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Random thoughts
All sorts of odds and ends today. I was amused by these cartoons. All too true! Mojo has been a bit low for railways this week. So I did a bit more on my German WWII command vehicle for a … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1066
Some YouTube finds today. Stuttgart’s new tunnelled station will open eventually…. And whilst we’re all speaking German, I don’t know why, but it’s rather fun…. Jago Hazzard goes all trolleybus… A long look at the Southern Railway. Rather random commentary, … Continue reading
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A grand day out
Allan sent me some pictures taken at Eastleigh this week: Had a trip out to Eastleigh on Monday with Sean and Lucas. Was planning to go down by train. But after talking things through we decided to go by car, … Continue reading
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Tonbridge MRC show 2023 #2
I guess the last post had my favourites from Tonbridge. But there were plenty of layouts to see, and here are most of the rest…. We’ll start with Feltham Road (OO). Loco shed layouts are the current in-thing, I guess, … Continue reading
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Tonbridge MRC show 2023 #1
Saturday morning and a visit to the Tonbridge show – by train. I was going to do this in 2019, but there were engineering works and a replacement bus service, so I just didn’t bother. Then came covid…. The trip … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 15 February 2023
I wasn’t at Wednesday’s meeting, as Maxine and I had slipped away for a couple of days to see friends in Chichester. We had a very relaxing time, and enjoyed seeing the sea at Wittering. The weather was kind to … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 12 February 2023
A pleasant afternoon with seven members present. We ran some trains, and socialised a lot. An interesting layout – a 4×0 modular set up. Dave was concerned that there wouldn’t be room for him in the middle of the layout, … Continue reading
Potpourri #1065
It’s been a busy week, so nothing too original today! Yesterday morning was spent helping run our toddler group. And I spotted a pre-school version of that world famous Rule 1 – Percy goes High Speed! Give him a few … Continue reading
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A sort of Minories of my own – 23
Marking time a bit with this post. I’ve spent the last couple of days completing the control panel. All the switches, buttons, and the controllers themselves have been mounted on the panel, and the panel recessed in the baseboard. As … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1064
To start today’s mix, an interesting picture of London Victoria, around 1920 (photo Richard Meager.) Some details here that would look good on a pre-grouping layout. First off, why is there a loading gauge at the platform ends? Possibly to … Continue reading
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