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The British had installed the narrow-gauge line back at the turn of the century, when their chief object was the expansion of trade and the tea merchants needed an efficient freight route from the Assam highlands to Bengal.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Youngsters can construct card kits and test their narrow-gauge knowledge in the "layout quiz", while rail enthusiasts of all ages can enjoy workshops on controlling points and signals, painting models professionally, or – wait for it – "making stone walls out of plaster".
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On Saturday, a bright red tank engine called Dolgoch will pull a narrow-gauge passenger train from the Welsh coast at Tywyn up into the hills.
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But where Hans Castorp took the narrow-gauge railway up through the Alps, today's chief executives prefer chauffeured limos or helicopters.
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Thus it was always an eight - hour drive behind mountain horses from the alfalfa meadows (where I kept many Jersey cows) to the straggly village beside the big dry creek, where I caught the little narrow-gauge train.
Chapter 8 2010
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It also carries Welsh and local history, and a large section for the train enthusiasts who are drawn to the town by its narrow-gauge railway.
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The old narrow-gauge railway lines that criss-cross the area can easily be identified from the maps and sketches supplied by some of the ex-POWs.
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The old narrow-gauge railway lines that criss-cross the area can easily be identified from the maps and sketches supplied by some of the ex-POWs.
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A narrow-gauge railway was built when demand increased, more beds were built, and the business prospered, in order to take the picked watercress to the "bunching shed".
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The British had installed the narrow-gauge line back at the turn of the century, when their chief object was the expansion of trade and the tea merchants needed an efficient freight route from the Assam highlands to Bengal.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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