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ESNG meeting – 15 July 2015
A quiet but busy evening as the club. Only 8 members present, but we had some good trains running, and more track was laid on the new end loop. I had acquired a new Farish Southern N 2-6-0 since Sunday … Continue reading
ESNG PlayDay – 12 July 2015
July’s PlayDay was a successful afternoon. We had 10 punters in attendance, including a pleasant surprise in Sean. Sean had been able to leave work early from driving trains on Southern due to a convenient replacement bus service. (What, don’t they … Continue reading
AGM and wrong kind of sun?
The ESNG AGM occurred yesterday. A good turnout of members, and all business was concluded with no heckling and very few snores. It’s not that the committee object to being pelted with fruit, but prefer the members to take it … Continue reading
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A charming Japanese story – and an idea for the AGM
Can you resist the newspaper headline: “Cat stationmaster Tama mourned in Japan and elevated as goddess” This turned out to be a charming story of Japanese culture and a railway success story: The calico cat was appointed stationmaster at the … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 17 June 2015 – and AGM coming
We seem to be having a run of slow meetings. On Wednesday only two of us were there between 7 and 7:30, to be joined by the Cha(i)rman who had been doing some accidental babysitting. Four others arrived after 8, … Continue reading
Direct train to Europe
This is a good post to follow our Berlin adventures, and explains why we had to fly EasyJet rather than get a direct train London-Berlin. In this article, the BBC looks at the new Eurostar service to Marseille and gives some … Continue reading
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The Bartlett’s in Berlin – 3
The area around the Warschauer Str. terminus is of both railway and historic interest. Behind the station itself is this small maintenance shed, and a large carriage shed. I don’t think Lidl are now operating trains! Although I didn’t see any trains enter the … Continue reading
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The Bartlett’s in Berlin – 2
Just next to the Warstrauer Str. U-Bahn station was the S-Bahn station and the DB main lines. I suppose in UK London terms, the U-Bahn is like London Underground, whilst the S-Bahn is more like London commuter trains – the … Continue reading
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The Bartlett’s in Berlin – 1
Maxine and I recently spent a long weekend in Berlin, visiting our eldest daughter. We thoroughly enjoyed Berlin, despite having chosen to visit the same weekend as the Champion’s League (football) final. It’s an interesting city, the greenest in Europe, with all those Cold … Continue reading
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Has Rolls-Royce created the train of the future?
From the Daily Telegraph…. A new generation of more efficient, quieter and greener trains could be coming to Britain’s railway lines, driven by a new hybrid power system built by Rolls-Royce.The company – best known for its aircraft engines but … Continue reading
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