No.153 MAY 2007

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

Review Columnists Geoff Calver, Alan Davis Alan Habgood, David Pinniger

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

5EDITOR’SLETTER Tag Gorton

10BUILDING& OPERATINGASTER LOCOMOTIVES David Stick

15HOLEINTHEGROUNDAT STONEYCOMBE Don Henry

18SPRINGCOMESTOACCUCRAFT L&B STOCK Tony Willmouth

20BOLSTEREDUP Nick Dew

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No.153 MAY 07 Front Cover: An LGB Austrian Federal Railways type BB diesel No 2085 growls slowly through the garden with a rake of tanker wagons. Photo: Mike Clemence

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24THEC&J RAILWAY Mike Clemence

30FFESTINIOGMEMORIESREVISITED Ben Evans

32DB WANGEROOGEDIESEL LOCO399 101-5 John Lythgoe

36KEY-FOBRADIOCONTROL Ralph Bagnall-Wild

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WASTESTEAM Simon Bloomfield

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