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Issue 16 Spring 2011 Miniature Railway 40 Manor Road, Dorchester, DT1 2AX, England tel 01305 259998 . ISSN 1751-3103

editorial email atob@atob.org.uk or atob@onetel.com . subscriptions teresa@atob.org.uk web www.miniature-railway.com Editor David Henshaw . Cover Design Tim Pestridge

Contributors Peter Bryant, Lynn Stratton

Thanks also to John Kerr, Aidan Favell, Chris Knibbs, the Stirland family

Printers Ian Allan Ltd . Next deadline 1st September 2011

We couldn’t resist the cover in this Royal Wedding season. Congratulations are due to Ingfield volunteer Katie Favell and new husband James Finch. There’s more on the Ingfield Light Railway inside, plus Exmoor Steam and Kerr’s. It’s just chance that these three significant profiles have come up at the same time, but we knew you wouldn’t want us to hold anything over until the next issue.This has left us a little short of space for other things, including a few small items and our spring ‘Open & Special Running Days’ listing. We’ve even turned down a few advertisements, and you don’t hear of magazines doing that every day!

The open days listing is on our web site at www.miniature-railway.com together with a few photographs that we didn’t have space for in this issue. DAVID HENSHAW

Steam Day at Manor

Road! 15/5/2011

Contents M i n i a t u r e R a i l w ay News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 B o o k R e v i ew s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 L e t t e r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 P ro f i l e : Ke r r ’ s M i n i a t u r e R a i l wa y . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 P ro f i l e : E x m o o r S t e a m R a i l wa y . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 P ro f i l e : I n g f i e l d L i g h t R a i l wa y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5

Cover picture: Katie Favell takes 4701 for a wedding day spin. Ingfield Light Railway, 26/03/2011 ROY HARWOOD

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