No.169 SEPTEMBER 2008

GARDEN Rail G ARDEN Rail

Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD

Publisher: Trevor M. Ridley

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Columnists Geoff Calver, Alan Davis, Stuart Moon, John Rogers, 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

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ContentsContents

5 EDITOR’S LETTER Tag Gorton

10 THE RUSTIC RAILCAR John Rogers

14 NELLIE David Pinniger

17 A MATTER OF SCALE Mark Thatcher

20 NEW ZEALAND DUBS ‘A’ John Robinson

44 TRADING PLACES

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48 MARKET PLACE - DIARY DATES MAIL BOX

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23 ACCUCRAFT L&B BOGIE OPEN WAGON Stuart Moon

26 A RETURN TICKET TO FILSHAM Humphrey Atkinson

34 THE ARISTO-CRAFT C-16 2-8-0 John Lythgoe

37 A NEW GARDEN SCALE Tony Bird

39 NILGIRI HILLS RAILWAY UPDATE Ken Elliott

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No.169 SEP 08 Front Cover: Fred looks pleased with himself as he prepares to take his locomotive out onto the road. Might be an idea to hook his bike onto the bufferbeam so that he knows where it is and so that it is available for the ride home after work... Photo: Humphrey Atkinson

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