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Special Issues of "The Narrow Gauge"
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204. The Locomotives of Severn-Lamb Ltd - £9.95
Warwickshire-based engineers
Severn-Lamb Ltd have been manufacturing transport-related items for the leisure
industry for over fifty years. Their output includes road trains, monorails,
theme-park rides and steam launches, but they mainly concentrate on narrow-gauge
and miniature locomotives, steam and diesel, for gauges between 7¼” and 3 feet.
Over 140 photos, most in colour, illustrate the firm’s output.
The Miniature Railway
World said:
This excellent new book has
just been written by well known miniature railway personality Dave Holroyde and
Lawson Little - about a fascinating company who have built and continue to
build, a huge array of miniature railway locomotives, both steam and diesel.
Severn Lamb Ltd dates back to 1949, and has always been a family business,
building mainly commercial diesel locomotives, but also steam locomotives and
miniature boats. Although now mainly building narrow gauge locomotives, this book
catalogues the all important miniature railway locomotives that got the company
where it is today. It is good to see that this collection has finally been
recorded, and the loco details and the interesting photos that come with it make
it a book worth buying.
Stongly recommended.
203. BRITISH TRANSPORTER
WAGONS 36pp. £4.95
An often forgotten and rarely covered subject is the carriage
of goods across railways of different gauges using specialised flat wagons,
which eliminate the need to tranship the goods where gauges change. There are
over 25 photographs and diagrams of the many gauges of wagon used, both
historical and of wagons in current use abroad.
202. THE MINIATURE
LOCOMOTIVES OF DAVID CURWEN 118pp. £11.00
An overview of David Curwen's work and includes every one of
his larger locomotives together with over 146 photographs, many of them in
colour. There is a full history of each locomotive to date and it includes
locomotives built by both himself and others.
196. THE TRANSANDINE RAILWAY IN
1931. 32pp. £4. 95
A facsimile copy of a report published by Beyer Peacock in
1931, with additional information bringing the line's story up to date. The
metre gauge Transandine Railway was part of the first rail route to link the
Pacific and Atlantic
oceans, which connected the port of Valparaiso in Chile with Buenos Aires in
Argentine. It traversed some of the most inhospitable terrain on earth,
crossing the hitherto impenetrable barrier of the
Andes at a summit of 10,450 feet. Gradients were as steep as 1
in 12, and sections used the Abt rack and pinion system. The account of the
railway’s construction and operation which forms the basis for this book was
published in 1931, only 21 years after the line’s opening, and when it was on
the next stage of its development – electrification. It provides a unique
snapshot into the line’s engineering features, operating methods and its
magnificent steam locomotives, fully described and illustrated.
186. A Single to the Seashore:
The Jaywick Miniature Railway £6.95
The history of the 18in gauge Jaywick Miniature Railway which
operated on Jaywick Sands between 1936 and 1939, to be revived for a single year
in 1949. The book also details the subsequent history of the locomotives used
and in particular covers the "Tommy Mann's Enterprises" miniature railway that
operated at New Brighton
using the some of the stock until 1965. 52 pages, profusely illustrated.
179. Over Here! Baldwin
Military Locomotives in the U.K. £5.95
Describing the various locomotives originally built for use
in World War I, but destined to see service with industrial concerns and public
railways within the U.K. Includes details of the locomotives acquired by the
Ashover Light Railway, Glynn Valley Tramway, Snailbeach District Railways, Welsh
Highland Railway, etc. 38 pages, profusely illustrated.
177. Ransomes and Rapier
Locomotives £6.95 (special offer)
Published July 2002, detailing
the story of the locomotives produced by this Ipswich-based manufacturer. This
is the first comprehensive record of this little-known aspect of an otherwise
famous company. The text is supported by over 50 illustrations, including
several rare or previously unpublished photographs. 70 pages.
146.
Harrogate Gasworks: Its Railways and Transport Systems £7.95
Harrogate Gasworks opened in
1848 and for nearly 60 years regretted the decision to build on a site at New
Park, well away from the railway - the only logical means of transport for its
raw matrial, coal. Eventually a 2-foot gauge railway was built from the North
Eastern Railway at Bilton Junction to New Park. Trains ran for almost 50 years
until the wheel turned full circle and the increasing efficiency of road haulage
took over again until the gas works closed in the early 1960s. This is the story
of the transport systems of Harrogate Gas Works, which achieved a fame out off
all proportion to its size. There are full descriptions of the road and rail
locomotives, the rolling stock, and the railway itself, all illustrated with
over 40 photographs, maps and scale drawings. 56 pages.
Now Reprinted.
Members-Only Offers
Back Issues
Any member wishing to complete their collections of THE NARROW GAUGE or NARROW
GAUGE NEWS can obtain available back issues at the special price of £1.00 and
25p respectively, (excluding Special Issues, which are priced individually),
plus postage at cost. This offer applies to members only, and more details can
be found in NGN 223/224. Do not send payment with order, you will be invoiced
for the exact amount required.
Binders
New-type binders suitable for TNG only are now available from Lawson
at £6.50 each post paid (NGN binders are no longer available).
Each "Cordex"-style binder holds approximately sixteen
issues.
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