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Ramble on Ron #2
A few more pictures from Ron’s Swiss holiday. The weather has not improved! Fresh snow overnight so had a lie in. Left hotel in sleet with slippery pavements and made my way over via Berne to Zurich. As it was … Continue reading
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Living in the past
I came home from our last ESNG with a pile of old rail magazines, prototype and model. Ian was offering them free to any takers, and what was left I offered to take home and have a browse then recycle … Continue reading
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Tagged humour, prototype, railway
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Ramble on Ron #1
Ron is on safari again – off to Switzerland in the snow! It all looks very pretty, but I think I prefer the summer…. Flight taxied on time and took off 10 minutes later. it was subject to turbulence and … Continue reading
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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside….
From last weeks news…. Firstly, an Atlantic storm passed through the UK, with some high winds around the south coast. The rail line along the sea front at Dawlish was under attack from the sea once again, and these fine … Continue reading
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A little light relief
A little light relief today (thanks to RMWeb and the BBC.) An idea for scenic detail…. I hope that those bollards are removable. It would be good to model this and see whether any visitors at an exhibition notice the … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, prototype, railway, toilets
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Easier train tickets?
I was pleased to see that some of the train operators in the UK have finally been pressured to sell people the cheapest ticket, and not hide the best fare in the small print somewhere. It looks like you will now … Continue reading
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Tagged Hints and tips, prototype, railway
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Three more links and a picture
Three more links….. Firstly the BBC describes….. ‘China freight train’ in first trip to Barking China has launched a direct rail freight service to London, as part of its drive to develop trade and investment ties with Europe. … The … Continue reading
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Book review – ‘The LBSCR Elevated Electrification’
A present to myself this Christmas was this little book…. Between 1909 and 1929 there was an overhead electric commuter service on parts of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway. It didn’t get as far as Redhill – we … Continue reading
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Links to end 2016
If you, like me, are still working off the Christmas Day turkey (or cod for our Scandinavian readers….), here are a few links to read. First the Southern Railways epic fail award #1. If you can’t get it right on … Continue reading
Christmas greetings
Wishing you a blessed and peaceful Christmas 2016. This is perhaps one’s ideal for Christmas – steam and snow…. But this may be more like it – critical sections of the railways closed while they try and catch up with … Continue reading
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