Tag Archives: model railway
Remembering Shepton Mallet
Once again, we’re away this week at the ‘New Wine’ church conference. But our visits to the Bath & West Showground near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in the south-west of the UK are over – the conference has moved to the … Continue reading
Minories #2 – Out in the suburbs – repost
Number 4 is my second Minories post. Back to normal (whatever that may be) next week! If you leave London, and head to the other end of the commuter lines, a Minories like design, sort of ‘mini-Minories’ is another option. … Continue reading
A small shunting layout – repost
Interestingly, Number 3 is this little American switching layout. Model Railroad Hobbyist has a very nice ‘shunting plank’ in its October edition. It’s in ‘O’ gauge, but the dimensions are a very reasonable 11’- 6” x 17’–19” with a 6’ … Continue reading
Minories #1 – the original design – repost
Number 2 is this one on the classic Minories design. There are few model railway plans that can be deemed ‘classic’. One surely must be the late Cyril Freezer’s ‘Minories’ plan. The plan was the result a flash of inspiration whilst … Continue reading
Two views of the hobby
Following the tragic trashing of the Market Deeping MRC exhibition, and the amazing show of solidarity that raised over £100,000 for the club and other exhibition losses, there have been a number of positive articles in the newspapers. Here are … Continue reading
Llanastr – yet another small layout – repost
I realised that, having just written my post on expoEM and Llanastr, I had already blogged this little layout. As it’s a busy week, I’ll repost this earlier screed. It’s coming up to holiday season again, so I may well … Continue reading
expoEM Spring 2019
Last Saturday I drove over to Bracknell to visit the Spring expoEM. I have never insisted on exhibitions having any ‘N’ gauge, so an excellent show like this an easy drive away was a must. There were some very good … Continue reading
