Category Archives: Inspiration

A little light relief

Posted on February 6, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

A little light relief today (thanks to RMWeb and the BBC.) An idea for scenic detail…. I hope that those bollards are removable.  It would be good to model this and see whether any visitors at an exhibition notice the … Continue reading →

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Easier train tickets?

Posted on February 2, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

I was pleased to see that some of the train operators in the UK have finally been pressured to sell people the cheapest ticket, and not hide the best fare in the small print somewhere.  It looks like you will now … Continue reading →

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Odds and ends….

Posted on January 31, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Some odds and ends to end January. An interesting article on Australia’s worse rail accident.  New to me, but no doubt familiar to some of my readers.  I was struck by the big improvements made in maintenance of the railways … Continue reading →

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Have you given up on your resolutions yet?

Posted on January 29, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Every year, the NMRA send me a magazine to tell me about voting and the like.  I don’t subscribe for the other 11 months, as the BRNMRA magazine ‘Roundhouse’ is far better (or perhaps it is just more British?)  However, … Continue reading →

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Hours of fun with maps – and two interesting designs

Posted on January 27, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

I was recently reading an RMWeb on building an ‘O’ gauge layout based on the King’s Cross loco stabling point.  This thread is very interesting itself, with track layouts and some excellent photographs of King’s Cross in the steam and … Continue reading →

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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2017 #3

Posted on January 25, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Last look at the Stevenage show today.  As usual these days, there were a few layouts of locomotive sheds and stabling points on show.  It must be that we all own too many locomotives!  Leeman Street in P4 models the … Continue reading →

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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2017 #2

Posted on January 23, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Getting to Stevenage from Redhill requires a circumnavigation of London on the M25, as one town is diametrically opposite to the other.  But the Dartford tunnel crossing had one bore closed on Saturday, so Allan played safe and drove through … Continue reading →

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Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition 2017 #1

Posted on January 21, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Last Sunday, Allan, Derek and I paid a visit to the Chiltern Model Railway Exhibition at their new venue in Stevenage.  I saw the list of layouts on display and thought I would really like to go.  So I phoned … Continue reading →

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Bognor Regis MRC show 14/01/2017

Posted on January 15, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Took a trip to the seaside (not that we saw it) with Derek Atfield to visit the Bognor Regis MRC show.  Not the best I have been to, but there are always a few things of interest, and it was … Continue reading →

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Three more links and a picture

Posted on January 11, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Three more links….. Firstly the BBC describes….. ‘China freight train’ in first trip to Barking China has launched a direct rail freight service to London, as part of its drive to develop trade and investment ties with Europe. … The … Continue reading →

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