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GAR DEN RailGAR DEN Rail

Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD

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ContentsContents

5 EDITOR’S LETTER

Tag Gorton

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10 ACCUCRAFT UK ‘COUNTESS’

Stuart Moon

14 ‘ATLANTIC’ OBSERVATION COACH

David Rhodes

18 30 YEARS OF MAMODRY

Alan Dunster PART 4

21 MODDING A ‘RUSSELL’

Will Curry

44 TRADING PLACES

48 DIARY DATES - MARKET PLACE

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N o 183 NOVEMBER 2009 Front Cover: Probably the most anxiously awaited set of r-t-r models available in a VERY long time, a complete and impressive train for less than the price of some competitor’s solo locomotives. Countess/Earl poses with the entire set of Welshpool and Llanfair passenger stock. Photo: Stuart Moon

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25 A GARDEN RAILWAY ADVENTURE

Peter D Rogers

26 BIRKENTALBAHN OPERATIONS

Bruce Nowell

34 BARRETT ENGINEERING J38 KIT

Stuart Weston PART 2

37 DON’T TAKE A FENCE

Ian Midgley

39 NORTH INGS FARM STOCK

Zach Bond

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