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Stuttgart 2025 – 4 – Bonus post
Last year, Derek and Allan visited the Stuttgart tram museum. They met a young helper there, Alexander, and promised to contact each other in 2025. We were going to visit the museum on the Monday, but Alexander offered a visit … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 30 November
Back to reality with an ESNG meeting, the Sunday afternoon delayed due to certain members being abroad. A fair turnout of eight members ran a few trains, sorted out the Stuttgart finance, and dozed in chairs. A few trains did … Continue reading
Stuttgart 2025 – 3
So to a selection of the other exhibits. The modules and layouts below were made by professional model makers – Italian I think. There is some fantastic modelling here, especially the canal lift and the ships. The Zeppelin is towed … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2025 – 2
Having got the ESNG contribution up and running, let’s look at some of the other bits of railway on show, modules and stand-alone layouts. Behind us, Pauline McKenna was running her new German layout. A simple double track plan just … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2025 – 1
It’s late November, and time for the 19th ENSC meet in Stuttgart. I wasn’t sure whether I’d go for the whole thing, but I needed a break after a busy year. So at 2:30am (!!!!) Allan’s van drew up outside … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 9 November
A quiet afternoon, as just the five members turned up. Nevertheless we put up the layout and ran some trains. Here are the trains… And here are the club members, having retreated to the comfy chairs…. Having sorted out the … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 5 November
An auspicious day that probably caused the heated political discussion over fish and chips. Six members came along to the working party, and a seventh joined us for the running night. Allan was working on ERIC and repairing the roof. … Continue reading
On my workbench – more modules
After the ESNG show, I turned my mind to Stuttgart. First, a little maintenance was needed – reversing the wiring on one end of Allan’s bridge, where I’d got the standard NCI colours confused. Then a slight rewire of my … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 26 October
October has been a funny five-week month with club meetings at odd intervals. The last Sunday of the month saw the clocks going back, and as many as nine ESNG members playing trains. I arrived very late due to a … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 15 October – and a show
Forgot to write up Wednesdays meeting. Not much to say, really. Four met for a minor working party and chips, then a fifth came along for the evening. And a few trains took to the tracks. I even ventured to … Continue reading
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