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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #4

The last selection of layouts from the show. I’ve still got pictures of 19 layouts, but I’ll just post my preferred selection.   Starting with an industrial interlude.  Fen End Pit (16mm NG) is well travelled, but I always enjoy the … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 23 March 2025

The warm weather must have brought the ESNG members out of hibernation, as there were ten of them around on Sunday afternoon. It’s always possible to find a Class 66 in a livery that you’ve never seen before…. USA goods…. … Continue reading

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #3

I think that I may get four posts from this show – there was such a good number of fine layouts to see. It’s interesting to see people’s reactions in the forums. Some thought it quite average – just shows … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 19 March 2025

A small working party today, as some couldn’t make it, and Chris and I were late.  not much work was completed – we started off looking at improving one set of corners, then found that the other set were the … Continue reading

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #2

We’ll start today with a couple of very large, and actually quite old, layouts.  Like Copenhagen Fields, these things take time to mature, and occasionally need a refresh.  Bournemouth West (OO) spent some time off the exhibition circuit, changing ownership … Continue reading

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London Festival of Railway Modelling – 2025 #1

Once again, it was Ally Pally time.  I do like the venue, and I had a complementary ticket for being a member of World of Railways.  Even better, I arranged to visit with my old work colleague, Malcolm.  That made … Continue reading

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Abrail 2025 #4

A fourth, and perhaps (!) the last report from Abrail.  I review the remaining layouts before deciding on another post.  It does show how good an exhibition this was – and there were still another few layouts that I didn’t … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 9 March 2025

One more AbRail to come, but for now we return to the Sunday’s ESNG meeting.  A lovely spring day outside, and eight members inside the hall.  It was one of those days when everyone wanted to run trains, and the … Continue reading

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Abrail 2025 #3

Onward, ever onward.  There’s still plenty to share from this excellent show!  My best layout name in show was ‘Hartburn’ (EM), which is a real place in Northumbria.  Which does lead onto the subject of strange or rather rude names … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 6 March 2025

There’s more AbRail to come, but for now we return to the usual ESNG club night.  Not quite of the same quality, but more relaxing….. We started the meeting in the afternoon, to do some maintenance on the fiddle yard … Continue reading

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