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No.175 MARCH 2009
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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, John Rogers, 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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C ontents C ontents
5 EDITOR’S LETTER Tag Gorton
10 ACCUCRAFT ‘LAWLEY’ Stuart Moon
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14 FUNICULAR FUN John Coulson
18 ASTER GW/BR ‘CASTLE’ Dave Stick
21 CARGO Alan Davis 18
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44 TRADING PLACES
48 DIARY DATES - MARKET PLACE
No.175 MAR 09 Front Cover: George the maintenance engineer checking a double head load from the quarry. Photo: Peter Harling
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24 ETCH BRASS NAME PLATES Charles Darley
26 PIMLICO TRAMWAY Peter Harling
34 LGB® FORNEY 2-4-4 TANK John Lythgoe
38 LMS DYNAMOMETER CAR Julian Dawes
40 GLYN VALLEY OPEN COACH David Mees
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