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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2019 – #2
And on with the layouts! Ballyconnell Road is unusual – 3mm/ft scale is unusual in itself, but this layout is 15.75mm gauge, representing the Irish 5′ 3″ lines. I also really like the circular layout plan. And another road – … Continue reading
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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2019 – #1
Last Saturday it was my annual pilgrimage to the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace. As usual, I went with my ex-work colleague Malcolm (unfortunately Peter can’t make it up the hill from the station these days.) It’s … Continue reading
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Riding the L
I am still processing my Ally Pally photos, so I’ll be blogging those from next time. For today, here’s 80 minutes of travel on the Chicago interurbans. Useful for USA prototype modellers as it shows the backs of properties backing … Continue reading
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Ron on the road again #6
Day 6, and as usual, there’s plenty of snow: Woke up this morning to find it was still snowing. Decided on an easy day so in the continuing snow took 0904 to Davos and then on to Klosters, where I … Continue reading
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Ron on the road again #5
Day 5, and not much sunbathing for Ron: Another snowfall overnight. Decided to do the last long trip of my holiday and travelled by Reichenau and Disentis to Andermatt. Intended to take photos of the Oberalppass but it was a … Continue reading
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Ron on the road again #4
Day 4, and like all good Brits, Ron is reporting on the weather: A funny day weather wise. Started off snowing when I caught train to Chur but had left the snow behind when I reached the Rhine Balley. I … Continue reading
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Ron on the road again #3
Day 3, and more snow: Woke up this morning to find there had been by UK standards a heavy snowfall overnight, most of which had melted by the time I got back this afternoon. Decided to head south and caught … Continue reading
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Ron on the road again #2
Day 2, and plenty of snow in evidence! A cold day started clear but the weather changed. Went down to Chur and caught train to Arosa. On leaving Chur it was starting to snow and by Arosa it was light … Continue reading
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Ron on the road again #1
Next few days will have some of Ron’s Swiss travels, transport with a bit of scenery thrown in for good measure. I just hope he’s home by March 29th…. An early start – left home at 0445 GET for 0725 … Continue reading
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Off track on the Lehigh Valley
Sorry, I’ve not been blogging as often recently – a mixture of NGSE rather monopolising my thinking, plus being called into work to look at an interesting problem with sediment in the River Thames. But here are a couple of … Continue reading
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