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Secretary of the East Surrey N Gauge railway club

London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #1

Posted on March 18, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

Once again, it was Ally Pally time.  I do like the venue, and I had a complementary ticket for being a member of World of Railways.  Even better, I arranged to visit with my old work colleague, Malcolm.  That made … Continue reading →

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Potpourri #1124

Posted on March 16, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

A few more odds and ends.  We’ll start with a number of modelling challenges.  I’d like to see some/any of these on a layout…. Now this is already a model, but I like it! A few prototype photos of interest … Continue reading →

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Abrail 2025 #4

Posted on March 14, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

A fourth, and perhaps (!) the last report from Abrail.  I review the remaining layouts before deciding on another post.  It does show how good an exhibition this was – and there were still another few layouts that I didn’t … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 9 March 2025

Posted on March 12, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

One more AbRail to come, but for now we return to the Sunday’s ESNG meeting.  A lovely spring day outside, and eight members inside the hall.  It was one of those days when everyone wanted to run trains, and the … Continue reading →

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Abrail 2025 #3

Posted on March 10, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

Onward, ever onward.  There’s still plenty to share from this excellent show!  My best layout name in show was ‘Hartburn’ (EM), which is a real place in Northumbria.  Which does lead onto the subject of strange or rather rude names … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 6 March 2025

Posted on March 8, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

There’s more AbRail to come, but for now we return to the usual ESNG club night.  Not quite of the same quality, but more relaxing….. We started the meeting in the afternoon, to do some maintenance on the fiddle yard … Continue reading →

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Abrail 2025 #2

Posted on March 6, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

Apart from Bath Green Park, the main hall held a number of large layouts, and these would have been just about worth the price of admission.   Starting with Faringdon (P4), a close to scale model of the GWR branch terminus.  … Continue reading →

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Abrail 2025 #1

Posted on March 4, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

Looking back, it was 2015 when I last visited this show.  Although still at the same location, it’s grown considerably since then, now being spread between three buildings of the college, and sometimes on two floors.  A nice feature of … Continue reading →

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Potpourri #1123

Posted on March 2, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

My son Michael has been investigating volunteering on a heritage line, and has ended up on the Bluebell Railway.  I little bit of a journey to get down there, but it all seems like fun.  This week the Bluebell were … Continue reading →

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Portsmouth RaileX 2025 #2

Posted on February 28, 2025 by snitchthebudgie

A little more from Portsmouth.  Pwllhelli (P4) shows how a modern, rationalised, terminus can still be interesting – add some engineers trains. The Boston Model Railway Society brought  Tytton Hall Yard (OO) south.  Always good to see a new layout … Continue reading →

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