PRESS REVIEW

Issue 90 of describes a Swiss narrow gauge line that used to supply a paper mill. An excellent topic for a layout. A 60cm gauge railway and reviews the new electric motor units of the Mont-Blanc tramway. Three of these units carry the liveries and names of the earlier « historical » ones, while a fourth unit, Marguerite, was given the name of the younger sister of the godmother of the three 1957 units. Issu 252 of the looks back at France in the 1960s, in the footsteps of Chris Down. He takes us to the Ciments Français site at Neuville-sur-l’Escaut, where he discovered some Deutz tractors as well as some weird trolley-operated electric units. In its latest issue, explores the same areas as Voie Libre, taking us to the Tessin region on the Swiss-Italian line of the Centovallina Bahn between Locarno and Domodossola. Don’t miss the construction of a Decauville type III 0-4-0 tank engine. A wonder of micro-engineering! contains a fine study of Austrian 4-wheeler carriages, which should motivate us to improve our old Lilliput production in H0-9. The takes a look at the history of Porto-Vecchio station, one of those with the shortest life in France: barely 8 years!