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Monthly Archives: December 2016
Book review – ‘The LBSCR Elevated Electrification’
A present to myself this Christmas was this little book…. Between 1909 and 1929 there was an overhead electric commuter service on parts of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway. It didn’t get as far as Redhill – we … Continue reading
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Tagged prototype, railway, Southern Electric
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Links to end 2016
If you, like me, are still working off the Christmas Day turkey (or cod for our Scandinavian readers….), here are a few links to read. First the Southern Railways epic fail award #1. If you can’t get it right on … Continue reading
Minories #3 – alternative Minories…..
The last couple of posts on Minories have given enough ideas for any number of successful layouts. But I’ve been playing around with the basic idea, and have a couple of ideas that could have some mileage. Firstly, Minories on … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, Layout design, Minories, model railway
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Christmas greetings
Wishing you a blessed and peaceful Christmas 2016. This is perhaps one’s ideal for Christmas – steam and snow…. But this may be more like it – critical sections of the railways closed while they try and catch up with … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 21 December 2016
‘Twas the night before Christmas – well, it was the last ESNG meeting of the year. It was also surprisingly well attended, as we all tried to escape the Christmas preparations. Ten members present, plus a couple of visitors from … Continue reading
Minories #2 – Out in the suburbs
If you leave London, and head to the other end of the commuter lines, a Minories like design, sort of ‘mini-Minories’ is another option. Iain Rice published this excellent design, loosely based, I think, on the outer-London terminus at Caterham. … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, Layout design, Minories, model railway
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Minories #1 – the original design
There are few model railway plans that can be deemed ‘classic’. One surely must be the late Cyril Freezer’s ‘Minories’ plan. The plan was the result a flash of inspiration whilst waiting for a train, then some doodling to try the … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, Layout design, Minories, model railway
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‘Sorry’
The Daily Telegraph came up with this intriguing website…. Fed up railway commuter builds website to track every time a train operator apologises Delays, cancellations, strikes, overcrowded trains and irregular services: millions of British commuters know the pain of travelling … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway, toilets
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Shelf layout design
An interesting clinic presented at the NMRA MCR “Thoroughbred Limited” Convention May 13-18, 2015 by Philip Gliebe. It’s interesting as this is an American looking largely at UK branch line layouts for inspiration. ‘Shelf layouts’ in the USA are often … Continue reading
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Tagged Hints and tips, inspiration, Layout design, model railway
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New Edinburgh station
I must have spend 15 years or so involved in the river works around Edinburgh Airport, that is adjacent to the River Almond and the runway and terminal are on top of the flood prone Gogar Burn. It was interesting … Continue reading
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