Category Archives: ESNG

ESNG meeting – 9 March 2025

One more AbRail to come, but for now we return to the Sunday’s ESNG meeting.  A lovely spring day outside, and eight members inside the hall.  It was one of those days when everyone wanted to run trains, and the … Continue reading

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Abrail 2025 #3

Onward, ever onward.  There’s still plenty to share from this excellent show!  My best layout name in show was ‘Hartburn’ (EM), which is a real place in Northumbria.  Which does lead onto the subject of strange or rather rude names … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 6 March 2025

There’s more AbRail to come, but for now we return to the usual ESNG club night.  Not quite of the same quality, but more relaxing….. We started the meeting in the afternoon, to do some maintenance on the fiddle yard … Continue reading

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Abrail 2025 #2

Apart from Bath Green Park, the main hall held a number of large layouts, and these would have been just about worth the price of admission.   Starting with Faringdon (P4), a close to scale model of the GWR branch terminus.  … Continue reading

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Abrail 2025 #1

Looking back, it was 2015 when I last visited this show.  Although still at the same location, it’s grown considerably since then, now being spread between three buildings of the college, and sometimes on two floors.  A nice feature of … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 23 February 2025

Following Wednesday’s replacement bus service, Sunday was a very busy afternoon, with 11 members turning out.  Was there a hint of spring, too?  It was still light when we finished for the afternoon, and I forgot to put the hall … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 19 February 2025

Wednesday night, and although seven members trickled in, we didn’t quite get around to running trains.  It was good to see Derek the Apps back in circulation.  No.1 son Michael came down to run trains, after a long break, but … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 9 February 2025

Another Sunday meeting, and to my surprise, nine members and our junior turned up.  The usual suspects were filling the fiddle yard…. Sometimes words fail me (!!)  No erudite/amusing/rude captions suggest themselves today, so here, in no particular order, are … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 5 February 2025

Before we return to Alton, a few pictures from Wednesday’s club meeting.  I was once again expecting a quiet evening, having heard that a number of members were still under the weather.  However, we ended up with six members attending.  … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 2 February 2025

I was expecting a quiet afternoon, having heard that a brace of Derek’s were hors de combat.  However, we ended up with nine members plus our junior attending.  It was a busy afternoon on the rails, although later on armchairs … Continue reading

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