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ESNG PlayDay – 8 January 2017

Yesterday’s Playday was another pleasant afternoon playing trains.  Only seven members, but it was good to see old member (from 10 years ago) Andy and fiance.  And also Alex came back with trains to run and clutching money to give … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 6 January 2017

A slow start to the meeting – at 7:30pm Derek, Derek and I were wondering whether to go home.  Then a visitor arrived (welcome Alex) and we thought that we had better get some trains running.  And in the end … Continue reading →

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It’s 2017 – Happy New Year

A Happy New Year to all our readers! What will 2017 bring?  I hope that I will get more modelling done, and have a number of projects lined up, having purchased a range of bits and pieces.  I can’t see … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 21 December 2016

‘Twas the night before Christmas – well, it was the last ESNG meeting of the year.  It was also surprisingly well attended, as we all tried to escape the Christmas preparations.  Ten members present, plus a couple of visitors from … Continue reading →

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ESNG meeting – 1 December 2016

Well, it was the post-Stuttgart blues tonight.  The Cha(I)rman was at home, suffering from the pre-Christmas milk round blues.  By 7:45pm, the three of us who were there were seriously considering going home.  We did have a look at Martin’s … Continue reading →

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Stuttgart 2016 #3 – Other views

A final post from Stuttgart (unless anyone else sends me some photographs.)  Just a random selection, once again, of scenes that caught my eye. The Hungarian branch of INGA-net attended the meet for the first time, and their simple, single … Continue reading →

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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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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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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 →

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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 →

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