Tag Archives: ESNG Meetings

I expected a quiet evening on Thursday, after we had such a busy weekend at Hollycombe.  But 5 out of the 7 exhibitors turned up keen to run trains.  (And no. 6, the Cha(I)rman, was working earlies again.) So we … Continue reading →

A busy club night – 13 attending, including Sean’s two lads.  We were missing Mr Atfield, who had the lurgi, and Graham after an eye procedure.  Lucas was providing all the sound effects, and was much better (and cheaper to … Continue reading →

I’m back from holiday – shortly before going away again.  Coming up over the next few weeks will be the rest of Ron’s Swiss pictures, some Swiss transport photos from Allan, and my pictures from the wonderful Crich tramway museum … Continue reading →

A quiet club night.  Just the seven of us, and not that many trains.  Derek discovered that his old goods train on Peco chassis wouldn’t stay coupled, whilst Paul had yet another new bulley on display. None the less, a … Continue reading →

Back to the normality of a club night, with 9 attending.  A particular welcome to Paul, visiting for the first time. It was ‘Terrier’ night again.  Simon was running a second hand ‘Brighton Works’ and I test ran my three … Continue reading →

A rather quiet evening, with just the seven of us at club night.  We were missing both the Cha(I)rman (missing on a milk round) and the Chairman Elect (just missing), and a few others.  But we quickly set up some … Continue reading →

Another pleasant afternoon running trains at the PlayDay.  We, of course, started with a curry, and were joined by Ron celebrating his 67th birthday.  And Miles, who demolished a large number of samosas after the Ruchita accidentally double up his … Continue reading →

Busy couple of days, and didn’t get around to blogging – I did something useful instead! Thursday’s ESNG meeting didn’t really happen.  Our hall had become a polling station, so we moved into the church itself (of similar size) to … Continue reading →

Maybe due to enthusiasm following the NGSE show, or perhaps the spring-like weather, about 14 turned up for Wednesday’s meeting.  Plenty of people and plenty of trains….   It was ‘Birdcage’ night, as both Neil and I tested our new … Continue reading →