There's races at Trentham tomorrow, John. John spent some of his time at the Trentham Racecourse, not far from my place, when it was requesitioned as a Marine Hospital. Even closer to my place, was the US Navy hospital, which is now converted into a convention center (my son got married there a few months ago). During those war days, there were two train wrecks in the area (both at the same place, and with the same locomotive) that the US forces helped out at. Surprisingly, that same locomotive is now running mainline excursion trains around the country.
--- In [email protected], "John" <armstong5717@...> wrote: > > Having been on The Pacific Grand tour with the Second Marine Division I got > to know New Zealand well. We still call it our "Home away from Home) > > You can NEVER find people like that elsewhere. > > You can get some marvelous loco kits. BTS Ma &Pa 2-8-0's are from the same > person making the NZ Ry loco kits. > > I cannot say enough. Especially after the NZ Embassy reception for all us at > the 2nd Marine Div. Assn. convention in DC 2 years ago > > John Armstrong > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim and Cheryl Martin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 2:49 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} A shout out to New Zealand > > > > Hi Guys: > > A big "hello and thanks" to list member Gavin Sowry for hosting me last > month at his home near Wellington, New Zealand. > > This was a once-in-a-lifetime holiday trip for my wife and me, and when I > found out Gavin lived in an area We'd be driving through, I got in touch. > When I arrived, Gavin and two of his friends had set up a number of small > portable layouts, mostly Gn15, in his garage. Being an S-scaler I was most > interested in Gavin's Sn3 1/2 "Fernside" module depicting New Zealand > prototypes. Gavin's friend Michael Gee also had a fine display of scratch > built S scale passenger cars and locomotives, also in NZ 42 inch gauge. All > the work they had out on display was top notch. Gavin also had his garden > railway up and running, and to top it all off, full-size Kiwi Rail freight > trains were running past on the track just over his back fence. > > This isn't news, but there are some great modellers down that way, and > great people to boot. > > Cheers > Jim > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 6079 (20110428) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 6079 (20110428) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
