No.164 APRIL 2008

GARDEN Rail G ARDEN Rail

Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD

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Columnists Geoff Calver, Alan Davis, Stuart Moon, Alan Habgood, David Pinniger, Peter Spoerer

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

5 EDITOR’S LETTER Tag Gorton

10 ATMOSPHERE Ian Stock PART 1

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14 BUILDING AN ENGINE SHED KIT Chris Haley

18 THERE’S A DRAGON IN MY BOILER Paul Cage

19 VoR MATCHBOARD BRAKE – A REVIEW Mark Thatcher 22

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44 TRADING PLACES

48 MAIL BOX - MARKET PLACE DIARY DATES

No.164 APR 08 Front Cover: A mogul treads carefully as it pilots a passenger train over the trestle at Ricketty bridge while a Consolidation eases its train of boxcars round the curve. Photo: David Groves

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22 A FACELIFT FOR A LADY Iain Maclean

26 SPRINGTHORPE VALLEY RAILWAY David Groves

33 BUILDING A LIVE STEAM RAILMOTOR Peter Lucas

36 BODGELLING FOR BEGINNERS John Rogers PART 1

39 THE STORY OF ETHEL Alan Leslie

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