No.142 JUNE 2006

GARDEN Rail G ARDEN Rail

Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD

Publisher: Trevor M. Ridley e-mail: tr@atlanticpublishers.com

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

Technical Columnist John Lythgoe

Horticultural Columnist Becky Pinniger

Photography Phil Sixsmith

Buildings & Structures Mark Thatcher

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ContentsContents

5EDITOR’SLETTER Tag Gorton

10A TROPICALGARDENRAILWAY John Bell

14RHB G 3/4 STEAMLOCOMOTIVE Keith Chadwick

17BOB THEBUILDERRIDESAGAIN Mark Thatcher

22BROWNWELLLOCOMOTIVES‘DAISY’ - A REVIEW Gwyn Lishman

24CHEMINDEFERDELAGUETTE Carl Hibbs

32MOREDWARVESFORTHE GARDENRAILWAY Becky Pinniger

34PINERIDGE Stuart Black

38BUILDINGTHESLATERSDINORWIC 16MMSLATEWAGONKITS Derek Pollard

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40LOCOLINESDELUXE WATERSLIDETRANSFERS Steve Ciambrone

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44TRADINGPLACES

48MAILBOX- MARKETPLACEDIARYDATES& CLUBNEWS

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Front Cover: Winter steam down in the woods, my scruffy but reliable ‘Hanomag’ on a short goods working. Goods vans are weathered LGB items, which are a reasonable representation of French metre gauge vans. Photograph by Carl Hibbs

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