Category Archives: ESNG meetings

ESNG meeting – 6 January 2017

A slow start to the meeting – at 7:30pm Derek, Derek and I were wondering whether to go home.  Then a visitor arrived (welcome Alex) and we thought that we had better get some trains running.  And in the end … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 21 December 2016

‘Twas the night before Christmas – well, it was the last ESNG meeting of the year.  It was also surprisingly well attended, as we all tried to escape the Christmas preparations.  Ten members present, plus a couple of visitors from … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 1 December 2016

Well, it was the post-Stuttgart blues tonight.  The Cha(I)rman was at home, suffering from the pre-Christmas milk round blues.  By 7:45pm, the three of us who were there were seriously considering going home.  We did have a look at Martin’s … Continue reading

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Stuttgart 2016 #3 – Other views

A final post from Stuttgart (unless anyone else sends me some photographs.)  Just a random selection, once again, of scenes that caught my eye. The Hungarian branch of INGA-net attended the meet for the first time, and their simple, single … Continue reading

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Stuttgart 2016 #2 – ESNG at play

The ESNG contribution looked, in part, much as a normal club night, with a procession of trains of varying parentage taking to the tracks.  The Farish Blue Pullman deserves a mention as it ran faultlessly for all four days. ‘ERIC’ … Continue reading

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Stuttgart 2016 #1 – Stuttgart itself

Last week, ESNG completed its annual pilgrimage to the Stuttgart N-Club meet and show.  I went for the full four days this year, for the first time.  My impressions of the whole thing – four days is great fun, but … Continue reading

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ESNG PlayDay – 13 November 2016

Another excellent afternoon playing trains.  Even more paying members that the last PlayDay – 15 – plus 3 visitors.  The treasurer was there to collect the money, too!  Miles was in attendance, as evidenced by this partly demolished cake….. Graham and Dave … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 3 November 2016

After the rush of members last meeting, it was quieter again this Thursday.  However, there were plenty of trains on the move, and it was also a chance to check a few details about Stuttgart plans. I spotted this Model … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 19 October 2016

The treasurer was beside himself this evening – 14 or was it 15 members present and all that money to collect.  Good numbers made for a very pleasant evening, with plenty of trains running, and time to talk to people – … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 6 October 2016

We had a slow start to the evening, with Derek the At sunning himself in Portugal, and the Cha(I)rman suffering from an overdose of early milk rounds.  The rails looked a bit empty, as Paul was also on holiday, so … Continue reading

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