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Off my trolley – North Hollywood yet again
Noticed recently that the restoration of the old Pacific Electric / Southern Pacific depot at North Hollywood has been completed and reopened as a commuter café on the Metro Orange Line. This article gives the details, including: The official grand … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, layout design, modular layouts, N gauge, Pacific Electric
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Book review – Model Railroad Planning 2017′
The new year has come around again and it’s time for this year’s ‘Model Railroad Planning’ from Kalmbach. I get this annual publication every year, and it is almost always worth a read. There are usually too many (for me) … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Hints and tips, Layout design, model railway
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1971 – March – Personalities
Between the February and March editions of Railway Magazine, the price had changed from 4s (20p) to 20p (4s). Yes, the UK had been decimalised. From “Some thoughts on the end of steam” by the prosaically named “62741”. Personalities of the … Continue reading
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Minories, Minories everywhere…..
Once you start looking for ‘Minories’ type layouts, they seem to be everywhere. I suppose this is hardly surprising, as the layout of crossovers and a point to reach three platforms is a simple, intuitive one. So here’s another attractive … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, Layout design, Minories, model railway
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1971 – February – Same old problems?
The 1971 editions of Railway Magazine have some familiar articles. Alleviating Borough Market Fundamental changes to the track layout, combined with resignalling, in the London Bridge area is planned by the Southern Region of British Railways to overcome the notorious … Continue reading
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Tagged prototype, railway, Southern Electric
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ESNG meeting – 2 March 2017
The layout was very quiet tonight. A number of us seemed happy just to be social and chat (and what’s wrong with that), and we were missing all Paul’s Japanese stock – as he’s out there at the moment looking … Continue reading
ESNG exhibtion – 8 April 2017 – coming soon!
Just over a month to go to the ESNG 2017 show. All is set, and all we need is some local advertising. The local paper is a bit random, and it’s more difficult these days to place adverts in shop … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, exhibition, modular layouts, N gauge
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Hindsight is perfect….
A few quotes from the February 1975 Modern Railways show that a lot can happen in 40 years, most of it beyond one’s wildest dreams. From an article on the “London Rail Study”, a government appointed team looking at railways … Continue reading
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Tagged humour, prototype, railway, Southern Electric
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Another prototypical Minories…..
Reading the July 2011 Railway Modeller, I came across another ‘almost’ Minories design, and a very attractive one at that. This is the ex-LSWR station of Windsor and Eton Riverside. Windsor had an LSWR and a GWR terminus, both angling, … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, Layout design, Minories, model railway
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Good, bad or ugly?
A letter from the October 2011 British Railway Modelling…. No room for graffiti One of the many reasons I have for subscribing to BRM is that you not only inspire and inform but give food for thought in an adult, … Continue reading
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