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ISSN: 1466-0180

NARROW GAUGEWORLD

The magazine giving worldwide coverage – yesterday and today

No 79 January/February 2012

CONTENTS

05 First Lines Should we scrap, or not?

06 Headline News Welshpool needs 100K

07 UK News Lines get into Olympics

12 World News Comeback for Aussie veteran

14 News Extra Sense prevails at Sandstone

16 The New Projects Update from the Water Board line

18 Waite’s World Mountain-top narrow gauge – just

20 Cover Story Puffing Billy head speaks out

23 Grand Day Out Belfast’s museum gem

26 Narrower Gauges Amberley’s monorail

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27 News Gallery The best narrow gauge photography

32 Anniversaries150yearsatthebusiest junction.

36 OpinionWhatfuture for the narrow gauge?

40 World Lines Steam by the Red Sea

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Cover: Snow still lies on the ground as HSB 2-10-2 no 99 7240-7 near Drei Annen Hohne on the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen on the 8th March 2011. UK lines will be hoping they don’t see quite as much snow as they did last winter... Photo: Michael Chapman

NARROW GAUGE WORLD is published six times per year. Next issue on sale 24th February 2012

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NARROW GAUGE WORLD – No 79

42 ViewpointLetters,websites and the quiz

45 NG Modelling Full report from Expo NG

49 On the Shelf New temptations for NG fans

50 DiaryEarlystarters in 2012

55 Life on the Narrow Gauge Get into those workshops...

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