GAUGE 1 7 /4” NEWS WINTER 2016 ISSUE 159 Port class Hunslet "Cackler" and Mainline class Hunslet "Charles", double heading. These locos are based at Oxford. Photograph – Copyright Ken Bull In this Issue: Reflections on the AGM Monday; A story behind D808; A visit to Club Ferroviari in Mallorca; 7¼” AGM at Pecorama, Beer 2016; Signalling on the Great Cockrow Railway; Colin’s Shed; The Moorland Railway - the Greywood Central Reborn & more In this Issue Awards presented at the AGM 2016 4 Society stand at the Midlands Exhibition 5 Letters to the Editor 5 Reflections on the AGM Monday 6 The Moorland Railway - the Greywood Central reborn 8 A story behind D808 11 Colin’s Shed 14 Society AGM at Pecorama, Beer 2016 18 Signalling on the Great Cockrow Railway 22 A visit to Club Ferroviari in Mallorca 25 The Ashmanhaugh Ramp 26 Book Review 26 Obituary - Alan Priest 27 The Goods Yard 28 Members’ Notices 38 7¼” Gauge Society Ltd - Information The Society’s website is: www.sevenandaquarter.org President: Assistant Secretary: AGM (2019) Coordinator: Brian Reading, 12 Belmore Close, Thorpe Gilly Rainer, 15 Chaucer Road, George White St. Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 0PS. Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 5AH Tel: 01749 674489 Tel: (01603) 434915 Tel: (01908) 366198 Email:
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