No.157 SEPTEMBER 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, Stuart Moon, 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

5 EDITOR’S LETTER Tag Gorton

10 REGENCY COURT NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY Ken Cox

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13 GROUND LEVEL SIGNAL BOX – A REVIEW Mark Thatcher

16 BATTERY ELECTRIC SPEED CONTROL Ralf Bagnall-Wild

18 LGB ® V51 DIESEL, 20515/20511 John Lythgoe PART 2 10

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41 PORTER AND SIDE DUMP CAR Bert Horner

44 TRADING PLACES

48 MARKET PLACE DIARY DATES - CLUB NEWS

No.157 SEP 07 Front Cover: Guillemotpauses on the viaduct for a ‘blow up’ en route to Heversham with the market day train. Photo: Ian Midgley

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25 A NEW LOCO FOR THE SHR William High

26 IN THE BEGINNING... Ian Midsley

34 A SIMPLE CRANE BASE Peter Twigg

36 BACHMANN FLAT CAR WITH LOG LOAD Stuart Moon

38 WORKING ON THE RAILWAY David Pratt

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