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ISSN: 1466-0180
Cover: The railways are back in operation for a new and hopefully more normal season and seeing promising early loadings. David
Lloyd-Jones caught Beyer Peacock no 13 ‘Kissack’ at Keristal near Port Soderick, heading south on the first day of Isle of Man Steam Railway services on 4th March, his birthday! The inset, by Gerry Balding, shows Sharp Stewart 2-4-0T ‘Blyth’, newly completed for the Southwold Railway Trust.
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CONTENTS
05 First Lines Milestone for our Editor
06 Headline News Lines battle to beat coal issue
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07 UK News New and old at Talyllyn and Corris
16 World News Harz loses half-million passengers
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18 Waite’s World Fears for Ukrainian children’s line
21 Narrower Lines One Ratty village, two stations
25 News Gallery Early season Galas pictured
30 Locomotives Chasing Nasmyths in India
34 New-build Narrow Gauge Southwold welcomes Blyth
36 Narrow Gauge Archeology First French Railway in China
37 New on the Narrow Gauge Corris and Talyllyn developments
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39 NG Modelling More 009 line on the Isle of Stoner
42 NG Modelling 16mm steam Peckett review
43 On the Shelf 009 Hunslets in colour
46 Viewpoint Penrhyn point and Awdry memories
47 NG Extra Quarry, roadside and the end of a line
49 Diary Plenty of trains and events in May
50 Encounters Quarry Hunslet in Lancashire
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