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ESNG meeting – 20 January 2016
Eight hardy members braved the sub-zero temperatures for Wednesday’s club night. Fortunately the hall heating was working well, and I think it was warmer than my lounge at home. Mainly the usual suspects, but it was good to see Roger, who seemed … Continue reading
And five more photographs
The preserved North Norfolk Railway does what it says on the can – it is part of the old Midland & Great Northern Railway, running along the north coast of Norfolk from Sheringham. These days, it tries to run appropriate … Continue reading
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Romney Hythe and Dymchurch, 1970
The writing mojo has gone on strike today, so here is an old photo…. Firstly, another old school railway club (I recognise the blazers) outing, in 1970, to the 15″ Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. Miniature in size, but very … Continue reading
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Wrong kind of sun?
We’ve all heard of the ‘wrong kind of snow’ getting stuck in train doors and causing cancellation of train services during the UK winter. But how about ‘the wrong kind of sun’ from the BBC? Rail passengers were left angry … Continue reading
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Odd modelling ideas #2916
A variety of photographs culled from the Model Railroad Hobbyist forum. Some are reasonable enough, but some are real ‘believe it or not’ moments. We’ll start with a shared rail – to fit both tracks under a crane span. Not quite … Continue reading
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Flying Scotsman is back!
Some good pictures from the BBC of Flying Scotsman’s first test run after renovation. Not sure I like the all black livery, and the A3 isn’t my favourite express loco, but it’s wonderful to see such an iconic engine alive … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – PlayDay 10 January 2016
Another successful afternoon playing trains, with a reasonable turnout of 8 members. The usual suspects were, of course, in evidence…. I brought along my 1960’s container train to run. I still need to add all the chains and shackles to … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 7 January 2016
A new year – and a good meeting to start it. 9 members came out to run trains. Derek brought along some modern RailTrack permanent way trains. The specialised wagons used for ballast and the like are always interesting in any … Continue reading
Off my trolley – North Hollywood revisited
A frequently-used phrase in railway modelling is ‘selective compression.’ Most usually it applies to station track layouts, shortening them and losing a few sidings to fit a reasonable representation of a piece of railway in our usually too small rooms. … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, layout design, modular layouts, N gauge, Pacific Electric
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I’m just a little confused….
I’ve been looking again to try and pin down Leigh Valley Cornell Red. I started with two preserved locomotives – no fading colour here I hope…. Well, no consistency here….. So I went to my albums. Here are 2 … Continue reading
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