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Is this Google’s fault?

It continues to amaze me that one of the most read posts over the last 18 months is a little item called, “Jon’s Modules – Peco lash up”.  I don’t know what people expected to read?? And I pre-dated ’50 … Continue reading

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Signal problems at Redhill

The Sorry Error, whoops, Surrey Mirror reported yesterday that…. Signalling problems causing delays of up 30 minutes for Redhill commuters COMMUTERS are facing delays of up to 30 minutes this morning due to signalling problems around Redhill railway station. Southern … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 5 February 2015

‘Twas a cold and snowy night in Earlswood….  The faithful few got to the club night, and thought, surely we’re not putting the layout up tonight?  Then more and more people turned up with trains to run – 11 eventually.  … Continue reading

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Planning the exhibition

Putting a model railway exhibition together is a bit like a jigsaw.  You have the rooms, the traders needing tables, and most importantly the layouts themselves.  Some of these layouts will need a fixed size; others may be modular, so … Continue reading

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Dear Mr Railway Man

Following our theme of late trains, the Telegraph posted this heart-breaking letter from a 6-year old girl to rail bosses.  The article states…. A six-year-old girl has written a “heartbreaking” letter to rail chiefs begging them to get her father … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 21 January 2015

Well I wasn’t at last night’s meeting, as I was being wined and dined by the company for my 38 year’s service.  What a difference six months makes.  Last year it was proposed redundancy; this year it’s too much overtime … Continue reading

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Toy trains from the past 200 years

From the BBC News site this week, describing a new exhibition, “Playing Trains”, at the National Railway Museum in York: What is it about toy trains that has continued to entertain children, admittedly mostly boys, for nearly two centuries? A major new … Continue reading

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Hong Kong – Pig train memories

Browsing around the internet I found a picture that brought back not entirely pleasant memories.  It’s 1984, and you are standing on the subterranean platform at Mong Kok, first station up the line from the Hung Hom, Kowloon, terminus of … Continue reading

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The train that was late for a whole year

From the BBC News site this week, quoting the Metro: Metro, a free newspaper largely targeted at commuters, is never short of horror stories from those using Britain’s public transport network. But in the story of the 07:29 from Brighton … Continue reading

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ESNG PlayDay – 11 January 2015 #2

Here are four video clips from the PlayDay.  The first three show a few of the trains running this afternoon, including my Deltic Pullman rake. The last shows the start of Paul’s 102 wagon goods train.  It extends through three … Continue reading

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