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Slow but sure….

A little more progress on the club fiddleyard today.  We’ll get there eventually.  A brace of Derek’s carried on tracklaying. I got some wiring completed for the point frogs. This a most impressive layout.  Very realistic scenery, especially the forest. … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 27 February 2022

A very quiet afternoon, with just the four members present.  Plus Ron, the ESNG honorary auditor, lured south by the promise of a curry.  Excuses from other regulars ranged from the reasonable – I’ve a fence to fix – to … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 16 February 2022

Wednesday’s meeting was a successful one.  No new modules this time, but 9 members plus a visitor.  Not least, yet another final meeting for Paul – even though we told him no curry this time! Another last ESNG meeting, but … Continue reading →

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Remembering Dreibruken

Many moons ago, ESNG renovated Dreibruken, a 25 year old Swiss layout that was donated to the club. Dreibrucken was a firm exhibition favourite, but the old lady was finally a bit past it and retired.  In 2005, Dreibruken appeared … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 13 February 2022

A busy Sunday afternoon, with eight members present, including Paul for his last, last, meeting. My final East Surrey N Gauge Group meeting finished off with a curry to mark my 60th birthday which is a week tomorrow. I should … Continue reading →

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ESNG fiddleyard progress

More progress on the club fiddleyard today.  Slow, but sure.  No Simon due to cat pee problems (don’t ask), but two Derek’s hard at work.  We tidied up the extra baseboard ready for a cover and tracklaying.  We then started … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 2 February 2022

Having emailed around the club, and got a good response, the first Wednesday meeting in February went ahead.  Six members attended, and we had a good evening running trains.  Here we have the usual suspects, with Mr Apps inspecting his … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 23 January 2022

What a difference a few days makes – ten-and-a-half members present this afternoon for a solid afternoon running trains and socialising.  It was a sad afternoon, as it (probably) was Paul’s last club meeting with us.  We shall miss him … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 19 January 2022

Another meeting failure – only 3 members by 7:40, so we didn’t set up the layout.  Then a couple more arrived.  So we made tea and had a good chat.  We will have to think about meeting plans for the … Continue reading →

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ESNG exhibition 2022

We’re going to take a chance and try for an ESNG show in April.  It will be small one – more an Open Day really, but we’ll have about 8 layouts on show, 2 traders and 2 second hand tables.  … Continue reading →

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