The late Ron Redman, who became chairman of the Society in 1958 and retired from that post exactly 50 years later, was responsible as Leeds area secretary for organising many early visits to industrial and preserved railways. Some of his folders of photographs taken on NGRS and private visits often include accompanying visit reports. This issue of The Narrow Gauge  includes photographs from some of these trips – mostly in the 1950s, with the remainder in the 1960s. It’s a reminder of how extensive and diverse the use of the narrow gauge in industry was more than 60 years ago, and the fascinating locations then available to the enthusiast. Contents include Nocton Estate Light Railway, 1955; Ledston Luck Colliery; Welshpool and Llanfair Special, 1955; Waltham and Eastwell Quarries; Austwick Quarry, near Settle; Horton in Ribblesdale Limeworks; Knostrop Sewage Works, Leeds; John Knowles (Wooden Box) Ltd, Woodville; BICC Ltd Erith; Arthur Guinness, Dublin.