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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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