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ESNG meeting – 22 August 2021
Sunday afternoon, and a very pleasant time playing trains. Seven members in attendance, including Allan, despite having to be up and about again for night shift tonight. Paul’s usual summary is about right! Another ESNG meeting, a selection of trains … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 18 August 2021
There must be something about Wednesday’s! Rule of 6 yesterday, with the usual suspects in attendance….. The Treasurer is trying to extract Graham’s pocket money! We didn’t run that many trains, really. We miss Paul filling the circuit up with … Continue reading
Potpourri #1033
Today’s modelling challenge (from Didcot Railway Centre on Facebook.) On 14 August 1925, a photograph was taken of the last shunting horse employed at Paddington station, in the goods depot. On the left are the old goods depot buildings, which … Continue reading
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Another project under way?
No. 1 (and only) son Michael dropped in on Thursday to do a little track planning. He’s got a couple of Peco Settrack boxes to run his trains on at home, and has now relieved Derek of one of his … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1032
Another trawl through the internet, to cover up my lack of modelling….. A cab ride on the IOW line…. The history of Clapham Junction… I visited Ambarawa (Java) twice in the late 80’s. All the old locos were standing in … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 8 August 2021
Sunday, and back to the hall for another running session. The Rule of 6 seems to have returned. Just the six members turned out, but we had a very pleasant afternoon running trains. We were missing a few regulars, especially … Continue reading
Prototype for everything?
If you are old enough, you may remember the Triang Giraffe car, where the said animal ducked its head on approaching a low obstacle. I never had one, and would confess that I never even wanted one! But fact is … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1031
Another mixup for Friday….. This would be a real modelling challenge! Mind you, you don’t have to go to Queensland for floods. The BBC recorded this at Euston… Another modelling challenge – especially if you wanted to include the catenary…. … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 4 August 2021
Seven members tonight. Not too bad for a Wednesday. It was easy enough to get a circuit up and running, more difficult to keep the trains on our appalling track! Here we have the usual suspects in action….. Chris had … Continue reading
A little (more) retail therapy
This week seems to have been very busy! Not much time for modelling, but a little shopping. This was a must to buy – a book of Somerset and Dorset track plans, with lots of interesting photographs and informative captions. … Continue reading
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