Recent Comments
Jacqui Barker on Petts Wood, again, and Re… Mark on Fareham Railex #2 
niasunset on Bournemouth by bus “MICHAEL VISIT… on Michael visits York #2 
John Doe on An amazing N-gauge couple…
Tag Archives: ESNG
Cold Turkey has got me on the run
I’m off to Turkey for 10 days looking at rivers, or at least where an oil pipeline crosses rivers. Same inspection job as last year, but at least I can’t get appendicitis again – or if I do, I’ll make … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Out and about, Prototype
Tagged ESNG, prototype, railroad, railway
Leave a comment
Paddington 1970
Tidying the loft, I found an old album of black-and-white photos. Although the photos are not of great quality, they have captured some memories back in the late 60’s and early 70’s. These are of Paddington, probably around 1970. Diesel … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Out and about, Prototype
Tagged ESNG, prototype, railroad, railway
Leave a comment
ESNG meeting – 4 September 2014
The schools are back and the club was busy tonight. It was good to see Honest John back in circulation, and new member Roger actually came back. We must have been too kind to him last time. Mr Apps was … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, ESNG meetings, Out and about
Tagged ESNG, ESNG Meetings, modular layouts, N gauge
Leave a comment
ESNG work party – 31 August 2014 – and the Andover Show
It’s been a train-rich weekend, and a welcome relief from an interesting week. Firstly, I got a report completed for work that had been hanging around for far too long. Then we had a new central boiler installed. A good professional … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, ESNG meetings, Out and about
Tagged ESNG, ESNG Meetings, modular layouts, N gauge
Leave a comment
Quote and pictures of the week….
The most excellent UK theologian NT Wright (almost my personal guru), talking about the Apostle Paul’s writings…. “All this is of course complex, but necessarily so. Attempts to reduce that complexity in the pursuit of an easier comprehensibility are the … Continue reading
Posted in Jon's layout ramblings, Out and about, Weird and wonderful
Tagged ESNG, theology
Leave a comment
ESNG meeting – 21 August 2014
Holiday season must be coming to the end, as we had a good turnout this time around. Good to see Peter back from his travels. We last saw him at the ESNG show in April. Since then he has been … Continue reading
A cheerful interlude – two train crashes
As a welcome break from the philosophy of model railways, Allan came across these pictures in the news, of two recent train crashes. Fortunately, casualties seem to be limited. First, Switzerland, where a RhB train came off the narrow-gauge track over … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Out and about, Prototype, Traction
Tagged ESNG, prototype, railway, Switzerland, traction
Leave a comment
Channel tunnel layout
One of my first posts was a description of a visit to a Channel Tunnel ‘N’ gauge layout from Cha(i)rman Allan. Here are a few photos from his return visit (apologies for the flash reflections – must get a new photographer). After … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Inspiration, Out and about
Tagged ESNG, model railway, N gauge, prototype
Leave a comment
ESNG meeting – 7 August 2014
It’s definitely holiday time, as we were down to eight members this Thursday. But it was good to have a visit from a prospective new member in Roger, who brought an engine along for the attention of Dr Loco. Evidence … Continue reading
We are all superstars now!
A quote from the Daily Telegraph on the interests of rock stars… Building model railways is very popular among rockers of a certain vintage. Rod Stewart, Neil Young, Phil Collins and Roger Daltrey all have elaborate train sets, with Stewart … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, ESNG meetings, General, Out and about, Weird and wonderful
Tagged ESNG, model railroad, model railway
Leave a comment
