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Inside the latest issue:
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Miniature Railway 59

Exmoor Steam Railway 2023
A brief profile of the company and a complete list of all the publicly-known Exmoor engines produced to date

Forest Row Light Railway
A delightful little 7.25″ railway created by the late Bob Wills

Barton House
A fascinating place in Hoveton on the Norfolk Broads. They’ve finally added the ‘Museum’ line they’ve always wanted

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miniature-railway-58Inside MR58:
Cropthorne Light Railway

This rural 10.25″ line is open each year during the world-renowned Cropthorne Walkabout event (30th April to 1st May 2023). It has grown gradually and organically, but there are now a host of locos, some very special, and track-laying continues apace. This will evolve into a very special line.

Cover Story: Grittingham Light Railway
It feels like a dream now. A hugely complex private 10.25″ line with freight trains, dozens of carriages and a host of special steam and diesel locos? It was true, and we had the chance to visit before it was all swept away.

Mease Valley Light Railway
All the latest on this 12.25″ gauge extension to the well-known Statfold Barn complex

Plus book reviews, letters and the latest news

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miniature-railway-57Bekonscot Model Village & Light Railway
Arguable the finest model village in the UK, certainly the best Gauge 1 railway, and now with its own 7 1/4″ Light Railway too.

Radwell Miniature Railway
A visit to the Bassett-Lowke ‘test-track’ in 1928

Ultrasonic Signalling
Track circuits without rain, ice, leaves and non-standard locos. A fascinating series of experiments.

Strange Trains
A brief look at some of the stranger miniature locomotives. Something we must come back to!

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north-cornwall-seapoint-light-railway-brandhojbanenInside MR56:

The Seapoint Light Railway
A remarkable story of little 5-inch gauge locomotive in Cape Town that raised £20,000 for the war effort between 1939 and 1945

The North Cornwall Miniature Railway
10.25″ gauge, and not to be missed

The Brandhojbanen
An old gravel quarry in Denmark is now home to a interesting 5/7.25″ railway

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Ukraine’s Children’s Railways

Of the eight in use before the war, most are more or less safe, but a handful are gravely threatened. Some history and a full report from the ‘Small SouthWestern’ in Kyiv.

Poole Park Tracklaying

It’s all-new and it’s 10.25-inch gauge, but don’t let the consultants know!

From Goose to Swan

How a time-expired Cromar White Hymek emerged from the workshop as a swan, or more accurately, a Galloping Goose

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Miniature Railway 54

Inside MR54:

Waipuna Railway, New Zealand

A tiny urban site, but a lot of track, tunnels, trestles and fun, all courtesy of the local mechanical engineering group.

Ayton Castle

A very different 10.25-inch gauge railway in the Scottish Borders, transporting castle visitors the last half mile from the car park to the castle.

Paignton Zoo

Closure of this long-established line came as a complete bolt out of the blue in mid-January. We put together a potted history at the last second, together with details on how you can help the campaign to reverse the decision



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Miniature Railway 53

Previous issue MR53:

Valley Park Miniature Railway –
a typical park line from the 1940s

Beacon Hill Light Railway –
An unusual private line that squeezes three stations and four signal-boxes into a small suburban garden!

Mr Smith’s Amazing No.10 –
A tribute to engineer Tom Smith, who died in August. And see our video of the loco at https://studio.youtube.com/video/Ad3tlis_edM/edit

Oakhill Manor –
Some wonderful slides have been unearthed by Dave Hill

The There & Back Light Railway –
a new portable line

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Miniature Railway 52

Previous issue MR52:

Riverside Miniature Railway, St Neots
A brand new 7.25″ railway in this charming Cambridgeshire market town

The Finnish Quickie
We were in Finland in the last issue, and we’re back building a little battery-electric loco

Bow Hills

Deep in Herefordshire, a rarely visited hillside railway

Farewell to ‘Tram Man’ Howard Burford
A brief tribute to the man who broke the mould by building authentic trams

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Miniature Railway 51

Previous issue MR51:

Oulton Lodge Miniature Railroad
Galloping Geese and US steam from the 1860s… in Northamptonshire?

The Finnish Railway Museum
There won’t be many miniature railways further north than this! A fascinating story

Memories of Radwell Manor
Personal recollections of the 1930s and ’40s

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miniature-railway-50Previous issue MR50:

Greenly’s Canadian Pacifics
Best Welsh Anthracite!
Last Days at Mull Rail

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Previous issue MR49:

Farewell to Ise Valley
The 12-inch Gauge in Australia
Making Concrete Sleepers
A Cautionary Tale


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Previous issue MR48:
Mull & West Highland Remembered
The Shuzenji-Romney Railway
New Minimal Gauge Locos
Upgrade to Lithium-ion Batteries
Mr Brereton’s Locomotive!

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Previous issue MR47:
Liverpool Garden Festival Railway Voryd Park Railway
Bushey Miniature Railway
Bridge View Light Railway
Mr Leatham’s Locomotive!

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Previous issue MR46:

Fairy Glen Miniature Railway, New Brighton: 18-inch gauge
Churwell Woodland Railway: 7 1/4-inch

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Previous issue, MR45:
Alexandra Palace, Lakeside Miniature Railway: 15-inch gauge
Glenfinnan Woodland Narrow Gauge Railway: 7 1/4-inch gauge
New Class 08 for Faversham: 9-inch gauge

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Previous issue, MR44:
Cuckoo Hill Railway: 7 1/4-inch gauge

Tan-y-Bwlch & Creuau Bank Railway: 7 1/4-inch gauge
Hampton Loade Railway: 15-inch gauge

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Previous issue, MR43:
Radwell Miniature Railway: 10 1/4-inch gauge
Kitlands Light Railway: 7 1/4-inch gauge
The Plum Line – 5-inch gauge
The Bankside Miniature Railway

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Previous issue, MR42:
More Garden Railways of the 1920s and ’30s
The Return of ‘Katie’
The IMechE Railway Challenge – Results!
The Bankside Miniature Railway

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Previous issue, MR 41:
More Garden Railways of the 1920s and ’30s

Alderney Miniature Railway
Maritzburg Mallard
The IMechE Railway Challenge
More on the Far Tottering & Oyster Creek Railway

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Previous issue, MR40:
Somerford Light Railway
Wells & Walsingham Anniversary
Garden Railways of the 1920s and ’30s
Plus Canvey Island and much more

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