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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #3
One pleasure of our annual show is meeting up with old friends. Some visitors come back year by year, others we know from other clubs. It’s even better when work colleagues or neighbours accept my invites to the show and … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #2
Today, a few pictures from the ESNG N-mod layout. Most years, we’ve put together a continuous run layout. However, in 2016, I was having some difficulty thinking how to fit in Azusa Mills, that is an L-shaped layout (pictures in … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2016 #1
Well, another year done and dusted! This year’s show seems to have gone off well enough. We’ve had more visitors than last year, put a few pennies in the club coffers, and received plenty of positive feedback about the show … Continue reading
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What’s at the ESNG show?
Show update: Overflow parking is in the Doynings sports centre overflow car park ( RH1 1DP), just 5 minutes walk from the school. Take the entrance and bear right to the upper car park. There’s 4 free hours parking there. … Continue reading
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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #3
My final post on ‘Ally Pally’ is to look at O gauge, the ‘senior scale.’ There seems to be a vogue for O gauge shunting layouts at present. The Model Railway Club’s Happisburgh Goods (pronounced ‘Haze-burr’) models a Great Eastern … Continue reading
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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #2
As I finish writing this, my thoughts are again with Brussels. What importance is our hobby compared with all that is going on in Belgium, and almost day-by-day around the world? But perhaps this is just the time when we … Continue reading
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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2016 – #1
Today I enjoyed a pleasant day out at the London Festival of Railway Modelling at Alexandra Palace in the company of Peter and Malcolm, ex-work colleagues. It’s a simple journey from Redhill to north London – train to Victoria, Victoria line … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2016 – a month to go!
It’s a month to go to the 2016 ESNG show. And it’s the usual time when I wonder what I’ve forgotten to organise! I think it’s all there. We have the layouts, the traders, the hall and the insurance. Publicity … Continue reading
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The Alton exhibition 6 February 2016 – 2
Another fine layout at the Alton show was Dock Green, an O gauge shunting layout set in East London in early British Railways days. Full marks, too for the layout name, bringing back memories of watching ‘Dixon of Dock Green’ … Continue reading
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The Alton exhibition 6 February 2016 – 1
After another busy week at work, a little railway therapy was called for. Derek Atfield suggested a visit to the Alton show, and this seemed altogether a good idea. We arrived at 10am and wondered why there was no queue … Continue reading
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