Patrick Davey

Sensational - well done folks!

Delighted to be bringing Brookhall Mill to the upcoming Bangor show!! @Tullygrainey Alan Nixon of this parish will be giving me his generous assistance (look out for the snazzy red polo shirts!) so please come along and say hello!

Niceeeeeeeeee

Lovely loco selection!

Still my favourite CIE livery:

A gathering of locos at the seaside this evening. I don’t think they brought their buckets and spades though.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68435978

Interesting find!! Would like to see it in steam!

Cheers Derek!

Another step towards the finishing line:

Handy!

Really need to stop adding details

Some observations on Belfast Grand Central station, and a few questions: 1. Wow 2. The furthest left platforms are very long....presumably these are the future Enterprise platforms. 3. There is a huge blank wall to the right of the platforms - wonder will this be opened up at all as it looks a bit bland to me and potentially a bit overpowering as I think it might block out the sun.... 4. Do the platforms actually have enough capacity to accommodate future re-openings.... the only truly realistic one anyway is Armagh I think, but would Armagh trains run all the way to Belfast or instead feed into trains at Portadown? 5. Looks like it will have a very spacious concourse 6. Wonder why the platform canopies appear to continue under the overall roof of the main building? But vvvvvvery impressive overall - looking forward to arriving there by train!

2025 I think although I heard late 2024 mentioned recently..... nothing more precise yet unless someone here knows?

Mmmmmmmm blue & maroon....... you know you want to IRM..........

Very interesting and innovative project!!! Am a big fan of rewriting history Superb models - watching with great interest!

Thanks GL - am a bit worried though, getting excited about diesel railway locomotives was one thing, but buses…….

The buses have moved in to the new bus staging area outside Clogherhead station, leaving their tell tale signs on the ground….. in GNR days a fleet of buses would shuttle arriving holidaymakers to and from the beach, a service which was reduced later on after a walkway was opened linking the station directly to the beach. CIE continued to provide the basic shuttle service after their 1958 takeover of the GNR.

Maybe the inflated URL emphasises the inflated price.......

Really......for an oul diesel......? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395221871562?itmmeta=01HRAF22E4C4GVW0HYNXG0GCVX&hash=item5c050f2bca:g:opgAAOSwzKdl2QgM&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8G6usv6oeMt8DS%2B53igYHF9LB0ZwjvjfGFpA1G1IJWJ2RldRMhCXV5qT%2FwTPSrnv2%2FsMLTM4goS%2BBvvW5Y3J7Jx%2BxphQWJWO4Cr2gdDft4OYqEJxy0r1UgNbGlXLM3f0DFfRpi%2B6%2F8gj%2F9RzpxkTqX9FlhBBIrQmakyZET3iHnldkPQo4QN9xL8UBSDy0w880kZ%2FFbXmdjNm9YX%2Bxn4OvEttFmAaKxKd0M96E9Fa97w%2FHel9BEF9UZ0%2BiqKCYg2ZZ1T%2F9VvsW0LTPvuE%2F9JHcZ%2FF1IAAW3Cd%2Fno%2Bslu%2FcaZMre%2FA49OWRz3UUuPd2N4Tww%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6KniM_CYw

New arrival at the bus station at the railway station:

Bus station at the railway station:

#addictedtodetail

The classic GNR stationmaster's house also survives.