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NARROW GAUGE WORLDWORLDWORLD

The magazine giving worldwide coverage – yesterday and today

No.56 March/April 2008

C O N T E N T S

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6 Still Steaming in Serbia James Waite visits two lines that are home to some of world’s last narrow gauge steam locomotives in industrial service.

12 Restoration of a Last Survivor A newly restored Kerr Stuart NG4 4-6-2T looks truly magnificent on the Sandstone Steam Railroad.

15 War and Peace The Leighton Buzzard Railway’s winter calendar has a new event.

16 A Very Secret Railway John Wilson relates the fascinating story of a line that long remained unknown to the outside world because of its potentially explosive nature!

19 The Locomotive Builders Andrew Neale unravels the complex ‘Planet’ story.

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25 Books and DVDs

26 Snowdon by Night A rare opportunity opens the way for something rather different in our series looking at today’s British narrow gauge.

30 The Return of 315 Built in 1895, a Baldwin 2-8-0 makes a triumphant return to steam on the Durango & Silverton Railroad.

32 News and Views Home Happenings • World Scene

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39 The Evolution Of The Bourne Valley Railway

44 Josephtown Craddonium Company

47 Diary Dates

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