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Potpourri #1135
A little post=Christmas selection. I hope Santa brought you lots of gifts of the correct scale and gauge! Just right for your new layout….. A railway version of a famous sketch…. Another, rather more political version…. This beats Mr Rowlatt’a … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1134
To start today, Derek sent me a couple of Stuttgart photos. This one shows all our empire, and all the ESNG crew – including a full set of Healy’s. I seem to be admiring all that beer (or what’s left … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2025 – 4 – Bonus post
Last year, Derek and Allan visited the Stuttgart tram museum. They met a young helper there, Alexander, and promised to contact each other in 2025. We were going to visit the museum on the Monday, but Alexander offered a visit … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2025 – 3
So to a selection of the other exhibits. The modules and layouts below were made by professional model makers – Italian I think. There is some fantastic modelling here, especially the canal lift and the ships. The Zeppelin is towed … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2025 – 2
Having got the ESNG contribution up and running, let’s look at some of the other bits of railway on show, modules and stand-alone layouts. Behind us, Pauline McKenna was running her new German layout. A simple double track plan just … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2025 – 1
It’s late November, and time for the 19th ENSC meet in Stuttgart. I wasn’t sure whether I’d go for the whole thing, but I needed a break after a busy year. So at 2:30am (!!!!) Allan’s van drew up outside … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1133
A few links of interest (perhaps). Holborn Viaduct – doomed but my favourite. My father Wapping…. The best train driver announcement? Two O gauge branch lines…. And to close, Denmark in HO.
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Just a photo
I came across this rather idyllic photo of the newly opened Morden underground station, probably in 1926. Those were the days when Morden and the end of the Northern line were just undeveloped fields. It’s changed a bit! The whole … Continue reading
Big men on little railways?
A few weeks ago Allan, Chris and a brace of Derek’s visited the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. A few photos of the day out…. And more recently, Dave visited the Heatherslaw Light Railway, a 15 in (381 mm) gauge … Continue reading
Bluebell Railway ‘Giants of Steam’
Friday 17th October, #1 son Michael paid a quick visit to the Bluebell, as a punter rather than a volunteer, to see their ‘Giants of Steam’. All four locomotives in action were ‘new-builds’. He managed a ride behind all four … Continue reading
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