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Paul in Japan #1
Paul has abandoned the greens of Selsdon for a visit to Japan. Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be pinching his best photos from Facebook for a wider audience (both of you.) Sunrise at 37,000 feet above the Pacific … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, Japan, prototype, railway
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Tehachapi Live Train Cams at The Tehachapi Loop
My posts have been a bit random recently – a lot going on at home, plus the ESNG fiddle yard, plus NGSE 2020. I was going to go to the Tonbridge show yesterday, but I’ll confess that Storm Dennis put … Continue reading
De Graafstroom
I’ve seen this stunning layout at a couple of shows, and taken a few photos to post, but having seen these videos it’s worth another look. The layout is in HO (3.5mm ft) scale but is 12.26mm (scale 3′ 6″) … Continue reading
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Tagged Layout design, model railway, narrow gauge, tram
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ESNG miscellany
First, a photo I forgot to post from last week’s meeting. Electric blue must be the all-time best livery for the LMR electrics – even though this is a modern repaint. More progress on the fiddle yard on Monday. Most … Continue reading
ESNG BuildDay – 9 February 2020
Sunday’s BuildDay was a little more selective – just the 4 members braved Storm Ciara to carry on with fiddle yard construction. We did, of course start with a curry – it will take more than a little wind to … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 6 February 2020
A massive 13 members turned out on Thursday, plus visitor John. It was very confusing – two Derek’s, two Simon’s, two John’s and two Paul’s! Paul was looking forward to his rapidly approaching Japan trip, and running all the bullet … Continue reading
Keep soldering on
Realising that NGSE is rapidly approaching, more work on the new fiddle yard was needed. So I arranged to borrow the church hall for a couple of hours on Monday afternoons to get some track laid. We got underway, fitting … Continue reading
The Alton exhibition 2020
A visit to the Alton MRG show last Saturday. I realised that I hadn’t been to this show since 2016 or 2017 – I recall that last year’s show was hit by snow! It turned out to be an expensive … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibition, model railway
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Mastermind?
I received an email this week: I am currently casting for the next series of BBC Two’s Quiz show Mastermind and I was hoping you could circulate the attached flyer among your friends and colleagues, and share via social media. … Continue reading
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Tagged humour, inspiration, prototype, railway
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Language issues
The trouble with having an international interest in railroads railways is what word to use. Is it: Railway or railroad Shunt or switch Coach or passenger car Wagon or car Van or boxcar Tram or trolley…. and so on? But … Continue reading
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