No.165 MAY 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

Distribution News trade Warners Distribution Tel: 01778 392417 Model trade Warners Trade Sales Tel: 01778 392404 Overseas Agents USA: Carstens Publications P.O.Box 700, Newton, NJ 07860-0700 JAPAN: Eriei Co, ltd. 1-1-12 Toyotama-kita, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 176

ContentsContents

5 EDITOR’S LETTER Tag Gorton

10 CRICCIETH CASTLE – A REVIEW Roundhouse

44 TRADING PLACES

48 MAIL BOX - MARKET PLACE DIARY DATES

15 METHODIST CHAPEL CAR ‘WESLEY’ The Revd Martin Dawes

18 G1 GWR 57XX PANNIER TANK – A REVIEW Geoff Calver

21 BODGELLING FOR BEGINNERS John Rogers PART 2 15

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No.165 MAY 08 Front Cover: No 3 shunts the sidings at High Westland on a bright spring morning. Photo: Andy Coward

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© GardenRail 2008 ISSN: 0969-952X

24 KITTEN CLASS ‘TIBBY’ Ian Midgley

26 ISLE OF WESTLAND RAILWAY Andy Coward

34 OBB 2095 DIESEL,LGB ® 21962 John Lythgoe PART 1

37 ATMOSPHERE Ian Stock PART 2

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