Recent Comments
Mark on Fareham Railex #2 
niasunset on Bournemouth by bus “MICHAEL VISIT… on Michael visits York #2 
John Doe on An amazing N-gauge couple… niasunset on Railex 2026 #1
Tag Archives: N gauge
Off my trolley – interurban branchlines 3 – the Sacramento Northern
Despite the fact that the Sacramento Northern boasted 183 miles of track around San Francisco it was really just a long, glorified branch line. Even in 1940, long after most other interurbans had degenerated into poorly-maintained shadows of their pre-WWI … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Layout design, Traction
Tagged interurban, layout design, N gauge, traction
4 Comments
ESNG meeting – 19 February 2014
Last night was a ‘blast from the past’ evening. Ex-member Andy Smith and his young lady paid us a visit. And a very old friend of Derek the At * turned up. Duncan and John were ‘knitting’ – fitting overhead … Continue reading
Off my trolley – modelling traction in N
Let’s take a slight diversion away from layout design to consider what one might run on this N gauge traction layout. At moments like these I sometimes wish I had chosen HO to model in. There is a good range … Continue reading
Posted in Jon's layout ramblings, Layout design, Traction
Tagged model railroad, N gauge, Pacific Electric, traction
Leave a comment
ESNG modular systems
The ESNG works to two N-gauge modular systems. With our show coming up, perhaps a quick reminder of the standards is in order. The first is N-mod. This is an adaptation of the USA N-Track system, the main difference being … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Layout design, N Club International
Tagged ESNG, layout design, modular layouts, N gauge, N-Club International
Leave a comment
Off my trolley – branchlines 2 – North Hollywood
One of my many diversions away from railways is reading (almost anything). This includes crime fiction. One of my favourite authors is Michael Connelly and his Harry Bosch police procedurals – set in Los Angeles, and especially in the Hollywood area. … Continue reading
Posted in Layout design, Traction
Tagged interurban, layout design, N gauge, Pacific Electric
2 Comments
Jon’s modules – Mojo coming back!
The mojo returneth (at least in part). After an interlude that included reading the first 400 pages of Bishop Tom Wright’s 1600 page magnum opus on Paul, lumberjacking a 40 foot pine tree in the garden, and clearing up after my … Continue reading
Hints and tips – N gauge handbrake
Browsing RMweb today (looking for I don’t know what) I came across this idea by Andy Gautrey on his Yakima Valley layout. It is for HO, but I see no reason it won’t work in N. “There are also a few 2mm … Continue reading
ESNG meeting – 15 January 2014
The Christmas and New Year were well and truly over, and we had a dozen or so members at last night’s meeting. It was especially good to see Sean, and be able to congratulate him on a small addition to … Continue reading
How long to keep an old layout?
For the author, this would have been a academic question 15 years ago. At that time I hadn’t actually ‘finished’ a layout. This has only happened after joining ESNG and going ‘N’ gauge (after forays in OO, EM, OO9 and … Continue reading
Posted in ESNG, Jon's layout ramblings
Tagged layout design, Lehigh Valley, model railroad, N gauge
Leave a comment
ESNG curry – 11 January 2014
Well, it is a meeting….. And a very simple blog post. Eleven out of the expected twelve intrepid members of ESNG enjoyed the delights of the Earlswood Ruchita (yet again) to see in the New Year. As ever food, service, … Continue reading
