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Tolworth Showtrain 2025 – 2
And the rest (well, at least most of them.) The always wonderful Kensington Addison Road (O). Swillybegs (7mm scale 3ft gauge). Always a favourite – Rossiter Rise (OO). Great Bardfield (P4) captures a bucolic East Anglian cross-country line to perfection. … Continue reading
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Tolworth Showtrain 2025 – 1
Another year gone, and back to Tolworth for the Hampton Court MRS show. And I thought this was one of their best. Allan, a brace of Derek’s and myself went early, pinched the last parking space at the show, and … Continue reading
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Just a photo
I came across this rather idyllic photo of the newly opened Morden underground station, probably in 1926. Those were the days when Morden and the end of the Northern line were just undeveloped fields. It’s changed a bit! The whole … Continue reading
Big men on little railways?
A few weeks ago Allan, Chris and a brace of Derek’s visited the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. A few photos of the day out…. And more recently, Dave visited the Heatherslaw Light Railway, a 15 in (381 mm) gauge … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 9 November
A quiet afternoon, as just the five members turned up. Nevertheless we put up the layout and ran some trains. Here are the trains… And here are the club members, having retreated to the comfy chairs…. Having sorted out the … Continue reading
Gravesend Model Railway Show 2025
Last Saturday, hitched a lift with Allan and a brace of Derek’s to the 50th Gravesend show. We arrived, got into the show, and immediately headed for the cafe for coffee and bacon rolls. We then went to look at … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 5 November
An auspicious day that probably caused the heated political discussion over fish and chips. Six members came along to the working party, and a seventh joined us for the running night. Allan was working on ERIC and repairing the roof. … Continue reading
On my workbench – more modules
After the ESNG show, I turned my mind to Stuttgart. First, a little maintenance was needed – reversing the wiring on one end of Allan’s bridge, where I’d got the standard NCI colours confused. Then a slight rewire of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Lehigh Valley, On my workbench
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Uckfield MRC exhibition 2025 #2
Flintfield (P4) is a delightful Great Eastern Railway branch terminus. Built in the Netherlands, it now resides in Uckfield. There are some fun animations to look out for, including the swimming swan and the circling seagull (not animated to swoop … Continue reading
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Uckfield MRC exhibition 2025 #1
My favourite show comes around again, and I got there – just! I’ve missed several shows I wanted to go to due to other commitments, so I took off straight after church on Sunday 19th for a rather wet drive … Continue reading
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