Also in this issue...

We describe the Talyllyn Railway's £4 million development plan which will include a host of new engineering workshops.

We document the restoration to steam of an articulated Shay locomotive in Taiwan after decades out of use.

The earliest narrow gauge? A railway in Scotland that had its beginnings in the 18th century.

James Waite concludes his extensive study of the locos of the Exmoor Steam Railway.

In modelling photographer Karl Heath presents a superb slate-themed diorama.

We also have 15 pages of news from around the narrow gauge globe, where to find trains and special events in May, the best photography and much more, all in the only magazine that is all narrow gauge and only narrow gauge – Narrow Gauge World.