No.152 APRIL 2007

GARDEN Rail G ARDEN Rail

Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD

Publisher: Trevor M. Ridley

Editor: Tag Gorton e-mail: tag@atlanticpublishers.com 58 Beatrice Avenue, Saltash, Cornwall PL12 4NG Tel: 01752 845938

Review Columnists Geoff Calver, Alan Davis Alan Habgood, David Pinniger

Garden Civil Engineering David Pratt

Technical Columnist John Lythgoe

Horticultural Columnist Becky Pinniger

Photography Phil Sixsmith

Buildings & Structures Kit Reviews Mark Thatcher

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ContentsContents

5EDITOR’SLETTER Tag Gorton

10BUILDING& OPERATINGASTER LOCOMOTIVES David Stick

14ACCUCRAFTUS ROLLINGSTOCK Stuart Moon

17GRS RESINBUILDINGS Keith Brown

20A MODIFIEDPLATELAYERSTOOLVAN Matthew Foster 10

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41A NEWCRANEFORDLC M A Ware

44TRADINGPLACES

48MAILBOX- MARKETPLACEDIARYDATES

No.152 APR 07 Front Cover: Lady Olivia, a Roundhouse ‘Lady Anne’ class loco, is seen here pausing at Deanbridge with a local working. There would seem to be little passenger traffic on offer. Photo: Andrew Crookell

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23TOOLSFORGARDENRAILWAYS David Pratt

26A GLIMPSEOFLIFEINTHE DEANVALLEY Andrew Crookell

33SR (SE & CR) TWINBOLSTER WAGONS- GAUGE1 Don Froud

35CHEAPANDCHEERFUL7/8THS SCALEWAGONS David Pinniger

38THENORTHFURNESSREVISITED Matthew Pye

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