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ESNG meeting – 5 October 2017
Not a bad turn-out on Thursday, and plenty running for much of the evening – then at 9:15pm, everyone put their trains away, and the hall emptied. So I got my trains out and running….. Paul was celebrating a new … Continue reading
Seaboard Southern NMRA show, 30 September 2017
Saturday was the local NMRA group’s annual meet at the Charis Centre in Crawley. I’ve missed the last two Seaboard Southern shows, as they clashed with other family commitments, so I was pleased to get to this one. An easy … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Inspiration, Layout design, Out and about
Tagged exhibition, model railroad, N gauge, NMRA
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Stuttgart coming soon – and a new module
Sunday afternoon was spent in the august company of Messrs Atfield and Dawes, testing out the setup that we will take to Stuttgart. The last few weeks, I’ve had plenty of free time, so have completed a new module for … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG meetings, Jon's layout ramblings, N Club International, Out and about
Tagged ESNG, modular layouts, N gauge, Stuttgart
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ESNG meeting – 20 September 2017 – and Ron’s last day away
Wednesday’s meeting was European night, with just a few British and American interlopers. People seemed keen to try out their TINGS purchases from the previous weekend. There was a good turnout of members, and we were delighted to have a … Continue reading
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ESNG Exhibition 2018 and beyond….
Exhibition planning is well under way for the ESNG 2018 exhibition, and the first flyers are out…. Layouts on show will include: ESNG N-mod/N-club modular layout West Sussex group N-mod modular layout Forrestone (UK modern) Freshwater (2mm finescale IOW) City … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 7 September 2017
After the last non-meeting, the 7th September was a complete contrast – 14 members and a full fiddle yard of trains. Perhaps it was the start of a new school year, or perhaps that we were discussing how to get … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 16 August 2017
‘Low Wednesday’ today – only 4 members by 8pm, so no trains, but a pleasant time chatting and we still went home after 9pm. Talk included a lot on trains in Japan, and a little on trains in North Korea. … Continue reading
Tinkers Park 2017 #2
The full size exhibits had plenty of interest, and there were some well preserved items. However, it was sad to see others in a poor state of repair, rusting away. There were interesting bits of metal all over the site … Continue reading
Tinkers Park 2017 #1
The Tinkers Park Model Railways Plus show did what it said on the can – a reasonably sized model railway show, plus full sized trains, traction engines and road vehicles. Derek and I visited on the Saturday, so missed the … Continue reading
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ESNG meeting – 3 August 2017
I had lost track of our members’ holidays, and was pleasantly surprised by a positive sighting of Mr Atfield, who brought along his Royal Train for a test run. The fiddle yard looked a little bare – at least it … Continue reading