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ESNG meeting – 4 December 2014
Winter is upon us. Cold and dank tonight in Redhill, but ten hardy members braved the elements to run trains. And there was a very good variety of trains. We started with multiple unit night. A new bullet train from … Continue reading
Stuttgart 2014 #5 – Those Americans get everywhere!
There seems to be an American layout at every show these days. Perhaps not surprising, as the quality of the models, and the value for money, is high. I started modelling American ‘N’ about 15 years ago as the models … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2014 #4 – N-Club modules
Today, just a few photographs of the many N-club modules that were on display. A reminder – here’s the end board of the N-club module – the module can be of any length or indeed radius. This enormous station layout is … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2014 #3 – ESNG at play
ESNG ran our usual four track N-mod circuit for the four days of the show. It was linked to the main N-club double track modular layout by a pair of junctions. This allowed the inner three tracks to run our … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2014 #2 – The Bartlett’s have landed!
For the next week or so I will blog through the Stuttgart show. I’m wasn’t quite clever enough to ‘live-blog’ it all, so I’ve come back with a load of photographs, and I’ll post a few chosen ones. Maxine and I arrived in … Continue reading
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Some interesting (non-Stuttgart) photographs
Two links I came across recently. The Daily Telegraph has a picture gallery of women at work on the railways during WW1. Interesting stuff, and some good photos of London termini, and also of Horwich works, with its own narrow … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2014 #1 – Set up day
Well, I haven’t got there yet, but here are some photographs from Allan, taken on Wednesday during the show set up day. It never fails to amaze me how any model railway show comes together, when an empty hall and … Continue reading
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Jon’s modules – Progress?
It’s been a while (again) since I reported progress on my N-Club modules. And the main reason for this is that there has been little progress. A new central heating boiler and some tidying up meant that the loft room … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – Change of meeting date and loading for Stuttgart
A quick reminder for all ESNG members. As ever in November, the Wednesday 19 meeting clashes with Stuttgart, and most of the railway and some of the members will be in Germany. We are going to put this meeting back … Continue reading
New Eurostar
News of the new trans-European Eurostar from the Daily Telegraph. A new 200mph state-of-the-art train has been unveiled in London by Channel Tunnel high-speed train company Eurostar….. The trains are described as being “inter-operable”, meaning they can run across diverse … Continue reading
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