N o 181 SEPTEMBER 2009

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 DETAILING A 57XX

Tony White

14 16mm SCALE SIGNALLING

David Rhodes

18 MODELLING THE FIRST GARRATT

Peter Lucas

21 CREDIT CRUNCHING

Mark Thatcher

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44 TRADING PLACES

48 MARKET PLACE - MAIL BOX

CLUB NEWS - DIARY DATES

N o 181 SEPTEMBER 2009 Front Cover: County Donegal railmotor N o 10, with van, departs from the bay at Bulmer with the mid afternoon ‘mixed’ bound for the Kitchener branch... Photo: David Mercer

25 THE WHEELIE GOOD SOLUTION

David Chambers

26 THE SPRINGFIELD AND

NORTH LONDON David Mercer PART 2

34 THE DON

Chris Bird

37 THE THREE TIPPERS

Matthew Foster

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