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YOUR G-SCALE LOCOMOTIVE An easy guide to care and maintenance

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Tel: 0870 428 1405 (UK), +44 1795 412893 (Overseas) – E-mail: atlanticbooks@servicehelpline.co.uk No.163 MARCH 2008

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

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Garden Civil Engineering David Pratt

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Buildings & Structures Kit Reviews Mark Thatcher

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ContentsContents

5 EDITOR’S LETTER Tag Gorton

10 A MALLET FOR THE TVLR Eric Londsborough

15 AUTUMN TINTS Ian Midgeley

17 CORRIS COACH Tony Reynolds

20 PUSHALONG THOMAS Keith Brown 15

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40 BEWARE OF GARDENERS Philip Elwin

44 TRADING PLACES- ONLINE SHOPS

47 MAIL BOX - MARKET PLACE DIARY DATES - CLUB NEWS

No.163 MAR 08 Front Cover: RSLR numbered saddletank rounds the bend by the cottages with a rake of slate wagons. The old RSLR number will need to be changed as we already have a No 3, this engine will become No 5, just as soon as the shed foreman can get one of the lads to cast a suitable number plate. Photo: Wing nut

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21 ELECTRONIC WATER LEVEL INDICATION Graham Wilkins

23 JUST ANOTHER RAILWAY Don Henry

26 A RETURN TO MAESFFORDD Paul Sherwood

34 PLASTIC FANTASTIC Alan Habgood

37 THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAIL Mark Thatcher

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