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Is this Google’s fault?
It continues to amaze me that one of the most read posts over the last 18 months is a little item called, “Jon’s Modules – Peco lash up”. I don’t know what people expected to read?? And I pre-dated ’50 … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge, prototype
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Signal problems at Redhill
The Sorry Error, whoops, Surrey Mirror reported yesterday that…. Signalling problems causing delays of up 30 minutes for Redhill commuters COMMUTERS are facing delays of up to 30 minutes this morning due to signalling problems around Redhill railway station. Southern … Continue reading
‘OO’ Coaches – Jon’s old trains #3
From Irish narrow gauge to Southern coaches. Here are a few of my early efforts. Some of my first successful scratch built models were this SECR ‘Birdcage’ rake. They never got lettered or lined, but weren’t bad at all. Note the open … Continue reading
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Tagged irish railways, model railway, narrow gauge
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ESNG meeting – 5 February 2015
‘Twas a cold and snowy night in Earlswood…. The faithful few got to the club night, and thought, surely we’re not putting the layout up tonight? Then more and more people turned up with trains to run – 11 eventually. … Continue reading
Ideas matter
This is from another thought provoking post by Mike Cougill on the OST blog… Our craft suffers from a scarcity of ideas. Ideas that change our image of what the hobby could be. When Frank Ellison suggested that a model … Continue reading
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Forgotten Dreams – Jon’s old trains #2
Most modellers have what is generally known as a ‘gloat’ box – but mine must be worst than most. I’ve been excavating some more, and have come up with all sorts of things. A lot of them I’d forgotten completely. … Continue reading
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Tagged irish railways, model railway, narrow gauge
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Living in the past – Jon’s old trains #1
Not much progress on the modules since coming back from Hong Kong, but I decided it was time for a real turnout of my storage boxes of trains, dating back nearly 50 years. It’s time to keep a few things, and … Continue reading
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Tagged irish railways, model railway, narrow gauge
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Planning the exhibition
Putting a model railway exhibition together is a bit like a jigsaw. You have the rooms, the traders needing tables, and most importantly the layouts themselves. Some of these layouts will need a fixed size; others may be modular, so … Continue reading
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Dear Mr Railway Man
Following our theme of late trains, the Telegraph posted this heart-breaking letter from a 6-year old girl to rail bosses. The article states…. A six-year-old girl has written a “heartbreaking” letter to rail chiefs begging them to get her father … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 21 January 2015
Well I wasn’t at last night’s meeting, as I was being wined and dined by the company for my 38 year’s service. What a difference six months makes. Last year it was proposed redundancy; this year it’s too much overtime … Continue reading
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