Tag Archives: Germany

ESNG meeting – 20 September 2017 – and Ron’s last day away

Posted on September 23, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Wednesday’s meeting was European night, with just a few British and American interlopers.  People seemed keen to try out their TINGS purchases from the previous weekend. There was a good turnout of members, and we were delighted to have a … Continue reading →

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Ron flies east #2

Posted on September 17, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

More from our European rambler, who has reached Germany.  Day 2…. Rail trip to Cochem. Photos show inside and outside of station plus train at platform and Cochem’s road train After time looking round town we were taken to a … Continue reading →

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Ron flies east

Posted on September 15, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

Ron’s off on his travels to Europe again…. Got on Eurostar at St Pancras only to be told that we were being held as there was a problem in the Chunnel. We finally got away 10 late. On arrival in … Continue reading →

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Ron’s Rambles #2

Posted on December 6, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

More of Ron’s pictures, this time from Leipzig.  First, the railways.  Seeing the ‘McCafe’ reminds me that the inventor of the Big Mac died this week, age 93.  Perhaps he never ate his own invention to get to that age!  … Continue reading →

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Ron’s Rambles #1

Posted on December 4, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

A new contributor to the blog for the next couple of days – Ron Dawes, brother of Allan.  Ron is on safari in deepest Germany, around Leipzig and Hanover, I think, visiting an eclectic mix of Christmas markets and stations.  So welcome, Ron, … Continue reading →

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A prehistoric station?

Posted on November 5, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

If you’re a German modeller, how about this for a station name?  I suppose, obviously enough, they named the species after the place it was first found.  The plan comes from the Sporenplan site with lots of mainly continental track layouts.  The … Continue reading →

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