July 2025
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Offer Meta Data
- Offer Number:
- 194
- On Sale:
- 27/06/2025
- Digital Edition:
- £4.99
- Print Edition:
- £4.99 (plus postage)
Issue Summary
Explore summer steam, rare rail stories, expert modelling, and event updates in the July 2025 issue of Narrow Gauge World.
On Sale: 27/06/2025
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What's in this Issue?
Step aboard for the July 2025 issue of Narrow Gauge World Magazine, your definitive guide to the British narrow gauge scene. This month, we spotlight the summer peak season with in-depth features, heritage updates, and modelling inspiration:
- Andrew Charman reports the welcome return of two 15-inch stalwarts to the Fairbourne Railway.
- James Waite begins a gripping series on the narrow gauge railways of war-torn Syria.
- Adrian Garner journeys back to a bustling Bowaters paper mill in 1966.
- Keith Chester explores how electric traction was first pioneered on narrow gauge lines.
- Discover how a hole caused operational chaos on the tiny Laxey Mine Railway.
- Be inspired by a cleverly compact 009 layout in our modelling pages.
With comprehensive narrow gauge news, stunning photography, and a full rundown of July events and train rides, this is your essential issue for summer 2025.