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ISSN: 1466-0180
Cover: Statfold Barn’s Hunslet Wren ‘Jennie’ built in 2008, is some 36 years younger than
the Bala Lake Railway but acquitted itself
well at the ‘Bala at 50’ event, recalling another Wren that worked on the mid-Wales
line in earlier days. The inset shows one of
the UK’s very rare 18-inch gauge lines at Bicton in Devon, a line which has changed a lot over the years but survives to this day,
some 60 years after its creation. Photos: Andrew Charman & James Waite
NARROW GAUGE WORLD is published
nine times per year. This issue on sale 27th May 2022 Next issue published 24th June 2022
Issue No 166 June 2022
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CONTENTS
05 First Lines Yes we are still talking coal
06 Headline News Can politicans aid the fuel crisis?
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07 UK News Focus Coal substitutes – on the footplate
08 UK News Buzzrail extends, Bala celebrates
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15 World News Achenseebahn back from the brink
18 Waite’s World Bicton – 60 years of 18-inch gauge
22 European Lines End of the line in Austria?
24 News Gallery Galas gearing up
29 Lost Narrow Gauge Founder ed’s wasted expedition
32 Today’s Narrow Gauge Baltic island with much interest
35 Locomotives One man’s 3ft 6in new-build project
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38 From the Archive Amberley in the early days
40 NG Modelling Large-scale WW1 themed layout
43 On the Shelf Models and books to tempt
46 Viewpoint Tracing locos and talking coal
47 NG Extra Bala diesel debut and Jubilee stock
49 Diary Where to find your trains in June
50 Encounters Surprise discovery on an island
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