Tag Archives: Germany

Ron and the Rhine – days 4 and 5

Posted on October 22, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

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 →

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Ron and the Rhine – days 1 to 3

Posted on October 16, 2019 by snitchthebudgie

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 →

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Ron shops for England – 2

Posted on December 12, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

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 →

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Ron shops for England – 1

Posted on December 10, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

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 →

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Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works open weekend

Posted on September 9, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

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 →

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ESNG meeting – 20 June 2018

Posted on June 22, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

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 →

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ESNG updates

Posted on June 10, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

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 →

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ESNG meeting – 08 June 2018

Posted on June 8, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

A good turn out tonight, and plenty of trains running – and the usual suspects! Trains included some period German railcars…. Allan’s milk train…. Paul’s usual long Japanese goods… And Simon’s USA superpower….

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ESNG meeting – 16 May 2018

Posted on May 20, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

After Sunday’s monster N-mod layout, and lots of members, Wednesday was rather more restrained.  But we still got trains running…. It was Terrier night, with my British Railways version (plus new Dapol Maunsell brake-composite.) Derek’s ‘Bodiam’…. And Derek’s ‘Earlswood’. Simon … Continue reading →

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Brian in Germany

Posted on May 18, 2018 by snitchthebudgie

A couple more videos from Brian, who writes…. Dear All, Just thought I’d share a couple of the most interesting aspects of my recent trip to the Dampfspektakel in Trier Germany. As part of a RailTrail group we travelled on … Continue reading →

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