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ESNG meeting – PlayDay 11 March 2018

Another successful PlayDay, despite missing one or two regulars due to Mother’s Day.  Apologies to those who couldn’t make it, but it there wasn’t another Sunday this month when the hall was free.  Still, 10 members wasn’t a bad turnout.  … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 21 February 2018

We were missing both the Cha(I)rman on another anti-social milk round, and Mr Atfield dodging the rain (I think) in Cyprus.  But with a number of visitors we had 12 people there and plenty of trains running.  It was also … Continue reading

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ESNG turns 21 – the evidence?

East Surrey N Gauge is 21 this year, and we thought this auspicious date should be marked in some way.  So this week Derek delivered a large cardboard box to me…. The contents were a 100 off for a Dapol … Continue reading

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Linx

I’d hoped to report more workbench progress today, but work has been delayed by the timber yard losing my order, and my plastic filler going solid (well, it probably was 10 years old.)  So a couple of links from Model … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 1 February 2018

A busy evening with a round dozen members attending (some more round than others.)Unfortunately we were still missing the Cha(I)rman’s tea making expertise.  But the usual suspects were soon filling the fiddleyard. Derek brought along his Kato Kowloon Canton Railway … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 17 January 2018

A fairly quiet club evening – and sorely missing the Cha(I)rman’s tea making expertise.  But there were some interesting trains on view.  Derek ran this Peco Jubilee and Dapol Gresley coaches.  A mismatch in both time and region, but a … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – PlayDay 14 January 2018

Just the eight of us at yesterday’s PlayDay, but we had a pleasant afternoon running trains.  We quickly put together a large circuit… And Simon was soon running some USA freight….. Dave brought his quarry along, and was testing locomotives … Continue reading

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Modular model railways – the pros and cons?

Dave emailed me recently about exhibiting our ‘N’ gauge modular layout at local exhibitions.  His comment was (in part)…. Hi – not having much success with exhibitions at the minute. The larger ones don’t seem interested in modular layouts….  We … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 3 January 2018

First club night of the new year, and despite the Chairman not being there due to anti-social working hours, 13 members enjoyed a varied procession of trains on the layout.  Mind you, Ian doesn’t look too excited by proceedings in … Continue reading

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On my workbench #2

As Christmas approached, I found the time to tidy up the railway room, and have made a list of projects and tasks for the weeks and months ahead.  Some might be considered as overambitious….. But as a simple warmup exercise, … Continue reading

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