Tag Archives: N gauge

ESNG meeting – 16 October 2019

Was wondering how many members would be around, with Mr Atfield on holiday and Mr Dawes on early rounds again, but we managed a healthy 9 to play trains.  We soon had a layout, but had to wait a little … Continue reading

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An interesting concept?

Received an email today: Hello, Hoping this will be of interest to your members. Over the last year or so I’ve been developing a soundscape system for my model railway. Basically it’s a set of web pages that pipe controlled … Continue reading

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The Redhill Brick & Model Show – 2019

ESNG’s next exhibition will be a return to the 17th Reigate Scouts Lego and model show.  Not many trains, but nice and local, so good local publicity.  And above all, another chance to impress young people with N gauge modelling, … Continue reading

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Dorking MRC Exhibition 2019

I was going to visit the Folkstone or Fareham shows today, but a heavy cold meant a slow start to the day.  So I watched the rugby World Cup, then slipped over to Oddfellows’ Hall, Dorking (what an appropriate location … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 03 October 2019

Good to see 11 members running trains last night, including the Cha(I)rman, who had escaped from the dairy.  Good job too, as I had forgotten to bring some milk with me, and the members would have got twitchy without their … Continue reading

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Mid Essex MRC exhibition 2019 – 3

There seem to be a lot of pictures of this show.  Although it wasn’t the largest, I think there was more to see as there were a lot of small layouts. I’d seen Abbey Street (S) before, but it was … Continue reading

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Mid Essex MRC exhibition 2019 – 2

Shelvington (P4) is set in the Hampshire/Surrey borders.  This section of line has seen better days… But around the corner there is a fine selection of SR DEMU’s, and a relatively modern BR terminus. Fen End Pit (16mm narrow gauge) … Continue reading

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Mid Essex MRC exhibition 2019 – 1

I had thought that I was away this weekend, but a recent check with my diary and Maxine’s diary showed that I’d got the date wrong – it’s next weekend.  Must be an age thing.  Despite a hectic week, I … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 18 September 2019

No photographs this evening – I forgot to take my phone to the meeting (or rather, my better half had borrowed it to make some free phone calls!) But we had a good meeting, with 10 members present, including two … Continue reading

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ESNG PlayDay – 8 September 2019

It’s been a busy railway week – Hollycombe, then club night, and now a PlayDay.  As ever, we started with a curry.  As I took the underpass next to Earlswood station, this large Colas track machine was sitting in the … Continue reading

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