No.166 JUNE 2008

GARDEN Rail G ARDEN 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

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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 ACCUCRAFT FLYING SCOTSMAN Peter Spoerer

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13 ATMOSPHERE Ian Stock PART 3

18 CAERSWS STATION – A REVIEW Mark Thatcher

21 BODGELLING FOR BEGINNERS John Rogers PART 3

44 TRADING PLACES

48 MAIL BOX - MARKET PLACE DIARY DATES

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25 WINNING STREAK David Pinniger

26 THE HILLHEAD & DALES LIGHT RAILWAY Bruce Nowell

34 VINTAGE ‘VINCENT’ FROM REGNER Matthew Foster

38 OBB 2095 DIESEL,LGB ® 21962 John Lythgoe PART 2

No.166 JUN 08 Front Cover: Autumn and winter services are assured by a railbus. VT 133 525, formerly of the DR, waits for the few passengers who are still about this late in the season. Photo: Bruce Nowell

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