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NGSE – 2020 January update
NGSE 2020 is getting close! We had another visit to Reigate College this week to check out a few things, and show a couple of club members the site. I had invested in a laser measure, and was (a) impressed … Continue reading
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Would you trust it? World’s fastest driverless bullet train launches in China New service launches ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, with trains making the 108-mile trip from the capital to ski slopes in only 45 minutes Hope … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 15 January 2020
Following Sunday’s enthusiasm, just the 7 members turned up on Wednesday. We made some more progress on the fiddleyard. Danger, man at work!! We added all the brass screws that will have the track soldered to it at the board … Continue reading
ESNG PlayDay – 12 November 2019
Sunday’s PlayDay also included an element of building. After a healthy (??) curry, 12 members gathered to run trains. TrackShack had delivered almost everything we needed for the fiddleyard (point motors still to be ordered.) Their service is as good … Continue reading
Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2020 #2
The rest of the layouts at Stevenage follow. As I said last time, there were a few I didn’t bother to photograph, as I’d seen them before. These included the massive Burntisland, and the delightful Johnstown Road. But a second … Continue reading
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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2020 #1
I couldn’t work out whether to go to an exhibition on Saturday. Mr Atfield was going to Bognor (quite right too, I hear you say), I’d posted flyers for NGSE to the Pratts Bottom show (the names get worse and … Continue reading
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Odd modelling idea #1874
This picture, hijacked from Facebok’s traction modelling page just begs to be modelled. Not just the old trolley used as an office, but look at the state of the buildings and all the debris on the ground. Even the house … Continue reading
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Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway 2020
A recommended day out if you live in the southeast of England. The first Sunday in May is the first operating day of the year for the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. It will also be their model railway themed … Continue reading
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Something for everyone today. So you think that the London Underground is dirty and noisy? Try the New York Subway! Goodbye to the Isle of Wight ex-London Underground trains. A bumpy ride bur great fun. Tram bowling – yes, tram … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 2 January 2020
First meeting of the year and a respectable 9 members turned out to run trains. I guess that most of us are too old to remember what a New Year hangover is like…. Plenty of trains in the fiddle yard…. … Continue reading
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