Tag Archives: N gauge

ESNG meeting – 27 April 2025

A pleasant spring afternoon, and 10 members turned out to play trains.  It could have been more, but one member got the date wrong, and another had been to a stag night.  Lots of people and a busy fiddle yard….. … Continue reading

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York MRS Easter show 2025 #2

A second batch of photos from the excellent York show, this time without all my potificating! North 9th Street Terminal (P87 – HO but scale track and wheels, like P4.) Beijao, Chinese HO, and always brilliant.  The street scenes in … Continue reading

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York MRS Easter show 2025 #1

Our ESNG northern outpost, Paul Rowlatt went to the York Easter show.  I went many years ago and would love to go back, but it’s not worked out – not least this year as I was leading our Easter services … Continue reading

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N-Club International on the road

Before I post pictures from “up t’ north” with Dave’s north-east holiday, and Paul’s visit to the York Easter weekend exhibition…..  Here are a couple of videos of NCI modular layouts. The first is the ‘official’ NCI video of last … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 16 April 2025

Wednesday, and a slight improvement with six members and a junior.  We would have had one more, but for a modelling induced injury from a scalpel!  Usual suspects…. And plenty of trains….  Shunter time, with Lucas’ O8, Sean’s little shunter … Continue reading

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Swiss Railways Society – 2025 AGM

Once again, the Cha(i)rman is in Kidderminster, visiting the Swiss exhibition and perhaps even the AGM, and riding on the Severn Valley Railway.  A few shots of the exhibition and other odds and ends today, with full size train pictures … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 13 April 2025

A quiet Sunday afternoon.  A number of members were missing in action – excuses included a trip to the Severn Valley Railway (and Swiss Railways Society AGM), a family BBQ (he wouldn’t disclose the address so we could all go … Continue reading

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NRM Shildon exhibition – 2025 #2

Little trains today.  Just a few layouts that caught my eye from all Allan’s photos.  Typically, I’ll start with a little N gauge layout, Settrington.  Based on part of the Yorkshire Wolds railway, this line shows that you don’t need … Continue reading

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NRM Shildon exhibition – 2025 #1

Allan had a long trip last weekend to help Nigel from West Sussex at the Shildon exhibition. After a long journey up to Locomotion NRM Museum at Shildon. We are already to go for this morning. Stand could not be … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 2 April 2025

A full six regulars turned out for our working party on Wednesday afternoon.  As per usual, three people did the work, and three sat around chatting and drinking tea.  However, we managed to improve the alignment of tracks on the … Continue reading

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