Narrow Gauge World is the only newsstand magazine that puts narrow gauge centre stage. Yesterday’s history, today’s news and tomorrow’s projects are all covered in detail in our pages.

We uncover fascinating stories from the rich and varied history of the narrow gauge, we carry unrivalled in-depth news coverage, we feature the many new projects, talking directly to the people involved, on today’s busy and vibrant narrow gauge, in the UK and across the globe. Our photography is a highlight, from period pictures often published for the first time, to the best work from today’s photographers, used big and bold.

The May edition of Narrow Gauge World keeps you right up to date as railways ramp up their new seasons and our unrivalled news coverage includes the end of an era at Alan Keef Ltd, bus replacement trains on the Isle of Man and much more.

Our features include a look back to the 1990s when the editor took his family to a very different and now long lost museum in a  Welsh slate quarry.

 James Waite focuses on peat extraction in Eastern Europe, recalling visits to Estonia and Ukraine.

We also focus on a Rome tramway which looks to be at the end of the line, gather the Sandstone harvest using steam, and consider the appeal of open carriages on the Cumbrian 15-inch gauge.

Our modelling pages feature particularly excellent layouts at the Narrow Gauge North show, while we also show where to catch narrow gauge trains in May, and share some superb photography from recent weeks. All this and more in Narrow Gauge World.