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Back to the Isle of Man – 4 – Wet, wet, wet
The weather seems to have gone downhill, sunny periods and showers, but getting progressively worse – though not as far as the mainland, with flooding around Manchester, and a league football match abandoned in Blackburn, as it had become impossible … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 3
Day 3 and things looking up – briefly! Sunny and windy. In view of good weather we decided to go up Snaefell so we took tram to Laxey for the mountain railway. As we crossed Mountain Road/TT Course we ran … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 2
Day 2 – what’s Ron’s weather forecast today? Not sure whether the first sentence is about the weather or about Allan and Ron??? Wet and windy with a couple of brighter periods. Took steam train to Port Erin and returned … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting 17 September and back to the Isle of Man – 1
Wednesday night and we did manage to run a few trains. Just the five members again, but some slightly younger and keener ones! No photos, due to the natural laziness of the club secretary (who again was acting charman.) Meanwhile, … Continue reading
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Bexhill MRC show 2025
Finally, August 9th and it must be Bexhill! Canute Road Quay (OO). A favourite little shunting layout, that captures the SR dockside. Queen Charlotte’s Dock (O) gets better every time I see it. Rapid progress!! More docks with Richborough Port … Continue reading
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Shoeburyness MRC show 2025
Back to 5 August and a visit to the Thames Estuary…. Bit of a photo-dump with this busy week leading up to the show! Pennard Road (O). Daisy Lane TMD (OO). St Seeb (OO). King Street, Blackburn (OO). Pitzalbahn (HOe). … Continue reading
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Silver Fox MRC show 2025 #2
A second look at this rather good show. We’ll start today with Gilly North’s loco scrapyard. I still thing this, her first layout, is her best. I understand that she went round the club asking, “Have you got any old, … Continue reading
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Silver Fox MRC show 2025 #1
I’ll try and catch up with the exhibition photos Allan has sent me. We’ll go in reverse order, so start with the Silver Fox show – probably over two posts. We’ll start with Shau Kei Wan (Hong Kong) tram terminal … Continue reading
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Sevenoaks show 2025
Just a few pictures from the new Sevenoaks show, on a Sunday. Once again, the very attractive Royal Albert Bridge (N). In contrast, Gilly North’s Ribblehead. St Mawes Jetty and Hoopers Hill (N). Essex Brick (OO). Freelanced and rather eccentric … Continue reading
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Bluebell 200
Michael spent Sunday on the Bluebell railway for their 200 year celebrations – but as a punter not a volunteer. Had a trip to Bluebell Railway to check out the inspiration train, the 3 coach museum, with interactive parts which … Continue reading
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