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Secretary of the East Surrey N Gauge railway club

Stuttgart 2023 #4 – Other layouts

As usual, there were a number of stand-alone layouts invited to the show.  The following photos capture a number of them – and there was some inspiring modelling to be seen. Fleischmann brought along their N-gauge layout based on the … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 6 December 2023

We pause posts on the Stuttgart saga for a normal club meeting report…. It turned out to be a busy evening, with eight members and a visitor – welcome Terry, and hope we didn’t put you off too much!  It … Continue reading

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Stuttgart 2023 #3 – Modules

Today is just a bit of a photo dump of some of the many modules on show.  Just my choice of pictures, and ones that caught my eye – most I can’t remember where they came from!  The helix was … Continue reading

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Stuttgart 2023 #2 – The ESNG contribution

Today’s just a pictorial guide to the modules on our branch off the main layout spine.  We start with Richard, and the German airbase, then a bridge, and a demolition site….. And his distribution depot…. Moving onto my modules, starting … Continue reading

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Stuttgart 2023 #1 – Getting there

Our Stuttgart visit is over for another year.  Every year, N Club International have an enormous N gauge meet in the Stuttgart Messe, generally sharing the hall with other hobbies and things.  There is a good mixture of stand alone … Continue reading

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Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…

Before posting some pictures from our German trip, here’s a quick report from my workbench.  All this should have been done months ago, but predictably it all got built after October’s wedding trip.  There’s nothing like a good deadline to … Continue reading

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Repost #3: Stuttgart 2017

And finally, before (hopefully) some new photos are some views from 2017. Today, a look at some of the N-club modules on show.  Some are there every year, but they are impressive pieces of work that are always worth a … Continue reading

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Repost #2: Stuttgart 2018

Second repost is from 2018, and the ESNG modules on display.  We all seem a little bit younger in these photographs! Home from Stuttgart, and the lounge is again full of railways.  They will go upstairs to the loft tomorrow, … Continue reading

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Repost #1: Stuttgart 2019

Whilst I’m in Stuttgart for the NCI meet, I’ll repost some pictures from previous years.  The first repost is from 2019.  We hope to find packing easier in 2023 with Mr Dawes’ new(ish) ULEZ proof van! I made a shorter … Continue reading

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Tolworth Showtrain 2023 – 3 – Narrow or overseas

Our final visit to Tolworth looks at the narrow gauge and overseas layouts.  We’ll start with Blackmoor (OO9).  A close to scale model of  Lynton and Barnstable station.  What isn’t there to like?  And it’s all excellent modelling, as well. … Continue reading

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