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Hi all I have been offered the possibility of acquiring an NGG16. It is a fully built Backwoods kit, modified with different motors and gears (not yet sure what) but built, as far as I know, as a generic Garratt, rather than a specific engine. Big question, how easy would this be to regauge to 14mm? Would both entire chassis need dismantling, valve gear and all or is there a way of pushing the wheels in on the axles without disturbing all the frames and gear? Cheers all Paul

I'm using lockdown for one of my irregular and sporadic attempts to get back into some Proper Modelling in O14 and make some progress with a couple of small projects. I'm not too familiar with what's around in 7mm at present, so can anyone confirm that I'm right in thinking the only FR rolling stock available is as below? * Port Wynnstay/Phil Traxson resin cast range * 7mm NGA stale waggons * Worsley Works carriage etches * Mercian Models (various, but some seem to be marked unavailable to wheel supply problems) Thanks in advance, Chris

The following appeared on the Gauge O Guild forum today. If you know of any parties who may be interested in a once-only, possibly a collective chance to acquire/rescue the Wrightlines range, this appears to be it. It is not known what stock of kits/parts, moulds and masters are available so valuing the range may be difficult. I have messaged Paul this afternoon just to say I think there will be interest from the narrow gauge fraternity in doing this. David "it appears that the family will be prepared to sell off the various component business parts as unfortunately it seems very unlikely that Adrian will be able to leave the care home he is in. If it was easy to do, the family would be willing to split things up to sell them. Adrian is in a care home, and is not expected to be able to go home again, so everything must go. So if there is anyone out there who is interested in any parts of the business, then if they let me know then I can pass their details on to the family and we will see what can be done - but I think it needs to be sooner rather than later. email Paul Coles - paul.coles77@..."

I'm sure it will come as no surprise that the 7mm NGA Exhibition, scheduled for 13th June 2020 at Burton-on-Trent Town Hall has been cancelled, as has the accompanying Annual General Meeting. The Association's next Exhibition is already booked for Saturday 5th June 2021, at the usual venue, Burton-on-Trent Town Hall. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A WEEK EARLIER THAN USUAL. Regards, Adrian Gray

Hello, does any one know anything about the 60cm tramways of Chambery? I've seen about 3 photos of it and it looks rather charming. Would there be something about in W.J.K. Davies Minor Railways of France? Yours David

Hi, does anyone where to find a scale drawing of the 60cm Crochat petrol electric railcars? Would Voie Libra have one in a back issue? Yours David

Narrow Gauge North When: Saturday, 14 March 2020 10:30am to 5:00pm (GMT+00:00) Europe/London Where: Pudsey Civic Centre Description: Narrow Gauge exhibition supporting Wheatfields Hospice

Narrow Gauge North When: Saturday, 14 March 2020 10:30am to 5:00pm (UTC+00:00) Europe/London Where: Pusse y Civic Centre Organizer: Narrow Gauge North Description: Narrow Gauge exhibition supporting Wheatfields Hospice

Narrow Gauge North When: Saturday, 14 March 2020 5:00am to 10:30am (UTC+00:00) Europe/London Where: Pusse y Civic Centre Organizer: Narrow Gauge North Description: Narrow Gauge exhibition supporting Wheatfields Hospice

Dear all, firstly thanks to the moderators for letting me join the group. Back in 2014 I posted an advertisement in the L&B magazine and Model Railway Journal inviting enquiries for a model construction project I planned to undertake. This is to build to the highest possible standard from scratch models of the Lynton & Barnstaple Manning Wardle 2-6-2t engines in 7mm scale. Designed and developed using CAD by myself from a set of works drawings, construction will be all metal, using nickel silver and brass with all details accurately reproduced for any given period in the prototypes life. This year, the first of these models is expected to be started, and I am again inviting enquiries to be made for additions to this very small batch of models. As a proviso, they will not be inexpensive as they will necessarily be highly time consuming to make. If you are interested, please contact me directly if you wish, and we can discuss matters. I hope members of the group won't consider this invitation too impertinent. Best regards Tom Mallard

