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Off my trolley – San Pedro
At the end of one line from LA and Watts were San Pedro and LA Harbour. In the days of large ocean liners, collecting passengers from the liner and transporting them into LA generated a lot of traffic through San Pedro. San … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 17 June 2015 – and AGM coming
We seem to be having a run of slow meetings. On Wednesday only two of us were there between 7 and 7:30, to be joined by the Cha(i)rman who had been doing some accidental babysitting. Four others arrived after 8, … Continue reading
Off my trolley – Pacific Electric to Watts – 3
Finally, could one model the northern end, at Oscar’s junction, or the southern end, at Watts, of the four-track main line? The prototype track layouts below are taken from the Model Railroader article. Both have real potential as stand-alone layouts, but … Continue reading
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Off my trolley – Pacific Electric to Watts – 2
Now for a couple of simple ideas for Pacific Electric N-mod modules. I’ve selected two places where other lines crossed the four-track main line. The first of these, nearest Watts, is at Slauson Tower, where the ATSF Harbor branch crossed the PE. The … Continue reading
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Off my trolley – Pacific Electric to Watts
Once again, it’s been a long time since I posted on traction and trolleys. But I’m still thinking about modelling ideas, and while I wait, more interurbans and trolleys keep appearing on the Shapeways site. One of my issues with … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 21 May 2015 – and AGM coming
Nothing to report from tonight. I arrived to join Derek (with the beard and glasses), soon to be joined by Derek (with the beard and glasses). No-one else turned up, not even the Cha(i)rman who is recovering from a bad back. Paul … Continue reading
ESNG PlayDay – 10 May 2015 – update
Paul corrected me on the record-breaking train: Hello Jon The new record is 147 wagons hauled by two Kato EF510 locomotives. It took 3min 32sec for the train to pass the camera, total length 54 feet 8 inches. In real … Continue reading
ESNG PlayDay – 10 May 2015
May’s PlayDay started slowly, with just the 5 of us to set up the layout. But Neil and Martin then arrived – unexpectedly, as we thought Neil was working and Martin was navigating an Eddie Stobart lorry somewhere in the … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 7 May 2015 – and PlayDay
No report from tonight’s meeting, as I am working in Albania for a week. But remember that there is an ESNG PlayDay on Sunday 10 May, 2-7pm, followed by curry. This is our third regular Sunday meeting – the first … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 15 April 2015
There was a distinct post-exhibition lethargy amongst the members tonight. We didn’t much feel like putting up the N-mod. But then young Bruno arrived with trains to run, together with Paul and Peter, so we quickly got a small circuit together. … Continue reading
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