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ESNG meeting – 1 June 2022
The usual five suspects arrived for Wednesday’s running night. Another strong Southern representation. Derek’s Warship and Chris’ ‘N’ both headed green coaches….. I tested a ‘new’ Somerset and Dorset Jinty, pulling a train of PO wagons…. Breaking the Southern theme … Continue reading
And so to Germany #4
Day 5…. Overcast. A free day so I caught an early train to go to Leipzig where I spent 3 hours walking around. Back to Wernigerode and I walked up to the castle and back. Not sure about pictures tomorrow … Continue reading
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And so to Germany #3
Day 4 and another expedition…. Mixed day. Sun, cloud and showers. Coach to Alexisbad for stram train journey to Gerode however over half the party, including myself, paid to carry on the the train to Quedlingberg. All pictures are from … Continue reading
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And so to Germany #2
After some trainspotting at Cologne Station…. Overcast day. Took train from Cologne to Hannover then coach to Werigerode with a stop over in Goslar, where all today’s pictures are taken. And some fine vintage buses…. Next day…. A mid morning … Continue reading
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And so to Germany #1
Not sure how the Elizabeth Line links to Eurostar, but Ron is now in deepest Germany….. Travelled by Eurostar to Brussels and then on to Cologne for overnight stay. St Pancras and Eurostars… On to Cologne… And some transport pictures…. … Continue reading
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The Elizabeth line is open!
One wonders whether it’s called that as it almost took as long to build as our monarch has reigned, or perhaps just because it’s as expensive as royalty? Or course, most of us will know it as Crossrail… Ron was … Continue reading
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(Almost a) Minories of my own – 19 – arches
For I’ve been mulling over how to make the arches for my station. I looked at the DM-toys laser cut models, but they didn’t look British enough. The Scalescenes cardboard kits are very nice, but the brickwork looks a little … Continue reading
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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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