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THE ART OF GARDEN RAILWAYS THE ART OF GARDEN RAILWAYS

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Announcing the third GARDENRAIL ‘Special’ THE ART OF GARDEN RAILWAYSReachingforRealism Most new garden railfarers come from a background of ‘indoor’ scenic model railways and, naturally, they hope to produce a railway running through a believable landscape. The more traditional ‘tracks on sticks’ engineering, apart from looking unsightly, in fact bears no relation at all to any sort of ‘real’ railway infrastructure. This book therefore, is not a point-by-point listing of how to construct a garden railway in a particular way. It is rather, an attractively presented way of cross-referencing our own imagination and artistic endeavour with a practical way forward. In model railway terms, ’realism’ is very hard to define and even more difficult to capture, but Ian Stock’s struggle to produce railway ambience in what (it has to be said) was a very unpromising plot, is described herein. The author also visits a selection of superbly atmospheric garden railways from around the United Kingdom – look out for the hidden gems!

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No 188 APRIL 2010

GARDEN Rail

Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD

Publisher: Trevor M. Ridley

Editor: Tag Gorton e-mail: tag@atlanticpublishers.com 58 Beatrice Avenue, Saltash, Cornwall PL12 4NG
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Columnists Geoff Calver, Alan Davis, Stuart Moon, John Rogers, David Pinniger, Peter Spoerer

Technical Columnist
John Lythgoe

Horticultural Columnist
Becky Pinniger

Buildings & Structures Kit Reviews
Mark Thatcher


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Contents

5 EDITOR’S LETTER
Tag Gorton

10 GAUGE ONE TANKERS
Stuart Moon

13 BETWEEN TRAINS
Ian Midgley

14 MORE BUILDINGS
Keith Neat

16 AUTOCOACH BOILER FILL
Vern Gauge

18 PIKO TAURUS ELECTRIC
John Lythgoe

22 SAME DIFFERENCE
Mark Thatcher

26 CHRONICLES OF THE C&RR
Andrew and Stephen Martin

34 BARRATT ENGINEERING J38
Stuart Weston

35 ACCUCRAFT IOM BOGIE COACHES
Stuart Moon

38 LETTER FROM AMERICA
Thomas Preisner

44 TOWNSMAN’S ROUND
Stuart Moon

48 MARKETPLACE/DIARY DATES

49 MAILBOX

No 188 APRIL 2010 Front Cover: ‘Criccieth Castle’ on the slate embankment of the Carreg and Rhosynnau Railway.
Photo: Andrew Martin

Next Month’s GardenRail
Issue 189 - May
ON SALE 15th April 2010

GARDEN Rail