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.

Narrow Gauge World

Money well spent…

Fire risk sees lines bring out the diesels

Extension plan rejection leaves Lynton members asking ‘what next?’

Bala Lake seeks £300k to fund extension track

Brecon to celebrate 45 years

Volunteer injured at Gartell

Sittingbourne bids to buy complete works train

Lottery-backed Boston Lodge project completed

Lincs launches £25k appeal to fund Jurassic 10-year overhaul

Trust on target for historic rail trolley

Amberley volunteers buy Baguley from Gartell

BRIEF LINES

Dual-gauge line sparks Moseley memories

Furzebrook surviving shed to become house

Fewer days but Fintown will run railcar in 2025

Rescue plan for Letterkenny’s station crane

Talyllyn to showcase claim to Awdry fame

Crew escape as Darj loco overturns

Track thefts spark safety fears

Saxon lines feel pressure after funding cutbacks

BRIEF LINES

Collapse stops lakeside trains

Line runs steam, electric and diesel in one weekend

Fire destroys historic trestle

Park line marks ruby anniversary

‘Russell’ signs off • James Waite relates the saga of the only surviving Welsh Highland Railway locomotive through to its final runs in 2025 prior to a 10-year overhaul.

1825 and all that … • As reported in the UK News in NGW191, the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum’s exhibition as part of the nationwide ‘Railway 200’ celebrations emphasises that narrow gauge lines have a much longer pedigree than the 1825 opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Ian Evans takes up the saga.

Celebrating global – and local – anniversaries

Special days, special visitors • 2025 seems to be a year for special events, and many locomotives have been on their travels to add extra entertainment while other lines focus on simply doing what they do best…

like never before!

Austrian Demise • Donald Brooks profiles a preservation scheme that proved too ambitious a challenge.

Still worth a ‘Shoogle’ • Hugh Dougherty praises Britain’s newest narrow gauge trains.

Krauss centenarians • Christian Jummrich celebrates the hundredth birthdays of a pioneer trio that inspired a class of 15-inch gauge Pacifics.

In the footsteps of Giants…

MODEL LINES

Garratt for the garden

Rapido launches 009 range with ‘Diana’

Fourdees offers 10 ways to use a Rapido chassis

Accucraft’s Aussie Baldwin leads 16mm show releases

Bachmann scales up slate buildings for NG7

VIEWPOINT

The mouse that roared……

Paging Mr Stuart Karr…

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

Diary & Special Events

What’s On

Stoomtram • Keith Chester had a lucky experience in Java.