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Category Archives: Prototype
Buddleia: The plant that dominates Britain’s railways
Gardening tips from the BBC website (edited)…… It’s hard to walk by a railway line in Britain and not see Buddleia. Along fences by the tracks and almost any patch of waste ground, you will notice the long, slender clumps … Continue reading
Another modelling challenge?
As a PS to last time, and Swiss trams, this Basle “piggy tram” defies description! I came across it whilst browsing the internet, and had to look at Google Images to check it wasn’t a Photoshop special. Perhaps it’s an ideal way … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, prototype, Switzerland, traction
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More greetings from Filisur in Switzerland
More from our man in Switzerland. I can see the attraction of modelling modern Swiss railways. Lots of colourful and interesting locomotives and stock. He writes: As for the two locomotive & their freight/works train. It came in and was … Continue reading
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Greetings from Filisur in Switzerland
Maybe 0ur last communication from Switzerland for 2014. ESNG Charman Allan writes…. Holiday slowly coming to an end. That’s the Hotel we are staying in at the end of the platform. The double head freight has just turned up. He’d … Continue reading
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The Barriger Library – old USA steam railroad photographs
I recently came across the Barriger Library collection of old USA steam railroad photographs. Lots of inspiration if you model such things. Plenty of pleasant browsing even if you don’t. The photos are not always of the best quality, but … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Out and about, Prototype
Tagged Lehigh Valley, prototype, railroad
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Having to rough it in Switzerland
Not quite the most luxurious train in the world? The ESNG Chairman is on holiday in Switzerland. I received an email today with the following message and the two excellent photographs below. Just got on this train. Looks like they … Continue reading
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The world’s most luxurious train?
Could this be a future release for Kato? Beats slam-door electrics, anyway…. (From the Daily Telegraph website). The newspapers continue to supply an interesting stream of prototype railway curios. And I can’t resist reposting them! There will be two competing … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese railways, N gauge, prototype, railway
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Victorian Strangeness: The man who hoped to die in a railway crash
You thought model railway enthusiasts were strange. How about this from the BBC News web site? Money. Property. Land. Heirlooms. Whatever the mourners were hoping to inherit when they first gathered for the reading of the will, they were to … Continue reading
(Rail)road runner
Next real post tomorrow with the ESNG meeting tonight. However, here’s a bonus post. Combining bird-watching and train-spotting would be ideal. I think the poor critter looks a bit confused. It’s a road, Jim, but not as we know it…. (Picture … Continue reading
Only one owner, never ralleyed or raced….
There seem to be a lot of good railway items in the news recently – so here’s another, from the Daily Telegraph. Not quite ‘N’ gauge, but a lovely piece of machinery, combining good points from both European and American … Continue reading
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