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Issue 7 May 2008 Miniature Railway 40 Manor Road,Dorchester,DT1 2AX,England tel 01305 259998 .ISSN1751-3103 email atob@atob.org.uk or atob@onetel.com.webwww.miniature-railway.com EditorDavid Henshaw. Cover Design Tim Pestridge ContributorsPatrick Henshaw, David Henshaw .PrintersBroglia Press,Poole Next deadline1st September 2008

The first official steaming of Mariloo at Exbury Gardens was a classy event, made all the more intriguing when we were told that Her Majesty the Queen had been on the footplate the day before.The Queen has to endure some tedious engagements and - no doubt - some emotionally draining ones too,so it was nice to see photographs of a radiant face on the new locomotive.Clearly, HMQ enjoyed her footplate ride in the New Forest. Many of the miniature railways opened in the decades since the Queen took the throne have since closed, but in recent years the tide has turned, with bigger, better lines opening, and several vintage examples being restored. Exbury’s rapid expansion seems to symbolise this new confidence - long may it continue to flourish!

Contents

Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Miniature Railway News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Profile: The North Bay Miniature Railway . . . . .11

Technology: Mapping Miniatures . . . . . . . . . . .16

Profile: The Strawberry Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Profile: Wolds Way Lavender . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Technology: Gas Producer Combustion System . .39

Technology: Build Your Own Railway! . . . . . . . .42

Miniature Smalls: Free Classified Ads . . . . . . . .45

Cover picture: Exbury’s new locomotive ‘Mariloo’ hauls her first public train

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