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A pleasant autumnal Sunday afternoon, and good to see nine ESNG members in attendance.  Especially good to have a visit from Paul, the ESNG Midlands branch. The usual suspects were there, of course…. With Paul back in town, the outer … Continue reading →

After two non-meetings, it was good to see a whole six members turn out for Wednesday’s meeting.  Not least, the treasurer was back after a nasty bout of non-covid lurgi. Allan ran a long train of hoppers, passing Mr Atfield’s … Continue reading →

An busy club night this afternoon – eleven members and a visitor.  I made the correct call in thinking that there would be plenty of trains to run and test after TINGS, so I didn’t take anything to run. The … Continue reading →

A busy club night tonight – nine members and two visitors.  It was especially good to see Ian Carter after a very long time (you should give up golf, Ian) and John B was up from deepest Rye to buy … Continue reading →

Last Sunday in the month, and time for the ESNG to convene again.  A fine turn out of 10 members today. Simon was running a series of American locos and a long passenger train. Action on the main line, British … Continue reading →

We pause our exploration of Manx trains for another ESNG meeting.  It was an easy Wednesday, as we didn’t have to set up a layout – I realised on Sunday that with the summer holidays no one was using the … Continue reading →

Despite the very hot afternoon, five intrepid ESNG members gathered to play trains. We’ll start with Brian’s video of the afternoon, as it includes the set up.  We don’t really move that fast…. But where were the Hill’s Angels????  (Probably … Continue reading →

Back again for the Wednesday meet.  A respectable seven members turned up to play trains.  And good to see Allan and Derek back from their respective holidays.  Some trains were tested ready for our visit to the Bredgar & Wormshill … Continue reading →

I wasn’t sure how many would turn up for the Sunday meeting – we’d moved it back a week to avoid a hall booking, and several regulars were away or sent apologies.  But 6 members rolled in, and we managed … Continue reading →

Fortunately the record temperatures were the day before this meeting, and even more fortunately no track had buckled on the layout, so normal running was possible!  However, the eight members present seemed more interested in talking than in running trains.  … Continue reading →