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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow #2
More from Ron. Look like he’s found his snow! A cold and overcast start to the day. Went down to Interlaken for train to Spiez. Here I took train to Visp through Lotschberg base tunnel and when the train left … Continue reading
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Paul in Japan #2
Some more of Paul’s Japan pictures….. My plans have changed for the next two days because the weather has turned rather cold and the forecast is not great for where I was intending to go. The new plan is …. … Continue reading
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow #1
Whilst Paul is dodging snow in Japan, Ron is off to Switzerland hunting for the stuff. It looks as if everyone is heading abroad before travel is curtailed by Brexit or the flu! Just a selection of Ron’s photos this … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 19 February 2020
Starting today with Monday’s fiddle yard session. And this week’s competition. How many ESNG members does it take to fit a SEEP point motor? Actually, 3 is pretty realistic. One to hold the board vertical, one to make sure the … Continue reading
“A desire of tramcars”
With apologies to the lovely book of the same name (published 1969…) Paul send me these rather fine Japanese tramcar shots…. Out on the Nagasaki trams this afternoon. Interesting mixture. It took me about 2 hours to cover the whole … Continue reading
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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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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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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
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