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Epic railway FAIL
From the Daily Telegraph. Noel Gallagher snubbed Trainspotting soundtrack ‘as he thought film was about railway enthusiasts’ Noel Gallagher missed out on featuring on the soundtrack for Trainspotting because he thought the film was about railway enthusiasts, it has emerged. … Continue reading
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Really?
The BBC news website reports…. Turner Prize exhibition opens with giant buttocks, train rides and scrap metal …..Visitors can ride on Josephine Pryde’s Lapses in Thinking, a train that goes around the gallery….. When I read the headline, I thought … Continue reading
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Heritage Modelling
Jerry Clifford writes in Model Railway Journal #249….. There have, of course, been some superb finescale models of railways in the heritage era. Tom Everett’s contemporary model of Ropley is just one example, but there is no denying they are … Continue reading
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Off my trolley – wig wag’s
And our UK readers will say, “What’s a wig-wag?” Well it’s not related to a wigwam, or even to wiff-waff (better known as ping-pong or table tennis. It’s s visual and audible signal for ungated railroad crossings. The … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, Layout design, N gauge, Pacific Electric
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Spar Valley Railway diesel weekend
The event was held from Thursday 4th August to Sunday 7th August. These photos were taken on the Sunday by Allan. Plenty of Class 33’s in evidence. Despite my Southern bias, I have always thought them one of the neatest … Continue reading
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Gallic inspiration
You may have come across Emmanuel Nouaillier’s brilliant structure modelling in the Continental Modeller, with step by articles on how to build dilapidated structures. I came across his website, that doesn’t have all the detail of his articles, but nonetheless … Continue reading
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Shunting on a cable car…
From Allan’s Swiss adventures this year… How do you get a pallet of goods from under a cable car and load it on to a waggon? This is what the BLM does. Not the clearest photos, but perhaps offering a … Continue reading
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Heroes and villains
The southeast of England is in minor meltdown, not from Brexit, but from a five day strike on Southern Railways. Their service is even worse than usual. And a map shows a reduced service and closed stations. Our local station, … Continue reading
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Swiss Redux #4
A final post of Swiss delights (at least for now.) This would make a good, and very high, backdrop….. And this is an idyllic scene to model, too…. Love the owl….. Here, the old buildings form another idea for a backdrop….. And finally, … Continue reading
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Swiss Redux #3
Once again we start in the mountains…. But quickly settle down for a little train spotting…. I continue to be impressed by the variety in loco-hauled trains compared with the UK. Returning home on the tram….
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