Tractionman

something to look forward to in the NY: https://www.downrail.co.uk/event/dieselgala/ "We are seeing in the new year in style with a mini diesel gala, to give all you diesel enthusiasts a bit of a treat to kick off 2024. Trains will be running on Saturday 6th January, with the day starting at 11am and expected to run until around 4pm. Ticket prices: To be confirmed Planned traction for the event is: A class A39R B class 146 G class shunter G617 450 class Railcar 458 Anything else we have!"

same here unfortunately, my local exhibition and sadly unable to attend, next year all being well

I went for Gold on rmweb, it's a place I spend a lot of time (as well as here!), and I just had to get rid of the ads, plus I cancelled my print sub of Traction and Gold gives me digital access to Traction as well as Narrow Gauge World which is a good read but impossible to buy in NI now Eason's has gone . So yes it's a fair bit of dosh, but still less than a pint a month.... cheers, Keith

https://www.kitwoodhillmodels.com/on30-9-pit-turntable/ 0n30 will work with 00 gauge track? all the best, Keith

excellent, that's good to know, I was wondering that when I saw the announcement cheers, Keith

OSI Geohive has OS 25" sheets online and free to view https://webapps.geohive.ie/mapviewer/index.html but coverage at this scale is for ROI only, not NI, as observed above, PRONI historical map viewer has 6" sheets which have less detail compared to the 25" scale, especially noticable looking at railways. Here's Tooban Junction by way of example cheers, Keith

spotted on Thursday (19 05 22), just like the good old days!

this is on the NDMRS Facebook page 18 March 2022 The latest Exhibitor For The Exhibition ARE :- Exhibitors For the April 23rd-24th Exhibition . OO Scale Exhibitor--------- Layouts First Bangor MRC . Quarry Hill Glenabbey MRC . Club Layout N Sunshine ..Western Interchange J Sinclair.. Dunster Wexford MRC.. CIE Diesel Depot NDMRS.. Mill Road W Redpath.. Portadown Station Northern Counties Group .. Fenaghy Junction Peter McVicker. .......HO American layout Downpatrick & Co Down Rly .....15 mm & OO model Railway. 7mm//”O”Gauge Scale Exhibitor------------ Layouts Wexford MRC.. Prospect Road MPD NDMRS ..Antrim Vintage Railways ...3 rail Tin plate Ken Cumings....O gauge 3 rail vintage layout. N Gauge And other Scales Exhibitor------------- Layouts Les & Leanne Conn.. 009 Modular Neil Jackson ..Co Durham Railway Glenabbey .. Jonesville Drumawhey.. Miniature Railway Ann Clark.. LEGO South Dublin MRC..2 x N gauge Model Rly layouts Michael O'Connor.. T track D J Wynne.. Under The Swan Rock MRSI ..Hogan's Halt Carlust Meccano Club.. Working Display of Meccano Displays---------------- Boats--- Aircraft-----Misc Belfast Model Flying Club.. Radio Controlled Aircraft Ards Model Flying Club.. Radio Controlled Aircraft Pickie Boat Club ..Model Boats Carrickfergus MBC.. Model Boats Seahorse Boat Club.. Model Boats tbc Models for Heroes.. Military models Gerard Murra..y Military Models IPMS UK NI Branch.. Military Models K Sinclair ..Doll's House Miniatures P Savage ..Thornyhill Farm 1/87 S savage ..Farming Diorama MERG ..Electronic Construction Demo Family History in North Down .. History Display NIGOG ..Railway Books Gordon Wright.. 3D Printing Demonstration DAME.. Dolls Houses 1/48 scale tiny properties by Lorraine E Brown Models ..Model Vehicles. MRSI.......Locomotive Repairs Donaghadee Heritage Company....Photographic Display Trade Exhibitor A McMullen ..Postcards Photo Albums A Knell ..Trucks Lorries Chris Dyer ..Train Mainly Irish NDMRS ..OO Train Sales Richies Model.. Trains Corgi Techno etc. Irish Railway Models.. OO/O Model railway Model Rail Baseboards .. Baseboards Die Cast model Cars.. 1/45 Model Vehicles Dawson Hall.. Model Buildings Parkinson UK NDB.. Railway Model Supplies Rainey Miniatures.. WW1 Military Figures Marks Models......Model Railways McCulloughs Model shop.......Sale of Models .

this looks terrific, I love the weathering on the track bed and the little lineside details, great atmos. all the best, Keith

I see it's here, sounds interesting https://shop.keypublishing.com/product/View/productCode/KB0124/Irish Railways: The Last Sixty Years All the best, Keith

Just got a copy, arrived today in the post and I'm really enjoying going through the images and reading the captions, fantastic print quality and production values, it'll keep me quiet for a while! Congratulations to the authors and the publishers on a job well done All the best, Keith