Monthly Archives: September 2019

ESNG PlayDay – 8 September 2019

It’s been a busy railway week – Hollycombe, then club night, and now a PlayDay.  As ever, we started with a curry.  As I took the underpass next to Earlswood station, this large Colas track machine was sitting in the … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 05 September 2019

I expected a quiet evening on Thursday, after we had such a busy weekend at Hollycombe.  But 5 out of the 7 exhibitors turned up keen to run trains.  (And no. 6, the Cha(I)rman, was working earlies again.) So we … Continue reading

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Odd modelling ideas #456 – Believe it or not?

Or what to do with an old roundhouse…. From Facebook and originally Google Earth, this car repair shop has been adapted from part of a roundhouse.  The turntable has been replaced by some rather tight curves.  This would make such … Continue reading

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Hollycombe’s annual model weekend #2

There was plenty to look at outside of the model exhibits (that include a deputation from the West Sussex N Gauge Group in a different building from us.) The museum has a short length of 2′ narrow gauge line in … Continue reading

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Hollycombe’s annual model weekend #1

Well, we’re back from Hollycombe, and absolutely cream-crackered!  It was a fun weekend that lived up to it’s advertising: It is with much excitment that we will see the model weekend return to Hollycombe in late summer. The weekend will … Continue reading

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