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Ron #3
Day 4 Please excuse any typos etc the reason for this will become evident. Started cloudy becoming sunny. Deceided to miss trip to Peace Museum so made my way to Boppard by train via Koblenz. Had a good wander round … Continue reading
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Ron #2
Day 3 Following a thunderstorm last night a lot cooler today although overcast. Was due to go on group visit to Cochem but on arrival in Koblenz we found that due to an emergency no trains were going up the … Continue reading
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Ron #1
Another holiday for Ron, and I’ve no idea what to call this one!! But stay tuned for some tourism and hopefully some transport….. Day 1 Arrived at St Pancras to be told that Thalys had moved us from 1725 ex … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2023
Just three weeks to go to the show! Latest lineup…. Layouts N-Club International Modular/N-Mod Modular Layout Lyme Regis – Southern Region Branch Line Southwark Bridge – Southern Region London Terminus Neil’s Branch – Branch Line Terminus Chamossaire – Swiss Main Line … Continue reading
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Faversham Model Railway Club exhibition 2023
With temperatures hitting 33C today, I didn’t fancy a TINGS visit, with the exhibition in a tin cow-shed. (My spies, i.e. Mr Dawes told me it was 32C outside.) So Derek and I went east rather than west to visit … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 6 September 2023
A slightly odd month, as usual, in September, as our first Sunday meeting will be put back a week due to TINGS. On Wednesday, nine members turned out on a boiling hot day to play trains. We started with an … Continue reading
Back to Bembridge
Back in 2018, I posted this plan and photo of Bembridge, on the Isle of Wight, as a near perfect small branch line terminus. A scale model fits within 4′ in ‘N’ gauge. The beach directly to the north of … Continue reading
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More Southern Co-Co’s
Just a little photo-dump of another favourite locomotive – the Southern Region Co-Co electrics. Early days – Southern and British Railways. I am not sure what colour the strange Southern livery is – I’ve never seen that one before. It … Continue reading
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Odds and ends to start September….
As we enter September, and perhaps autumn (though a minor heatwave is forecast for next week), here are a few odds and ends from the Bartlett household. Once again the week has gone by with little modelling, mainly due to … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1081
I came across this lovely picture on the web, and typically, I forgot to note the photographer. It’s Waddon Marsh Halt, taken from the A23 road bridge, and the power station that is now the Croydon Ikea lies behind the … Continue reading
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