Patrick Davey

Thank you Noel, much appreciated!! Hope the preparation of Gort for the show is going well!

These are all very appealing for my next project John, order(s) will be forthcoming...

Impressive as always folks.

The head-on shot of A55 is superb JB!

Fabulous!

Fabulous shed scene in particular, amongst many other fabulous scenes!

Very kind @Billycan, thank you! The stories are inspired by the creativity of @jhb171achill and the ongoing shenanigans at Dugort Harbour Cheers JB!

Keeping a candle lit for maroon & blue from IRM at some stage!

That is one seriously impressive model John. Very neat addition of the doors and windows too.

Impressive Noel, good luck with the extension!

Excellent as always David. That loco is a lovely prototype.

Fascinating photographic record Alan, and well done for getting to this stage! Won't be long before No. 29 graces the stage at Loughan Quay.

Excellent - you must be the most prolific creator on this forum Darius!

Now that is a very good question - I must ask him!!!!

Love the 'troubles' vehicle collection - superb modelling! Railway stuff superb too of course!!

And Larne Harbour maybe!

Ah would have been good to meet you GM, next time!! Glad you had a good visit as well.

I had a very enjoyable visit to this excellent show yesterday, in the equally excellent company of Alan of this parish! Great to meet plenty of forum members there too, especially @leslie10646 And of course I just had to expand my Provincial Wagons fleet while I was there..... An excellent show all round with plenty of top class vendors in attendance. Well done NDMRS for presenting another fantastic show. Some views from my visit: @leslie10646 & myself! O scale Dargle Road O scale Dargle Road The next four views are of the superb 'Fenaghy Junction' in OO: The next three views are of Nelson Jackson's exquisite NER layout in OO: Three views of Gordon Hunt's superb 'Donaghadee', this has to be seen to be believed: These were my top choices - there were many many more excellent layouts on display. Maybe 'Brookhall Mill' will be there next year!

Thanks for clarifying John

Nice! Always great to see trains running.

This is charming!

* BCDR double tracked from Belfast to Bangor and Belfast to Comber * NCC double tracked from Belfast to Ballymena and from Bleach Green to Whitehead * GNR was a bit more complicated, definitely double tracked from Belfast to Dublin (interlaced at the Boyne Viaduct) and Dublin to Howth but there were other sections too including from Portadown to Clones (I think?) and also from Portadown to some point between there and Dungannon and also the final section of the Derry Road, from one of the Donegal stations into Derry. @jhb171achill can fill in the missing details there! Also wasn't the Cork, Blackrock & Passage line known for having the only stretch of double tracked narrow gauge line in Ireland?

It is interesting to speculate on the route and operation of any future line from Derry to Letterkenny. Presumably as this would be a brand new line, it would take a southerly route out of Derry rather than follow a longer northerly route as the Swilly line did. Also, as the talk is about 'reconnecting' Donegal to the rail network, would this line somehow connect to NIR metals at Waterside, presumably via a new (and expensive!) bridge..... OR would it exist in isolation, in the style of The Waterford and Tramore Railway..... Plus.... who would actually own it....and work it........? Have plans been drawn up I wonder........

Lovely work Noel!

Here's some video footage from the above escapade! With continued thanks to Alan (Tullygrainey) for his excellent company and for making this all happen! The BCDR at Brookhall Mill.mp4