No.138 FEBRUARY 2006

GARDEN Rail G ARDEN Rail

Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD

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

Review Columnists Geoff Calver Keith Chadwick Alan Habgood David Pinniger

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Horticultural Columnist Becky Pinniger

Photography Phil Sixsmith

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ContentsContents

5EDITOR’SLETTER Tag Gorton

10A TRIPROUNDTHE‘WREKIN’ Alan Habgood

14GAUGEONEINTHEBLACKCOUNTRY Peter Crossley

18LGB SUMPTERVALLEYMALLET Keith Chadwick

22ANILLUMINATINGSUBJECT John Hulse

23THEWESTCLAREGARDENRAILWAY Matthew Labine

31P&J BOXVAN- A REVIEW Graham Wilkins

33SQUEAKSANDGROANS! John Lythgoe

37CARRIEONFIDDLING Tag Gorton

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Front Cover: The West Clare Railway lives on in 15mm scale. 0-6-2T Slieve Callan and its train of scratch built Irish stock roll through the countryside east of Lahinch. The crew are pleased because it's a beautiful afternoon, they're nearly home and still on schedule. Photograph by Matthew Labine

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