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Just like the real thing….
Allan sent me this little gem… Did you see or hear about this yesterday? A Southern 455 EMU comes apart between second & third coach. Luckily was an ECS movement into Victoria. For ECS read ’empty coaching stock’? When the same … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway, Southern Electric
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Languages on the Victoria Line
Migrants are very much in the news at the moment. Despite the seemingly unsolvable pressures of the current mass migration across Europe, I do think that most big cities are made more interesting by a cosmopolitan population. And where would … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, London Underground, prototype, railway
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This will cut you down to size?
My latest copy of the British NMRA region magazine, Roundhouse, has an interesting article by David McLaughlin….. Honey, I shrunk the Railroader! Have you ever dreamed of being trackside or being in the cab of your favourite diesel or steam … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-D printing, inspiration, prototype, railway
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‘Le weekend’ en Anduze
Maxine and I have just come back from a very pleasant weekend in the south of France. Anduze lies in the foothills of the Cevennes, and the Carmague and the Mediterranean is about an hour to the south. We hadn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged France, inspiration, prototype
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A little toilet humour
Three suitably themed articles from the Daily Telegraph….. Which London train station toilet made £2.3 million from passengers? Toilets at stations in London, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh are flush with cash from desperate rail users – here are the biggest … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway, toilets
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Detailed London transport map
If you love maps and trying to see how real track layouts could be made into a model, and you’ll happily spend hours poring over Ordnance Survey maps, archive maps, route diagrams and rail maps, this is a wonderful resource. … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway, Southern Electric
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More holiday snaps – this time from Switzerland
ESNG Cha(I)rman Allan is as habitual in his holidays as I am – Switzerland and trains. As last year, I have a received a series of emails describing his adventures…. Hi all. First day of our holiday in Lauterbrun. On … Continue reading
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Tagged ESNG, prototype, railway, Switzerland
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London Underground: 150 fascinating Tube facts
Or how to bore your travelling companion on the bus during a tube strike. These are taken from the Daily Telegraph. Here are my top 30 (or so), avoiding a very long post! 1. There is only one Tube station … Continue reading
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AGM and wrong kind of sun?
The ESNG AGM occurred yesterday. A good turnout of members, and all business was concluded with no heckling and very few snores. It’s not that the committee object to being pelted with fruit, but prefer the members to take it … Continue reading
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Direct train to Europe
This is a good post to follow our Berlin adventures, and explains why we had to fly EasyJet rather than get a direct train London-Berlin. In this article, the BBC looks at the new Eurostar service to Marseille and gives some … Continue reading
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