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A few more pictures (and ESNG meeting 4 December 2024)
Before returning to Stuttgart, a quick report on Wednesday’s meeting. When I got there, just the three members were sitting wondering whether we’d be running any trains. But by 7:30pm, a few more straggled in, so we put the layout … Continue reading
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Best of the rest
Today’s selection has some photos of the many other modules. Some are there most years, others were new to me. This wonderful station and surrounds appears most years… First visit from the Portugal club and a very attractive stand-alone layout. … Continue reading
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ESNG modules
A few pictures today of our modules. They will be familiar to regular readers! As I’ve said, we took about 32′ of railway – I was surprised just how much there was when we linked it all together. And generally … Continue reading
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Stuttgart Messe set-up day
Wednesday morning, we didn’t hurry into the exhibition centre. We knew that our modules had to join on the end of German, Finnish and Spanish club sections. We also left Maxine to have a slow day, pottering and visiting the … Continue reading
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Berlin to Stuttgart
The next stage of our holiday was to take a DB ICE from Berlin down to Stuttgart. We took a taxi to Berlin Ostbahnhof, rather than the main Hauptbahnhof – nearer to the hotel and a fraction of the platforms … Continue reading
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Berlin 2024
Maxine and I got away for nearly two weeks, combining a trip to Berlin to see Ruth & Cory with the usual visit to Stuttgart. Having special assistance at Gatwick took us on a buggy to some rather obscure parts … Continue reading
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9 years of Stuttgart 2010-2018
Hopefully I’m now in Stuttgart for the NCI meet. So here are a few pictures from the past, mainly showing how the ESNG members have failed to age gracefully. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Hopefully, some … Continue reading
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Berlin transport
Another visit to a cold Berlin is arranged, moving on to Stuttgart. As a bit of a filler, here are a few transport related pictures from previous visits.
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ESNG meeting – 13 November 2024
An extra Wednesday meeting tonight, as some of us will be exhibiting in Stuttgart next Wednesday. Seven members turned up, plus a welcome to Frank who came to see what was happening. Actually not many trains and a lot of … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 6 November 2024
Seven of us turned up for Wednesday’s meeting. A few trains were run. The Cha(i)rman was engrossed in laminating our show passes for Stuttgart. Graham was busy talking (though he did manage to run a train or two.) I was … Continue reading