Category Archives: ESNG

ESNG meeting – PlayDay 10 July 2016

After a slow start to the afternoon, I had to slip out of the meeting to go and see the venue for my son’s wedding in August.  After this visit, I came back to find the hall heaving!  There were … Continue reading

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ESNG AGM – 7 June 2016

Thank you Allan for giving me a break from blogging with all your excellent photographs.  And it’s been good for my ego, as the blog stats have been thriving.  No doubt as I start to write again, numbers will drop … Continue reading

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Redhill Platform 0 – found!!

Finally, I’ve worked out where Platform 0 at Redhill is going to go.  Of course, the answer was buried on RMWeb, and a thread on Rebuilding London Bridge (station.)  So, the answer is that platform 0 is going to be … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 15 June 2016 – odds & ends!

On a plane tomorrow morning, so I just had time to drop into the club for a chat, but no time for a full write up.  But here are a few odds and ends….. After my recent LNER pacific hunt, … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 2 June 2016

Lot’s of people and trains out tonight.  We were testing a number of Martin’s locomotives.  Perhaps the best item was his Merchant Navy ‘Clan Line’ and green Southern Region coaches. The committee reluctantly began to think about the ESNG AGM, … Continue reading

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Reigate 2020

I have failed t0 date to track down a plan showing where platform 0 at Redhill is going to be.  However, I did find this plan from 2014 by Mark Townend, showing Reigate modified to take 12-car trains and also … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 18 May 2016

There was a fair turn out on Wednesday.  The treasurer had recovered from his close encounter of a hatch-back kind.  But the chairman had gone down with a nasty stomach and didn’t risk the journey south to Earlswood. We ran … Continue reading

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Four links and a club update

ESNG has an updated website – as Eric Morecambe would say, same words but in a different order.  It’s all written in the free Mobirise software and should work on your mobile phone.  I’ll add a few more pages soon…. … Continue reading

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Martin’s layouts

Martin was involved in a good number of projects, and I’ve tried to describe some of his model railways below….. (Update:  I’ve added the missing photos!) Corfe Castle N-gauge Layout: Martin’s home layout, not seen by many club members, is a … Continue reading

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Martin Micklewright RIP

It’s always sad to lose old friends, and although we have not seen him recently, Martin’s passing, age 88, leaves a big gap in the ESNG membership.  Derek Atfield has put together a brief biography of a most interesting life, that I … Continue reading

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