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ESNG Open Day and exhibition 2025
Having failed to put on a show in 2024, partly due to the Exhibition Manager (me) going on strike. However, this year, thanks to Allan and Sean, we are going to do better. We’re calling it an Open Day, as … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, ESNG Meetings, exhibition, N gauge
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ESNG meeting – 7 May
A pleasant evening, with seven members, a number of trains, and lots of chat – not least trying to set up a fish and chip supper on the KESR. Usual suspects! Derek’s colourful Royal Mail train. These coaches are, in … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 27 April 2025
A pleasant spring afternoon, and 10 members turned out to play trains. It could have been more, but one member got the date wrong, and another had been to a stag night. Lots of people and a busy fiddle yard….. … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 16 April 2025
Wednesday, and a slight improvement with six members and a junior. We would have had one more, but for a modelling induced injury from a scalpel! Usual suspects…. And plenty of trains…. Shunter time, with Lucas’ O8, Sean’s little shunter … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 13 April 2025
A quiet Sunday afternoon. A number of members were missing in action – excuses included a trip to the Severn Valley Railway (and Swiss Railways Society AGM), a family BBQ (he wouldn’t disclose the address so we could all go … Continue reading
The tale of the Temporary Bridge
Many moons ago, someone gave Allan a monster Toblerone. I can’t remember whether he had to empty the box, but he thought that, with his interest in Swiss rail, it would make a rather good bridge – or at least … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 2 April 2025
A full six regulars turned out for our working party on Wednesday afternoon. As per usual, three people did the work, and three sat around chatting and drinking tea. However, we managed to improve the alignment of tracks on the … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 23 March 2025
The warm weather must have brought the ESNG members out of hibernation, as there were ten of them around on Sunday afternoon. It’s always possible to find a Class 66 in a livery that you’ve never seen before…. USA goods…. … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 19 March 2025
A small working party today, as some couldn’t make it, and Chris and I were late. not much work was completed – we started off looking at improving one set of corners, then found that the other set were the … Continue reading
Abrail 2025 #4
A fourth, and perhaps (!) the last report from Abrail. I review the remaining layouts before deciding on another post. It does show how good an exhibition this was – and there were still another few layouts that I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2mm Association, exhibition, model railway, N gauge
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