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October has been a funny five-week month with club meetings at odd intervals.  The last Sunday of the month saw the clocks going back, and as many as nine ESNG members playing trains.  I arrived very late due to a … Continue reading →

Forgot to write up Wednesdays meeting.  Not much to say, really.  Four met for a minor working party and chips, then a fifth came along for the evening.  And a few trains took to the tracks.  I even ventured to … Continue reading →

A pleasant autumnal Sunday afternoon, and seven members out to play.  Perhaps there was as much chat as trains, but we all had a good afternoon. Derek was running mail trains again.  First this rather luminous unit… Then a Britannia … Continue reading →

A Wednesday working party did a few odds and ends – Mr Atfield lengthened his legs – and repaired the Speedo board.  Two of us arrived in time for fish and chips. In the evening, we had seven members along, … Continue reading →

Six members turned out, and ran a few trains.  The usual suspects…. Another repair job needed.  We tried out the speedo board for a future show.  It still looks good after 20+ years, and we persuaded the speedometer to work, … Continue reading →

It was probably optimistic to have a meeting on the TINGS weekend.  We didn’t run trains, but this was mainly due to illness and holidays.  Five of the very senior members turned up, but felt no inclination to build a … Continue reading →

Back for the Sunday meeting, and a whole eight members turned out for a little training. Some modern Swiss (?) stock…. And some more European multiple units….. A classic bit of the UK railway – a Deltic…. Brian has captured … Continue reading →

Must ease back into the blog, but the summer church recess has been filled with work for the ESNG open day (more later) and lots and lots of gardening, catching up on things.  I believe that 26 large bags of … Continue reading →

Slowing down my blogging for a week or two, though I do have photos from two exhibitions to post.  But on Sunday afternoon eight ESNG members turned out to run a few trains and talk a lot.  Dodgy looking lot….. … Continue reading →

Wednesday afternoon, four of us arrived for a working party, and joined by Ian Carter to talk about show catering.  My afternoon was spent checking out the wiring on the fiddle yard.  A dry solder joint on a microswitch seems … Continue reading →