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Issue 18 Winter 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 Jonathan Allen, Tom Ingall, Lionel Kay, Peter Wilson .Thanks to Peter Scott

Printers Henry Ling, Dorchester . Next deadline 1st May 2012

We seem to have given more or less equal coverage to 5-inch, 71/4-inch, 101/4-inch and 15-inch gauge lines in this issue, a balance we strive hard to achieve, but don’t always manage. Do keep the articles and ideas coming.You may think your own line is too humble (or indeed too grand) to be of interest, but rest assured - miniature railways are a very broad church.

Talking of grand railways, if you happen to own a theme park, or a very large country estate and have several million earning next to nothing in the bank, there does seem to be an overwhelming need for a really big 101/4-inch line in this country. Something along the lines of the legendary Surrey Borders & Camberley, where the most powerful historic and new-build machines can really stretch their legs. Something built - like the SB&C - as a double-track main line rather than a bucolic branch. Any takers? DAVID HENSHAW

ContentsMiniatureRailwayN ew s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 L e t t e r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 B o o k R e v i ew : L i t t l e P e t e r ’ s R a i l wa y . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 H i s t o r y : D u c h e s s D a y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Te c h n o l o g y : T h e L a u n c h o f C h a n n e l Pa c ke t . . . . . 1 2 H i s t o r y : Ma r i e & Ma r g a r e t - t h e R o mu l u s Tw i n s . . 1 4 P ro f i l e : T h e C r o s t o n & L o n g c r o f t R a i l wa y . . . . . . . 1 8 H i s t o r y : T h e L o c h f y n e M i n i a t u r e R a i l wa y . . . . . . . 2 2 CD R e v i ew : T h e H e y w o o d N o t e b o o k s . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Te c h n o l o g y : B u i l d Yo u r Ow n R a i l wa y . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Te c h n o l o g y : We e d C o n t r o l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3

Cover: Saturday 15th October 2011. One week into service, ‘Channel Packet’ prepares to depart from Eastleigh Parkway www.miniature-railway.com

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