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Happy New Year 2022
A Happy New Year to you all! Once again, I’m sure none of us could have predicted how 2021 turned out. All one can say is that it was better than 2020!! Keep safe, and have a good 2022, with … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – Zoom – 29 December 2021
The very last meeting of 2021, for a chat on Zoom. Paul added his usual assessment on Facebook. An ESNG Zoom meeting this evening, less than half a dozen attendees, but plenty of topics covered. I don’t think the words … Continue reading
A Minories of my own – 15 – reboot?
I was just getting back into my Minories, and coming to terms with the Finetrax points and making the point blades. Then I saw this (I thought it must be coming, as Wayne Kinney has already done it for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Layout design, Minories, N gauge, Southern Electric
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And Boxing Day….
So on to that great British tradition, unintelligible to the rest of the world, Boxing Day! This may of course be the day when you pick a fight with the family…. Or take all your newly acquired trains out of … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
It’s another strange Christmas, but seasonal greetings to all my readers, and every blessing for the coming year. I wish…. Christmas past – a modelling idea for the festive season….. Interesting backstory, too (Dr. David Turner, from Facebook)….. Christmas trees … Continue reading
Coming to the end of 2021
I’m looking back at 2021, and wonder what I actually achieved, railway-wise. I’ve had a few months where I have done little modelling, and all my projects seem to have stalled. But let’s look at the good things this year… … Continue reading
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Prototypes for Wednesday….
A few pictures, all of which inspire a model…. First, some EMU’s. An ex-LSWR suburban unit…. And a 2-NOL just up the line for us at Purley. No Class 59’s on aggregate in those days. A 2-BIL with a 2-HAL… … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1040
Another set of links that caught my eye recently…. N gauge on a grand scale….. Larger scale, but a brilliant (and big) layout….. Moving up to ‘O’ gauge, Heaton Lodge Junction is even more amazing… For more than one reason….. … Continue reading
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Ron flies North
With apologies to Biggles – I remember as a kid reading lots of Biggles stories, and he flew north, south, east and west in various books. As Ron has failed to invade Europe, his holidays this year have been similarly … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, prototype, railway, Switzerland
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ESNG meeting – 15 December 2021
The last meeting of 2021 (apart for a Zoom gathering after Christmas.) A good meeting with eight members present, mostly well masked against Omicron, garlic, or any other nasty emission… The usual variety of trains were on the move. Derek … Continue reading
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