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ESNG meeting – 15 July 2015
A quiet but busy evening as the club. Only 8 members present, but we had some good trains running, and more track was laid on the new end loop. I had acquired a new Farish Southern N 2-6-0 since Sunday … Continue reading
ESNG PlayDay – 12 July 2015
July’s PlayDay was a successful afternoon. We had 10 punters in attendance, including a pleasant surprise in Sean. Sean had been able to leave work early from driving trains on Southern due to a convenient replacement bus service. (What, don’t they … Continue reading
AGM and wrong kind of sun?
The ESNG AGM occurred yesterday. A good turnout of members, and all business was concluded with no heckling and very few snores. It’s not that the committee object to being pelted with fruit, but prefer the members to take it … Continue reading
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A charming Japanese story – and an idea for the AGM
Can you resist the newspaper headline: “Cat stationmaster Tama mourned in Japan and elevated as goddess” This turned out to be a charming story of Japanese culture and a railway success story: The calico cat was appointed stationmaster at the … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 17 June 2015 – and AGM coming
We seem to be having a run of slow meetings. On Wednesday only two of us were there between 7 and 7:30, to be joined by the Cha(i)rman who had been doing some accidental babysitting. Four others arrived after 8, … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 21 May 2015 – and AGM coming
Nothing to report from tonight. I arrived to join Derek (with the beard and glasses), soon to be joined by Derek (with the beard and glasses). No-one else turned up, not even the Cha(i)rman who is recovering from a bad back. Paul … Continue reading
ESNG PlayDay – 10 May 2015 – update
Paul corrected me on the record-breaking train: Hello Jon The new record is 147 wagons hauled by two Kato EF510 locomotives. It took 3min 32sec for the train to pass the camera, total length 54 feet 8 inches. In real … Continue reading
ESNG PlayDay – 10 May 2015
May’s PlayDay started slowly, with just the 5 of us to set up the layout. But Neil and Martin then arrived – unexpectedly, as we thought Neil was working and Martin was navigating an Eddie Stobart lorry somewhere in the … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 7 May 2015 – and PlayDay
No report from tonight’s meeting, as I am working in Albania for a week. But remember that there is an ESNG PlayDay on Sunday 10 May, 2-7pm, followed by curry. This is our third regular Sunday meeting – the first … Continue reading
Pictures at an (ESNG) exhibition #4
Finally, from this year’s ESNG show, some videos of the action. We start with Paul’s Kato Racetrack in full swing… On the ESNG N-mod, a Deltic is passing Union Street…. And a Delaware & Hudson passenger rake passes Eric…. These … Continue reading
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