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Finding your vocation

Posted on February 4, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Forty years ago or so, I studied engineering with a nutter good friend called Tony Knight.  It’s taken the whole of that forty years for him to find his true vocation.  The intervening years were spent doing things like time in the … Continue reading →

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Lotsa links 2

Posted on February 2, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

More links from the vault…. “This Video of Trolleys Passing through Packard’s Corner in the 1940s is Pure Chaos“.  A snappy little title that describes the contents perfectly. Lots of 1940’s trolleys and road vehicles, all driven in badly.  What more … Continue reading →

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Odd modelling ideas #23

Posted on January 31, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Last Thursday was spent just outside Glasgow, in a site two-storey Portakabin on a water treatment works site.  A long day, flying up from Gatwick, 6am to 11pm in the end.  Fortunately, our flights missed the worse of the storm … Continue reading →

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Lotsa links!

Posted on January 29, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

I’ve been saving a selection of links for future reference and future posts.  Probably unwisely, as I won’t be able to use them again, here are a number of railway news items that caught my eye over the last couple of … Continue reading →

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Off my trolley – a bargain (I think)

Posted on January 27, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Reading a blog recently, the writer recommended the ‘Model Train Stuff’ shop and internet shop.  I couldn’t resist a browse, and the site made me an offer I couldn’t refuse – Bachmann ‘Peter Witt’ trolleys in Los Angeles Railways livery … Continue reading →

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Wrong kind of sun?

Posted on January 17, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

We’ve all heard of the ‘wrong kind of snow’ getting stuck in train doors and causing cancellation of train services during the UK winter.  But how about ‘the wrong kind of sun’ from the BBC? Rail passengers were left angry … Continue reading →

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Odd modelling ideas #2916

Posted on January 15, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

A variety of photographs culled from the Model Railroad Hobbyist forum.  Some are reasonable enough, but some are real ‘believe it or not’ moments. We’ll start with a shared rail – to fit both tracks under a crane span.  Not quite … Continue reading →

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Flying Scotsman is back!

Posted on January 13, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

Some good pictures from the BBC of Flying Scotsman’s first test run after renovation.   Not sure I like the all black livery, and the A3 isn’t my favourite express loco, but it’s wonderful to see such an iconic engine alive … Continue reading →

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Off my trolley – North Hollywood revisited

Posted on January 7, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

A frequently-used phrase in railway modelling is ‘selective compression.’  Most usually it applies to station track layouts, shortening them and losing a few sidings to fit a reasonable representation of a piece of railway in our usually too small rooms.  … Continue reading →

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ESNG 2015 in review

Posted on January 3, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

We’ll this is an easy blog to get the new year under way!!! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s some excerpts: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This … Continue reading →

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