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6East Broad Top We take a detailed look at the last operating three-foot gauge railroad in eastern USA, which survives in a work-weary time warp.

11Czech Centenary Ian Drummond celebrates one hundred years of a narrow gauge gem that is little known to British visitors but is only three hours from Prague airport.

15The Locomotive Builders This important series turns its attention to the Leeds firm of Hudswell Clarke, which ceased production in 1972 after more than a century of activity.

22Yugoslavia – 1965 The remarkable colour photographs of Charlie Lewis have already created much interest among NGW readers. In this issue we travel over the Ohrid line, a 167km journey that took seventeen hours to complete!

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26‘Europe’s Highest Train’ Philip Horton thoroughly recommends a visit to Le Petit Train d’Artouste on the lofty heights of the French Pyrenees.

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30Whistles in the Park The popular 15-inch gauge Markeaton Park Light Railway on the edge of Derby carries almost eighty thousand passengers a year.

33News and Views

COVER: Baldwin 2-8-0 No. 101 of El Salvador Railways, November 1993.

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