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ESNG meeting – 22 May 2022
And so to Sunday! A good turnout, with eight members present, and we had a relaxed afternoon running trains, chatting, all followed by a high quality curry. Allan produced a long train of the badly named silver bullets… A good … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 18 May 2022
Another Wednesday meeting, as the first one in the month was delayed by the local elections. Once again, a pleasant evening playing trains. The evening involved a degree of shift working. Four of us were there all evening, Michael came … Continue reading
Commercial vehicle run #3
Last selection from the London to Brighton Rally. We’ll start with some of my favourite vehicles, Morris Minors/1000’s. These are all ‘modern’ ones, as the early ones had a split windscreen. In the last picture, the Minor is lurking behind … Continue reading
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Commercial vehicle run #2
Next, we’ll start with some military vehicles. Pick of the army vehicles was this beautifully restored WW1 truck and gun. Next, emergency vehicles. Fire….. I missed the Police – a Morris 1000 Panda Car sneaked by before I could catch … Continue reading
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Commercial vehicle run #1
Last Sunday, Maxine was isolating with covid, and I was also keeping out of the public eye. (Maxine is well on the mend, and surprisingly, I didn’t test positive). I’d heard from Allan that the London to Brighton Commercial Vehicle … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 11 May 2022
Wednesday saw Maxine much better, but still testing postive for covid. I was still firmly testing negative, so thought that I could go out annoy the public again. So it was off to open up for the latest ESNG meeting. … Continue reading
An ancient bit of railway
Dave kindly sent me a write up and some pictures from a recent railway expedition. Not for modelling though, as you’d probably need a working ‘N’ gauge horse. Dave writes…. Causey Archway is the oldest surviving railway bridge in the … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 8 May 2022
I was looking forward to Sunday’s meeting, but on Thursday Maxine went down with covid (doing fine as of Monday). Although I was (and am) testing negative, I thought it prudent not to go and breathe on the congregation at … Continue reading
(Almost a) Minories of my own – 18 – points
I risked having a go at the first FineTrax point last night, and as with all these things, there was two steps forward and one back. It didn’t take long to get to this stage, as shown below, and my … Continue reading
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(Almost a) Minories of my own – 17
The problem with leaving a layout for a period of time is what accumulates on it whilst you are away. My baseboard looked like this! It seemed to have accumulated some stray American stock, several Terriers, a Japanese brake van, … Continue reading
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