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First, a cure for insomnia….. “Slow train coming: SBS to air 17-hour Ghan trip on Sunday” Following the success/controversy of airing a three-hour extract of a train trip through the Australian outback, SBS has decided to air a 17-hour version … Continue reading
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Down the line from Holborn
Whilst I mull over possible ways of modelling Holborn Viaduct, let’s move a little down the line to the junction of the Holborn and Charing Cross lines, just outside London Bridge. Here we find Ewer Street depot, again built on … Continue reading
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On my workbench #4
Progress! The second board for my N-club modules is wired and the three point motors fitted. The wiring looks neater in the photograph than in reality, but it is at least all held in place with hot glue, and the … Continue reading
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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2018 #2
How did the show match up with last year? There was a lot more ‘N’ and 2mm modelling on show, but overall I felt that there were less ‘inspirational’ layouts than last year. But this is of course a subjective … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 17 January 2018
A fairly quiet club evening – and sorely missing the Cha(I)rman’s tea making expertise. But there were some interesting trains on view. Derek ran this Peco Jubilee and Dapol Gresley coaches. A mismatch in both time and region, but a … Continue reading
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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2018 #1
Time out with Mr Atfield on Saturday, visiting two shows north of the river (Thames). We started at the Brentwood toy fair. These things are a real lottery for ‘N’ gauge – it’s OK if you want to buy Hornby … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – PlayDay 14 January 2018
Just the eight of us at yesterday’s PlayDay, but we had a pleasant afternoon running trains. We quickly put together a large circuit… And Simon was soon running some USA freight….. Dave brought his quarry along, and was testing locomotives … Continue reading
Modular model railways – the pros and cons?
Dave emailed me recently about exhibiting our ‘N’ gauge modular layout at local exhibitions. His comment was (in part)…. Hi – not having much success with exhibitions at the minute. The larger ones don’t seem interested in modular layouts…. We … Continue reading
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Virgin on the unreadable?
An article in the papers today caught my eye: Virgin West Coast train firm stops selling Daily Mail Virgin Trains has announced that it has stopped selling the Daily Mail newspaper on its West Coast trains. A spokesperson for Virgin … Continue reading
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Holborn Viaduct
This is a layout idea that has been bumbling around for a few months. It all started with a thread on RMweb, describing some possible ideas for the 2mm Association Diamond Jubilee layout challenge. This involves developing a cameo layout with … Continue reading
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