unravels just a little of the mystery involved in installing model railway electrics.

MODEL LINES

Small object of delight • Andrew Charman checks out the latest, and tiny, 009 locomotive release from Bachmann.

ON THE SHELF • Large-scale Kerr Stuart, and inexpensive to Boot…

VIEWPOINT

More on Dougal’s road trip

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

Diary & Special Events

What’s On

‘The Fair Maid of Foyers’ • Donald Brooks remembers a visit to Falkirk in 1977 when the Maid was definitely not so Fair.