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6Narrow Gauge on Negros James Waite goes in search of steam – dead and alive! – on a beautiful island in the Philippines.

12At Home with Orion The return of the Welshpool & Llanfair’s largest locomotive to its former home in southern Finland has focused attention on a fascinating line.

15Steam at Eaton

16The Locomotive Builders Andrew Neale takes a close look at Beyer, Peacock & Co Ltd – a name synonymous with the Garratt locomotive.

23North Gloucestershire Railway The history of a two-foot gauge project that has operated at two different locations and has its roots in early standard gauge preservation.

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26Steam around the World More photographs from the camera of David Rodgers, whose work in our 50th anniversary issue attracted much favourable comment.

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30Locomotives at Leighton Buzzard Jeff Scherb introduces a series of scale drawings by explaining the technique he used to create them.

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