Category Archives: Inspiration

A third exhibition post

Posted on April 19, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Here’s a third post about model railway exhibitions – and this one is a little bit of history.  It was taken at a Beckenham and West Wickham MRC show back in the early 1970’s. The are a number of things … Continue reading →

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ERIC goes American

Posted on April 15, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Also seen at the ESNG show this year was Eric the roundhouse full of my American locomotives.  We’ve had Eric full of (UK) Southern Railway Pacific’s, and full of Taurus electric’s.  But this year, it was full of REAL locomotives – mainly Alco’s and mainly … Continue reading →

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Why N gauge?

Posted on April 1, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

I seemed to have wandered away from N gauge modelling in recent posts.  So with my 100th post on the blog, it’s back to my roots (for now) and to ask the question, why model in N gauge. A little … Continue reading →

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EVEN MORE SHEEP

Posted on March 29, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Originally posted on Burrowa is an HO scale model railway set in the NSW southern tablelands:
An update on the sheep – there have been 80 beasts added to the flock on both sides of the track, so here they…

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Sugar cane railways – 1

Posted on March 27, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

In 2010, Maxine and I we fortunate enough to spend two fantastic weeks Queensland, in the general area of Cairns. We used the conventional Australian check-list, from “I-Spy Australia”. Shark (small friendly 6 ft one) – tick! Snake (harmless 4 … Continue reading →

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London Festival of Railway Modelling

Posted on March 24, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

I actually got to a model railway show this weekend – the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace.  Two work colleagues, who might even qualify as good friends were going, so I sent my apologies to the morning service … Continue reading →

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Ilfracombe 1972

Posted on March 11, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

A family holiday on Exmoor in 1972 led my father and I to the abandoned ex-LSWR, ex-SR station at Ilfracombe.  An interesting two platform station at the end of the double tracked branch from Barnstaple, the station had heavy traffic … Continue reading →

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Remote Controlled Locos Signs

Posted on March 9, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

A great idea from Eric Bergh and the Model Railroad Hobbyist blog.  The blogger saved the pictures, resized them in Paint and printed them out in Word (for HO in his case). The signs below ought to be printable for use … Continue reading →

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Off my trolley – interurban branchlines 3 – the Sacramento Northern

Posted on February 27, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Despite the fact that the Sacramento Northern boasted 183 miles of track around San Francisco it was really just a long, glorified branch line.  Even in 1940, long after most other interurbans had degenerated into poorly-maintained shadows of their pre-WWI … Continue reading →

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The (very little) night mail

Posted on January 31, 2014 by snitchthebudgie

Fascinating article from the BBC on the Post Office Railway (otherwise known as mail rail).  This driverless narrow-gauge line carried mail for over six miles from sorting office to sorting office under the streets of London from 1927 to 2003. That fount of all knowledge … Continue reading →

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