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Monthly Archives: July 2017
New York port railroad maps
For the map enthusiast, a few more hours of tracing rail lines….. From the UMSL Digital Library, maps of the port of New York , prepared by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. These maps are a set … Continue reading
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Two odd links
Two odd links from the Daily Telegraph….. Shocked commuters gawp as woman brings desktop computer on First Class Virgin train A shocked commuter took a photograph of a woman who had turned her First Class seat on a train into … Continue reading
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Jon’s modules (and layouts) – A new(ish) layout
As I write this, I’m looking at a large black box parked in the lounge, and waiting to go into the loft. What could it be? Kuritu. At our 2017 show in April, I noticed that Ian Milroy had a … Continue reading
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Tagged Layout design, model railroad, traction, tram
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ESNG meeting – 19 July 2017
A bit of a holiday atmosphere tonight. We were missing one of the Derek’s, off on holiday somewhere, and Allan, with yet another early milk round. We were wondering whether to bother running trains, but persevered, and it was worthwhile as … Continue reading
Back to Berlin – again – 4
Our Sunday in Berlin was spent in pure tourism. We started with brunch at “Sweethearts”, the coffee and brunch restaurant that our Ruth part runs. It only opened a few months ago, but seems to be going well. It’s tucked … Continue reading
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Back to Berlin – again – 3
Today, more trains, and planes. There were a number of narrow gauge locomotives on display, including a couple of rack locomotives. Gauges varied from 600mm to 1435mm. And this South African Garrett, built by Krupp (hence its display here) was … Continue reading
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Back to Berlin – again – 2
So to the railway exhibits proper. A lot of them were packed into the roundhouses, and were difficult to photograph well. But I’ve included a selection of shots below. We start with one of the first locomotives to run in … Continue reading
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Back to Berlin – again – 1
At the end of June Maxine and I headed off for our annual visit to Berlin to see our eldest. For once, I got the travel arrangements right. Berlin was hit by torrential rain for much of the day, and the U-bahn was closed … Continue reading
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ESNG meetings – AGM and PlayDay, July 2017
Well, the ESNG AGM went off very well. 11 hardy souls tolerated an evening without running trains, and we had some excellent discussion as to how to take things forward. Unfortunately the Cha(I)rman was missing, due to the yet another milk round … Continue reading
ESNG at the Bluebell – 4
Our final post from the Bluebell Railway, again looks at the ‘big’ trains, and my two favourite locomotives from our visit. Firstly, I was delighted to see the Southern Railway ‘Q’ 0-6-0 in steam and even better, it hauled us … Continue reading
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