No.146 OCTOBER 2006

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, Keith Chadwick 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

10ROUNDHOUSEPENHRYNHUNSLETS Alan Habgood

15A QUICKANDEASYVIADUCT Peter Lucas

16COUNTYOFSOMERSET David Brutnell

19THEGREENSANDRIDGE LUMBERCOMPANY Cliff Thomas

24MINGTHEPENNILESS TAKESTOTHERAILS Mark Thatcher

26THESY LIGHTRAILWAY Bob Jefferson

33DIY STONEBUILDINGS Phil White

35THELYDIARDTREGOZERAILWAY– A WORKINGLINE John Brown

38BOOKREVIEWS

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39SUPERSIZEME David Pratt

44TRADINGPLACES

48MAILBOX- MARKETPLACEDIARYDATES& CLUBNEWS

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Front Cover: The newly acquired ‘Caradoc’ more or less straight out of the box. The American coaches are now in the S Y workshops being chopped about a bit and re-painted to look more ‘English’. Photograph by Bob Jefferson

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