Narrow Gauge World

The only magazine specialising in narrow gauge railways. We recall the past, and offer comprehensive, in-depth coverage of today’s narrow gauge scene. We speak with authority to our readers, many of whom run narrow-gauge railways.

Wilting in the heat…

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Steam services suffer as heatwave continues

Tramway wins £3m for full reinstatement

Ffestiniog looks to ‘finish job’ with new Blaenau station

Lynton makes new bid for extension

Infrastructure investment at Brecon and VoR

Last rites for Leighton Buzzard crossing flags

Bredgar-based Fowler goes up for sale

SKLR’s Melior returns to service with new boiler

Cegin heads to Apedale Gala

Alford mourns its founding force

Dorothy closing on first steaming in 100 years

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Fairbourne’s first loco returns to the seaside

Bure battery loco answers fire risk

Seaton seeks funds for depot extension

Blythburgh hosts artists and more

Talyllyn toasts 30 years of volunteering youngsters

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Rhaetian joins the Alishan family

Tunnel key to major RhB route upgrade

$30k donation smashes new-build funding target

Back to constant operation after four-year closure

End of the line for peat trains

Historic event marks three decades

Notebooks set to reveal more of Swilly line

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Tinkerbell and her peers • James Waite concludes his three-part survey of the minimum gauge narrow gauge with the narrowest of all – 7¼-inch, on the borderline between minimum and model.

Pleasure in the Park • Andrew Charman describes one of a succession of 1970s tourist-pitched railways that flourished briefly before disappearing.

Keeping cool when the heat is on… • Heatwave-induced steam bans did not stop NGW’s photographers finding plenty to shoot this month.

Up the Hill… • Keith Chester recalls 1990s adventures to Cuba to capture hard-working narrow gauge steam.

Tram-trains on the Costa Blanca • Michael Sanderson describes a busy modern metre gauge system serving a tourist hotspot.

Recalling a Rich Legacy… • Visiting an early preservation personality who helped save several locomotives from the cutter’s torch.

From Gwynedd to Cumbria • This year’s Gala at Threlkeld Quarry had more a feel of a Welsh quarry about it…

Expo in Retro • Following confirmation that it will not be returning, Andrew Charman looks back at a particularly special aspect of one of the UK’s favourite narrow gauge modelling shows.

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ON THE MODEL SHELF

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NG EXTRA

That was the year that… • Narrow gauge news stories from the archives and their legacy…

Diary & Special Events

What’s On

A grice in Norway… • A cruise ship holiday did not stop Phil Barnes seeking out an electric survivor…