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Stuttgart 2016 #2 – ESNG at play
The ESNG contribution looked, in part, much as a normal club night, with a procession of trains of varying parentage taking to the tracks. The Farish Blue Pullman deserves a mention as it ran faultlessly for all four days. ‘ERIC’ … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, modular layouts, N gauge, Stuttgart
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Stuttgart 2016 #1 – Stuttgart itself
Last week, ESNG completed its annual pilgrimage to the Stuttgart N-Club meet and show. I went for the full four days this year, for the first time. My impressions of the whole thing – four days is great fun, but … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, modular layouts, N gauge, Stuttgart
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ESNG PlayDay – 13 November 2016
Another excellent afternoon playing trains. Even more paying members that the last PlayDay – 15 – plus 3 visitors. The treasurer was there to collect the money, too! Miles was in attendance, as evidenced by this partly demolished cake….. Graham and Dave … Continue reading
Tolworth 2016
A year has slipped past, and once again I scrounged a lift off Derek Atfield to pay a visit to the Tolworth Showtrain exhibition. And once again I nearly didn’t go – it was a foul wet morning – and … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Inspiration, Layout design, Out and about
Tagged exhibition, France, model railway, N gauge
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ESNG meeting – 3 November 2016
After the rush of members last meeting, it was quieter again this Thursday. However, there were plenty of trains on the move, and it was also a chance to check a few details about Stuttgart plans. I spotted this Model … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 19 October 2016
The treasurer was beside himself this evening – 14 or was it 15 members present and all that money to collect. Good numbers made for a very pleasant evening, with plenty of trains running, and time to talk to people – … Continue reading
Another N-gauge coupler development – this time from Europe
I came across this blog , UK based but describing a French fine scale ‘N’ layout. And it had a very interesting post on ‘N’ gauge couplers. N-tram are the doyen of European brass models, in N-m and N. They are … Continue reading
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Tagged couplings, Hints and tips, model railroad, N gauge
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An interesting N-gauge coupler development
A very interesting development from MicroTrains – the ‘True-Scale’ N-gauge coupler. The pictures below shows how good these look (photos MTL.) They also have the advantage over using ‘Z’ gauge couplers in ‘N’ that they have no springs and ‘slinky’ … Continue reading
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Tagged couplings, Hints and tips, model railroad, N gauge
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ESNG meeting – 6 October 2016
We had a slow start to the evening, with Derek the At sunning himself in Portugal, and the Cha(I)rman suffering from an overdose of early milk rounds. The rails looked a bit empty, as Paul was also on holiday, so … Continue reading
ESNG PlayDay – 25 September 2016
What an excellent afternoon playing trains. 13 paying members, and the treasurer missed the excitement of collecting so much money. Plus three guests, and with three separate railways set up the hall was getting rather full. We put a large N-mod … Continue reading
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