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Secretary of the East Surrey N Gauge railway club

ESNG meeting – 21 October 2020

Posted on October 22, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

A record breaking evening on Zoom.   We started with just the four of us.  That included an impressive display with John and Alpenbahn, and five trains running around.  Paul was on-line, but no trains running, due to some wiring issues … Continue reading →

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Potpourri #1001

Posted on October 20, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

An interesting prototype – New York City warehouses early last century.  Certainly a good basis for a small or micro layout – and to use up all that Peco SetTrack. A little humour, via Simon.  Mind you, I’ve laid track … Continue reading →

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An expensive Sunday video

Posted on October 18, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

In case you missed it on RMWeb – $2,000,000 worth of damage, and that’s just to the cars.  Now, this would be a challenge to model?  

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Book review – I couldn’t resist a bargain!

Posted on October 16, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Unfortunately I couldn’t resist Strathwood’s lockdown offer – buy five books get the cheapest free.  So a large parcel arrived with some great reading – all Southern Railway orientated you will note.  I’m sorely tempted by the volumes on the … Continue reading →

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Sad to see a rail closure

Posted on October 14, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Sad to see, Kerr’s Miniature Railway is closing after 85 years.  It has been a feature of Arbroath’s seafront since 1935, but there has been a decline in visitor numbers over the last decade. Hopefully, the rolling stock will find a … Continue reading →

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Monday miscellany

Posted on October 12, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Was this really published 30 years ago? I still think this is the most influential book on railway modelling ever published.  It introduced a string of new concepts into modelling – for example the ‘cameo’ layout, and ‘staged’ layouts with … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 diary #29 – Planning failures!

Posted on October 10, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Progress on the railway continues to be limited to say the least.  I continue to try and plan my next railway with little success.  So many ideas, and so few that really excite!  But the last few weeks have been … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 7 October 2020

Posted on October 8, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Back on Zoom tonight for yet another club meeting.  Good to see everyone again.  No Peter tonight, as he was down at the caravan…. Down in West Sussex at the moment, oh, a Class 700 followed by a track cleaning … Continue reading →

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Another year of blogging

Posted on October 6, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Amazingly, WordPress has just told me that I have been blogging for seven years.  The statistics for this time are: 1,261 posts 707 comments 157,343 views Haven’t you lot got anything better to do? Interestingly, the list of most popular … Continue reading →

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Scaleforum 2020 – online

Posted on October 4, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

I am a firm believer in looking at other scales other than ‘N’.  And I can’t cope with criticisms of exhibitions that moan about, “Not much ‘N’ there.”  Surely, one can take inspiration from any scale or gauge, and they … Continue reading →

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