First track goes down in glyn valley tramway revival

An envelope of old pictures has turned Chris Leigh ’s thoughts to narrow gauge and how times have changed where ready-to-run narrow gauge is concerned.

AFTER MORE than two decades at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway, experimental railbus RB3, otherwise known as RDB977020, has moved to the Gwendraeth Valley Railway in Carmarthenshire. Originally

THE MUCH-MISSED Somerset & Joint Dorset Railway, between Bath and Bournemouth, might have closed on March 7, 1966, but a part of it is being revived at Shillingstone station, writes John Stretton. The

Klaas Jansma has created a mesmerising layout, which employs the timehonoured oval track plan to great effect.

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

D2094 – Milton of Crathes: One of the trio of Class 03s based at the Royal Deeside Railway, D2094, has recently received attention. While its bodywork is now tatty, its early 2000s paint job has evolv