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Secretary of the East Surrey N Gauge railway club

Hello Kitty?!?

Posted on June 29, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

It’s a bit boring going back to the LNER, isn’t it? What we need is ‘Hello Kitty’ on the WCML!! And the train crew dressed in character….. Read about it here. No doubt Kato will make one soon!

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Berlin – a boat trip

Posted on June 25, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Next day, it was time to take to the water, for a 3 hour boat trip.  This was a circular route along one of Berlin’s canals, and back along the River Spree.  If you go to Berlin, totally recommended – … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 20 June 2018

Posted on June 22, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

A quiet evening with just the six punters, but everyone had brought some trains to run.  Derek was having a Longmoor Military Railway evening, I had some new Dapol coaches, and Paul, surprisingly, had a number of bullet trains. Dereks’ … Continue reading →

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Berlin – the zoo

Posted on June 19, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Last weekend, we spent our usual summer weekend in Berlin seeing our eldest daughter.  Time for family and tourism – and a few trains in passing.  After last year spending our wedding anniversary looking at trains in the technology museum, … Continue reading →

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A good read

Posted on June 13, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Well, I’ve had more reads of my signing off post, than all my previous interesting ones.  There must be a moral there somewhere. So I couldn’t resist a quick post.  Recommended reading for anyone into BLT’s (branch line termini) American … Continue reading →

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ESNG updates

Posted on June 10, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

A couple up updates on club and blog…. Unfortunately we won’t be exhibiting at the Bluebell Railway model weekend in a couple of weeks time.  They have overrunning building work and haven’t got room for us.  Hopefully, it’s next year….. … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 08 June 2018

Posted on June 8, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

A good turn out tonight, and plenty of trains running – and the usual suspects! Trains included some period German railcars…. Allan’s milk train…. Paul’s usual long Japanese goods… And Simon’s USA superpower….

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Couple of links

Posted on June 5, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Couple of quick links on a busy Monday afternoon…. Some good thoughts on better track standards for ‘N’ gauge (without going 2mm FineScale) come from N Gauge Forum.  NMRA standards are not far off from the wheels on recent UK … Continue reading →

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France 1976

Posted on June 3, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

Unusually, my hosts on holiday actually wanted to see some of my old photographs, especially university ones.  These are of a visit to France in 1976, to two monasteries in fact.  One near Rouen, and the other in the Loire … Continue reading →

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Forest of Dean and Gloucester

Posted on June 1, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

A week away in the Forest of Dean, then Gloucester, has been very pleasant.  The Forest of Dean Railway was running with steam on the wrong days for us, but there was plenty to look at and enjoy. What they … Continue reading →

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