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ArticleWilt­ing in the heat...

Wel­come to the Septem­ber issue of Nar­row Gauge World – as I write these words we have just exper­i­enced the solar eclipse and the light has returned, along with the stifling tem­per­at­ures. The major­ity of read­ers will not need telling that...

ArticleCruise-ship grice in Nor­way

Cover: This issue high­lights some of the early pre­ser­va­tion­ists that saved locos for today’s lines. Quarry Hun­slet ‘Lilla’, today res­id­ent at the Ffest­iniog and pic­tured here by Joey Evans in pour­ing rain at the Welsh High­land Her­it­age...

ArticleSteam ser­vices suf­fer as heat­wave con­tin­ues

As NGW went to press on 13th August there appeared to be no end to the con­tinu­ing heat­wave con­di­tions across the UK, the exten­ded period of hot weather wreak­ing havoc with the peak sea­son of many lines which were forced to sub­sti­tute steam...

ArticleLyn­ton makes new bid for exten­sion

The Lyn­ton & Barn­staple Rail­way has made a new bid to secure plan­ning approval for an exten­sion of its close to one-mile oper­at­ing line from its cur­rent ter­minus at Kil­ling­ton Lane to Par­ra­combe. A pre­vi­ous applic­a­tion, to extend by...

ArticleTram­way wins £3m for full rein­state­ment

In a widely-wel­comed move, mem­bers of the Isle of Man’s Tyn­wald Par­lia­ment have approved the spend­ing of up to £3m to rein­state the Douglas Bay Horse Tram­way to its full length. The 3ft gauge tram­way, built in 1876, has been cut back to less...

ArticleLast rites for Leighton Buz­zard cross­ing flags