Another Club-meeting in Heine's garden

The summer is about to turn into Autumn, but as we had som few really nice, sunny and hot days Heine suggested that we could hold one of our weekly MRC-meetings in his garden. Yet another day with BBQ, coffee, cakes and a lot of fun:

Heine's wife, Astrid, had made an Apple Cake with apples from their own Garden. Some of the ripe apples were still dropping from the trees, but luckily no trains were hit:

A sign that the summer is over is that the evenings are turning darker. After or break it was dark:

Now I can see how well 'grey trains' are camouflaged when it's getting darker. It's even more obvious in the video. I think I will need to add some car to my (military) fleet I can put lights into

When it became so dark that we didn't see our trains anymore it was about time to call it a day.  Thank you for inviting us over and for a delicious apple cake Astrid & Heine!

Blog PostScript 

Since this 'night out', Heine has taken the consequence of handling trains in the dark by mounting lights on his fiddleyard. Very effectful (no pun intended):

Hummelfjellbanen revisited

This is how ChatGPT interpreted one of the following photos from the day out at Svenn Robert's and Hildegunn's Garden Railway. Guess which one?

August last year Svenn Robert and Hildegunn invited to the Grand Opening of their Garden Railway, Hummelfjellbanen. This year they invited to another running session weekend, and a small group from our Model Railway Club attended. This is about to become an annual late summer gathering bringing together people from different model- and garden railway societies in Norway. Hummelfjell Garden Railway is located 'up north' close to the middle parts of Norway and are therefore a kind of center point for railway modellers from different parts of the country.

Since we were going to a mountain village when the summer is about to end and Svenn Robert is a Citroën mechanic, I brought a train loaded with propper vehicles:

Here are some photos and video of our great day(s) out:

Svenn Robert's Fiddleyard is well executed

As usual barbecue, coffee, cakes and a lot of fun:

It's a prototype for everything:

Thank you Svenn Robert and Hildegunn for inviting us and for your warm hospitality. 

The date for next year is already decided and reserved. I hope even more Garden Railway modellers will attend next year.