Category Archives: Out and about

And two more links…..

Posted on May 18, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Lots of good links about at the moment…… I liked this BBC article about “The man who has photographed every train station in Great Britain.”  Not least for the excellent pictures of some far flung stations. Passengers on the 15:52 … Continue reading →

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Four links and a club update

Posted on May 16, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

ESNG has an updated website – as Eric Morecambe would say, same words but in a different order.  It’s all written in the free Mobirise software and should work on your mobile phone.  I’ll add a few more pages soon…. … Continue reading →

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Two (very different) reopenings

Posted on May 2, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Two rather different railway reopenings from the BBC….. The Farnham and Alton railway line is to reopen after a landslip. A railway line which was closed due to a landslip is to reopen next week, Network Rail has announced.  Temporary repairs … Continue reading →

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Virgin on the hilarious

Posted on April 30, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

We’ll end the month with a little non-railway related humour.  The Daily Telegraph reported: Virgin on the hilarious: airport worker entertains passengers with brilliant boarding messages As anybody who has answered “did you pack your own bags?” with sarcasm will … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2016 – a PS

Posted on April 24, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

As I noted a month or so ago, Ian and Lily, who did such a good job last year on the catering, escaped to a family wedding in Malaysia, then holiday in Hong Kong and China.  I wrote them a quick … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #5

Posted on April 20, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

The last couple of years the show has had a mix of modular layouts, and mostly smallish standalone layouts that the visitor could imagine building themselves.  Apart from Leonard, mentioned earlier, we had a number of other layouts on show…… … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #4

Posted on April 18, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Today we’ll have a look at the rest of the modular layouts. Not quite modular, but more (large) table top was Paul Rowlatt’s Kato Racetrack.  Up to eight bullet trains could be in motion at any one time.  This is … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #3

Posted on April 16, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

One pleasure of our annual show is meeting up with old friends.  Some visitors come back year by year, others we know from other clubs.  It’s even better when work colleagues or neighbours accept my invites to the show and … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #2

Posted on April 14, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Today, a few pictures from the ESNG N-mod layout.  Most years, we’ve put together a continuous run layout.  However, in 2016, I was having some difficulty thinking how to fit in Azusa Mills, that is an L-shaped layout (pictures in … Continue reading →

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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #1

Posted on April 12, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Well, another year done and dusted!  This year’s show seems to have gone off well enough.  We’ve had more visitors than last year, put a few pennies in the club coffers, and received plenty of positive feedback about the show … Continue reading →

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