Llanfair

GARDEN RAILWAY GALA & NARROW GAUGE EXHIBITION

GARDEN RAILWAY GALA & NARROW GAUGE EXHIBITION

2009

2009 Llanfair Caereinion Leisure Centre

Saturday & Sunday – Sept 5th & 6th

Saturday & Sunday – Sept 5th & 6th

10:00am – 5:00pm (As part of the Welshpool & Llanfair Railways Gala Weekend) Numerous Layouts - Live Steam - Traders Galore

Catering - Free Minibus service from Llanfair Station

Entrance: Adults £6.00, Seniors £5.00, Children £2.50, Family (2+2) £14.00 Organised by Atlantic, publishers of Garden Rail, European Railways and Narrow Gauge World magazines.Photo: T ag Gor ton No.180 AUGUST 2009

GAR DEN RailGAR DEN 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

Office Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Production & Advertisements: Juliet Arthur

e-mail: juliet@atlanticpublishers.com

Tel: 07896 722125

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

Distribution News trade Warners Distribution

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12 issues - Home £46.20, Europe £62.00,

Rest of the world £72.00 Binders: UK £9.50 - Overseas £11.00

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© GardenRail 2009

ISSN: 0969-952X

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ContentsContents

5 EDITOR’S LETTER

Tag Gorton

10 ROUNDHOUSE ‘ATLANTIC’

– A REVIEW Stuart Moon

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14 BESIDE THE SEASIDE

Becky Pinniger

18 ANY OLD IRON?

– A REVIEW Mark Thatcher

44 TRADING PLACES

48 DIARY DATES - MAIL BOX

MARKET PLACE

No.180 AUG 09 Front Cover: N o 186 brings its train into the large Victorian trainshed at Burmer with all the dignity that members of the class would have displayed when they worked on the link from Terowie to Port Augusta on the transcontinental route from Sydney and Melbourne to Perth. Photo: David Mercer

22 SCRATCH BUILDING

Neil Ramsay PART 2

26 THE SPRINGFIELD AND

NORTH LONDON David Mercer PART 1

34 MIXING THE GAUGES

John Rogers

39 STATIONS IN BLOOM

Campbell Lees

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