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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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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
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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