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All good holidays come to an end!
Final pictures from Ron and Allan, though some more may follow when I catch up with them…. Day 11 Vitzna to Filisur; I’ve Been collecting advertising photos of the Rhb class GE4/4. And Day 12 visit to St. Gallen. Friday: Views … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, back in the Alps
Monday: As it was hot we went up Pilatus as it is now included on Swiss Travel Pass. Sat in open air restaurant at the top for a meal in a cooling breeze. Allan went up by train and down … Continue reading
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Tinkers Park 2017 #2
The full size exhibits had plenty of interest, and there were some well preserved items. However, it was sad to see others in a poor state of repair, rusting away. There were interesting bits of metal all over the site … Continue reading
Tinkers Park 2017 #1
The Tinkers Park Model Railways Plus show did what it said on the can – a reasonably sized model railway show, plus full sized trains, traction engines and road vehicles. Derek and I visited on the Saturday, so missed the … Continue reading
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Latest dispatch from Switzerland
We had a bit of trouble with the Swiss internet (yes, things do go wrong in Switzerland), and Ron’s pigeon didn’t have the gas to get back to the UK, but here are a few more of Allan & Ron’s … Continue reading
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DC or DCC?
In the latest edition of Model Railway Journal, Jerry Clifford’s editorial has some helpful thoughts on model railway electrics. Edited highlights below…. The old and the new…. A good friend and very fine modeller recently said to me that, in … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 3 August 2017
I had lost track of our members’ holidays, and was pleasantly surprised by a positive sighting of Mr Atfield, who brought along his Royal Train for a test run. The fiddle yard looked a little bare – at least it … Continue reading
Allan & Ron head for the hills
It’s August, so it’s holiday time for Allan and Ron. Creatures of habit, like the Bartlett’s, they head for Switzerland. As a friend mailed… Got where? OK let me guess. Where do you two go every year around this time? … Continue reading
Shepton Mallet yet again
It’s the start of the school holidays, so for the 21st time Maxine and I went on our annual pilgrimage to the ‘New Wine’ church conference. Once again, there were over 10,000 people camping on the Bath & West Showground near … Continue reading
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New York port railroad maps
For the map enthusiast, a few more hours of tracing rail lines….. From the UMSL Digital Library, maps of the port of New York , prepared by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. These maps are a set … Continue reading
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