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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
New Edinburgh station
I must have spend 15 years or so involved in the river works around Edinburgh Airport, that is adjacent to the River Almond and the runway and terminal are on top of the flood prone Gogar Burn. It was interesting … Continue reading
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Ron’s Rambles #2
More of Ron’s pictures, this time from Leipzig. First, the railways. Seeing the ‘McCafe’ reminds me that the inventor of the Big Mac died this week, age 93. Perhaps he never ate his own invention to get to that age! … Continue reading
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Ron’s Rambles #1
A new contributor to the blog for the next couple of days – Ron Dawes, brother of Allan. Ron is on safari in deepest Germany, around Leipzig and Hanover, I think, visiting an eclectic mix of Christmas markets and stations. So welcome, Ron, … 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
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
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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