Tag Archives: Germany
Mega-Eric?
From Facebook, a mega-roundhouse in Altona, Hamburg. This would make quite some model – even the coaling facilities are on the grand scale…. But did you spot the best bit – the overlapping turntable. I’d never seen one of these … Continue reading
Ron and the Rhine – day 7
Last of Ron’s holiday shots today. I heard from Allan that he had a fun trip home, after his tour itinerary got the train times wrong and they missed all their connections! So, Day 7… Started overcast with heavy rain … Continue reading
Ron and the Rhine – day 6
More pictures from Ron today. Blogging goes from boom to bust and back, lots of material to none. I’ve plenty at the moment, and after Ron’s snaps, I’ve some from the Beckenham show and the Uckfield show. Day 6 Overcast … Continue reading
Ron and the Rhine – days 4 and 5
Meanwhile, back at the Rhine, day 4, the weather’s about as bad as the UK…. An overcast day with rain late afternoon. A long day today on a group trip. On 0854 to Bonn walked down to the Rhine to … Continue reading
Ron and the Rhine – days 1 to 3
Ron’s back in Germany, so here are a few of his pictures – concentrating on transport (but with a little tourism thrown in). Left home on 0558 to St Pancras to meet up with tour party and then caught 0855 … Continue reading
Ron shops for England – 2
Some more touristy shots from Ron… Cologne Cathedral and its Xmas market. Bonn Xmas market. Selfie? (Cologne Hafen xmas market). Chocolate museum Cologne. Hafen Xmas market taken from Chocolate museum steps. Rudolphplatz Xmas market. … Continue reading
Ron shops for England – 1
Ron is on his travels again, off to the German Christmas markets, and to do a lot of shopping – it’s a bit early to stock up for Brexit, Ron! As usual, he’s sent back a record of his trip. … Continue reading
Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works open weekend
Thank you Brian, for links to your videos….. Dear All, I’ve just returned from a RailTrail trip to Frankfurt and Meiningen for the Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works open weekend. If you’ve never been here’s a small flavour of the 6 … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 20 June 2018
A quiet evening with just the six punters, but everyone had brought some trains to run. Derek was having a Longmoor Military Railway evening, I had some new Dapol coaches, and Paul, surprisingly, had a number of bullet trains. Dereks’ … Continue reading
ESNG updates
A couple up updates on club and blog…. Unfortunately we won’t be exhibiting at the Bluebell Railway model weekend in a couple of weeks time. They have overrunning building work and haven’t got room for us. Hopefully, it’s next year….. … Continue reading
