Narrow Gauge

  • Talyllyn buys prime land next to Tywyn’s Pendre Works

    Talyllyn buys prime land next to Tywyn’s Pendre Works

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    THE Talyllyn Railway (TR) has bought a key piece of land alongside its Pendre Works, comprising two cottages on Frankwell Street and land opposite the West Shed at Pendre known as ‘The Orchard’. General manager Stuart Williams said: “The price being asked for both cottages and the land was deemed to be reasonable, and so…

  • Noel’s steam loco lined up for Westonzoyland

    Noel’s steam loco lined up for Westonzoyland

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    THE 2ft-gauge line being developed at Westonzoyland pumping station will shortly have a resident steam loco. Noel Donnelly has donated the 0-4-0VBT, which he built (RM July 2018), to Westonzoyland Engine Trust. It will receive a boiler inspection and then be moved soon to Somerset from its current location at Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum,…

  • Have you thought about 009?

    Have you thought about 009?

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    Imagine modelling a narrow-gauge Welsh slate quarry, or perhaps the Welsh Highland or Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, past or present. Such projects are becoming possible for many more modellers with the recent resurgence of ready-to-run 009-scale locomotives and rolling stock, writes Pete Kelly.    Now and again, it’s inevitable that some modellers will grow tired…

  • Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent to have new boiler built

    Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent to have new boiler built

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    A new boiler barrel is being built for Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway’s (H&KWR) Darent.

  • Narrow and minimum 
gauge at Warley show

    Narrow and minimum 
gauge at Warley show

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    Check out some great pictures from the exciting Warley Model Railway Exhibition.

  • Narrow and minimum 
gauge at Warley show

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    Check out some great pictures from the exciting Warley Model Railway Exhibition.

  • Russell steams to Beddgelert for first time since 1937

    Russell steams to Beddgelert for first time since 1937

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    The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway’s (WHHR) Hunslet 2-6-2T Russell made the historic trip.

  • Horden’s completed chassis leaves Tanfield workshop

    Horden’s completed chassis leaves Tanfield workshop

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    Restoration of the ex-Horden and Shotton Collieries’ loco has been underway at the TR’s Marley Hill works since 2012.

  • WLLR’s diminutive Dougal wows crowds in Taiwan

    WLLR’s diminutive Dougal wows crowds in Taiwan

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    A SMALL piece of mid-Wales made a big impression in the Far East on Saturday, December 8, when the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway signed a ‘sister railway’ co-operation agreement with the Taiwan Sugar Corporation (TSC). The signing ceremony was held in the city of Chiayi as part of the launch of TSC’s annual Sugar…

  • Narrow and minimum gauge at Warley show

    Narrow and minimum gauge at Warley show

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    FULL-sized narrow gauge exhibits at the November 23-25 Warley Model Railway Exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC featured Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway’s Davey Paxman 4-6-2 No. 2 Northern Chief and 4-8-2 No. 6 Samson, together with the line’s Royal Saloon coach, War Office Locomotive Trust’s Hunslet 4-6-0T WDLR No. 303 and Statfold Barn Railway’s Hudswell, Clarke ‘P’ class 0-6-0T…

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