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Stuttgart 2025 – 4 – Bonus post
Last year, Derek and Allan visited the Stuttgart tram museum. They met a young helper there, Alexander, and promised to contact each other in 2025. We were going to visit the museum on the Monday, but Alexander offered a visit … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2025 – 3
So to a selection of the other exhibits. The modules and layouts below were made by professional model makers – Italian I think. There is some fantastic modelling here, especially the canal lift and the ships. The Zeppelin is towed … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2025 – 2
Having got the ESNG contribution up and running, let’s look at some of the other bits of railway on show, modules and stand-alone layouts. Behind us, Pauline McKenna was running her new German layout. A simple double track plan just … Continue reading
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Stuttgart 2025 – 1
It’s late November, and time for the 19th ENSC meet in Stuttgart. I wasn’t sure whether I’d go for the whole thing, but I needed a break after a busy year. So at 2:30am (!!!!) Allan’s van drew up outside … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1133
A few links of interest (perhaps). Holborn Viaduct – doomed but my favourite. My father Wapping…. The best train driver announcement? Two O gauge branch lines…. And to close, Denmark in HO.
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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside….
Ron seems to have brought the wet weather back from the Isle of Man. As he puts it, it was a visit to the…. Southampton Classic Bus Spectacular (SCBS) – in the wet Just a photo dump of some interesting … Continue reading
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Potpourri #1132
Just a few pictures for your delight, today…. I know who might be tempted to build this. Not sure what radius curve it would be good for? Yate station in 1900. The wagon turntable is, to say the least, interesting. … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 5 – Exit with a bang
On that wet Day 6, a little excitement…. While sitting and waiting for a tram back to Douglas, I witnessed a incident with tram 19 and trailer 58. As normal, the tram was uncoupled and pulled forward. It reversed to … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 4 – Wet, wet, wet
The weather seems to have gone downhill, sunny periods and showers, but getting progressively worse – though not as far as the mainland, with flooding around Manchester, and a league football match abandoned in Blackburn, as it had become impossible … Continue reading
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Back to the Isle of Man – 3
Day 3 and things looking up – briefly! Sunny and windy. In view of good weather we decided to go up Snaefell so we took tram to Laxey for the mountain railway. As we crossed Mountain Road/TT Course we ran … Continue reading
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