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Southampton MR exhibition 2025 #3

A final set of photos from Southampton….. I really liked St Holdens (EM).  I’ve always had a soft spot for the Great Eastern Railway, especially their beautiful blue locomotives.  This layout captures a typical Norfolk station really well, and brought … Continue reading

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Southampton MR exhibition 2025 #2

Onward!  I was going to write this up last night, but we were suddenly invited out for a curry by some old friends.  You can guess my priority here…. Some fine O gauge modelling on Staindrop, picturing the ex-NER in … Continue reading

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Southampton MR exhibition 2025 #1

Another Saturday morning, and a slightly different five ESNG members again filled Allan’s van.  This time we headed south for the Southampton exhibition.  This is one of the larger club-run shows, and this year was as good as the last … Continue reading

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Canterbury MRS exhibition 2025 #3

The last selection from Canterbury, completing our visit to an excellent show. Arnold Layne (O) gets my award for the best layout name (Google it if you want to hear some excellent music!)  It’s a small (for O gauge) branch … Continue reading

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Canterbury MRS exhibition 2025 #2

Today’s layouts will be presented in alphabetical order, to avoid excessive favouritism!  We start with Albert Street Parcels (OO).  A nice little shunting layout, imagining that the viewer is standing on a platform in a large station, looking over to … Continue reading

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Canterbury MRS exhibition 2025 #1

Saturday morning, five ESNG members filled Allan’s van, and we headed east for the Canterbury exhibition.  As the approached Canterbury, one of the two Derek’s commented, “Not long since we were down this way.”  The quick answer came, “No, it’s … Continue reading

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Mid Kent Model Railway Exhibition 2025

This show in Maidstone is an ideal outing for that period between Christmas and the New Year.  So Derek, Chris and I piled into Allan’s van for a visit, arriving early enough for a fry-up in the café before the … Continue reading

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9 years of Stuttgart 2010-2018

Hopefully I’m now in Stuttgart for the NCI meet.  So here are a few pictures from the past, mainly showing how the ESNG members have failed to age gracefully. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Hopefully, some … Continue reading

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Tolworth Showtrain 2024 – 2

Next up is the familiar, but always interesting, Elbow Lane (OO). A show favourite was Drws-Y-Nant (2mm finescale) a station between Bala and Dolgellau.  A simple passing station, but with a very strange piece of trackwork into the goods siding, … Continue reading

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Tolworth Showtrain 2024 – 1

Saturday morning I got to my first railway exhibition since August.  My shoulder is on the mend, so I joined Derek and Derek for a visit to this always good show.  Arriving early to enjoy a bacon roll and coffee … Continue reading

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