I'm mulling over potentially building a small layout representing the Tal-y-llyn circ 1900. I have just finished 8 prototype wagons and I've nothing to put them on. The official gauge is 2ft3 however, reading the wild Swan book, unofficially the gauge was widened by about an inch to 2ft4 to allow Tal-y-llyn to run better. If I go for the official gauge then it should be 0-15.75 or the eased gauge of 0-16.35 which is close enough to 0-16.5 not to worry about. From a stock point of view I can re-gauge them with very little effort. so that isn't really a factor. Although loco wheels might be something of an issue. I'm not a great track builder so I was going to get some EM point kits and get some chairs printed. I know this is not 0-14 but I will be using the track standards. What do people think I should do? Marc

Interesting - I was told at a recent visit to Slater's exhibition stand that "there won't we any new 16mm scale narrow gauge kits because David White did all the work on these and he has now left Slaters". So is this story completely untrue or just partly so?? And if partly true, in which way? -- Brian Rumary England brian(at)rumary.co.uk

Expo Narrow Gauge 2020 The Greenwich & District Narrow Gauge Railway Society has been organising Expo Narrow Gauge – known as ExpoNG – since 1983. It was the first national all narrow gauge modelling show in the UK and over that time has grown to become Europe’s premier narrow gauge modelling event attracting layouts, traders and visitors not only from the UK and Europe but from further afield – Australia, Japan, Canada and the US. For the past 4-5 years we have lived with rumours of the redevelopment of our current venue – the White Oaks Leisure Centre in Swanley, Kent. Following last year’s show we finally received formal notice that this redevelopment is likely to start in 2020 with the site to be used for both residential and leisure use. We cannot gamble on White Oaks being available in October this year either in its current form or as a redeveloped leisure centre with less facilities so clearly need to find a new venue which will be suitable for future shows. Although we have already identified a few options, it is clear that there is now little time to arrange a show in October 2020. With the agreement of our members, we have decided not to hold ExpoNG in 2020. This will give us time to take a breather, settle on a new venue and to look at what format future ExpoNGs might follow. We hope you will understand our decision. We know that ExpoNG is a big part of the narrow gauge modelling calendar. We’d like to thank all our visitors, exhibitors and traders who have supported us in the past and look forward to seeing them again in the future. Any queries regarding this news should be addressed to David Gander, Secretary G&DNGRS (dh.gander@...) or Stephen Fulljames, Exhibition Coordinator (stephen@...). --- Note: The Greenwich & District Narrow Gauge Railway Society was formed in 1968 and has organised Expo Narrow Gauge since 1983. The first all narrow gauge modelling event, it now attracts visitors from across the world. Expo Narrow Gauge is a registered trade mark of the Greenwich & District NGRS.

For those of you that might be interested, I was recently speaking with David White from Slater’s and he mentioned they have a new wheel type they are doing for there Lynton & Barnstaple Manning Wardle kit, the wheels themselves screw onto the axles.The subject came up because I was asking David what they had available to better suit the backwoods Miniature NGG-16 Garratt kit, from speaking with a number of people who have done this kit the wheels and crank arrangement leaves a lot to be desired. Below is a copy of David’s email to me in regards to these new wheels, “The total length of our Lynton & Barnstable axle is 29.58mm the diameter of the axle between the wheels is 3.175mm and the extensions are 2.48mm the square on the end is 1.69mm A/F and the width of the squares are 1mm. We have two wheels of 2'9" that screw onto this axle, one 10 spoke and one 8 spoke. The crank for our L & B loco kit is machined from steel, we could do an alternative crank in fact i do not know why Backwood’s did not ask us to do a proper set of wheels. Probably a set of wheels properly engineered with the correct machined cranks at about ?13.00 an axle is too expensive. Once you have studied these dimensions if they are suitable we could have a look at doing a proper crank to fit. kind regards David White” Brian Rawbelle County Workshops Qld. Aust.

Folks, Don’t know haw many of you do Facebook? I have created an Exhibition group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1454185828075234/?fref=gs&dti=261818997567882&hc_location=group The idea is to have somewhere to advertise exhibitions worldwide by way of displaying / uploading posters. Regards. Kevin Staddon UK www.exemrs.co.uk