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ESNG meeting – 18 February 2015
A genuinely quiet evening. Only seven members turned up, maybe the school-half term holidays cut numbers a bit? However, we quickly got a small circuit up and running. Derek and Allan were both running the new Dapol Maunsell coaches. A … Continue reading
The railway lines alarmingly close to the sea
The quantity (and quality) of railway articles on the BBC website is a pleasant surprise. There must be a few closet ‘gricers’ somewhere the organisation. This latest one is about those stretches of railway in danger from the sea. We all remember … Continue reading
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Signal problems at Redhill
The Sorry Error, whoops, Surrey Mirror reported yesterday that…. Signalling problems causing delays of up 30 minutes for Redhill commuters COMMUTERS are facing delays of up to 30 minutes this morning due to signalling problems around Redhill railway station. Southern … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 5 February 2015
‘Twas a cold and snowy night in Earlswood…. The faithful few got to the club night, and thought, surely we’re not putting the layout up tonight? Then more and more people turned up with trains to run – 11 eventually. … Continue reading
Planning the exhibition
Putting a model railway exhibition together is a bit like a jigsaw. You have the rooms, the traders needing tables, and most importantly the layouts themselves. Some of these layouts will need a fixed size; others may be modular, so … Continue reading
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Dear Mr Railway Man
Following our theme of late trains, the Telegraph posted this heart-breaking letter from a 6-year old girl to rail bosses. The article states…. A six-year-old girl has written a “heartbreaking” letter to rail chiefs begging them to get her father … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 21 January 2015
Well I wasn’t at last night’s meeting, as I was being wined and dined by the company for my 38 year’s service. What a difference six months makes. Last year it was proposed redundancy; this year it’s too much overtime … Continue reading
Toy trains from the past 200 years
From the BBC News site this week, describing a new exhibition, “Playing Trains”, at the National Railway Museum in York: What is it about toy trains that has continued to entertain children, admittedly mostly boys, for nearly two centuries? A major new … Continue reading
Hong Kong – Pig train memories
Browsing around the internet I found a picture that brought back not entirely pleasant memories. It’s 1984, and you are standing on the subterranean platform at Mong Kok, first station up the line from the Hung Hom, Kowloon, terminus of … Continue reading
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The train that was late for a whole year
From the BBC News site this week, quoting the Metro: Metro, a free newspaper largely targeted at commuters, is never short of horror stories from those using Britain’s public transport network. But in the story of the 07:29 from Brighton … Continue reading
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