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Diesel Depot is ready for it's Exhibition debut at Enniskillen next weekend:

Diesel Depot in IE mode is gearing up for its exhibition debut at Enniskillen next weekend:

24 minutes ago, Peter said:

Is the model railway exhibition on this year in Raheny? 

Peter 

MRSI Raheny alternate each year with the South Dublin MRC to hold an exhibition so this year the Dublin Exhibition is at Blackrock College (Cross Avenue Entrance) on October 26th, 27th and 28th (Bank Holiday Weekend) 11am to 5 pm. Wexford Model Railway Club will be there with their O gauge "Little Siddington" layout:

A couple of shots from around a great show - well done Ulster Model Railway Club.

I plan to attend with my Diesel Depot making it's exhibition debut with IE locomotives!

3 hours ago, Beynac said:

Congrats. An absolutely fabulous layout

Thank you! SY has been shown 4 times at exhibition and usually gets a good response from the visitors.

1 hour ago, Broithe said:

Patience is a virtue.

 

At least we didn't end up with a bus replacement service.

You wait years for a 121 and then 12 turn up together!

On 6/25/2019 at 1:34 PM, Broithe said:

I want one to be barely visible in an engine shed, will it be possible to just buy the front half?

Buy one, cut it in half, then you have two ends to display at your engine shed!

Mr Soundguy is the original supplier of all Irish diesel loco soundchips and worth supporting - all the other suppliers came later with "me too" products!

20 hours ago, Noel said:

The prototype was a bit of a Dalek alright but necessary to run with the Bachmann mk2a coaches.

All part of the quirkyness that made Irish Railways special!

2 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

I'd like a copy of that, but according to the publisher's website, it's sold out. 

Great book. Every station on the line is covered with extensive photos and a drawing of the layout of the points and tracks. I used it as an essential reference when developing models of Llangollen, Cynwyd and Llanuwchllyn stations.

12 hours ago, Mayner said:

The standard of modelling on the Irish  two dioramas appears to be really high.

Apart from the Bala Lake Railway a drive along the A4142 from Bala to Trawsfynydd (or as the locals say Traws) is well worth it in itself. The road follows the mountain section of the BR/WR  Bala-Festiniog branch line through some of the remotest country in Wales  https://www.revolvy.com/page/Cwm-Prysor-Viaduct. 

Spent much of my mis-spent 30s in North Wales used to stop for a quick pint in Bala on a Friday night or rign through a last drinks order if we were unlikely to reach Portmadoc by closing time.

I met the author Martin Williams at the Bala MR Exhibition - he published a fine book on the Llangollen (Ruabon to Barmouth) line and has a new book out on the Bala-Ffestiniog branch which is selling out fast and well worth a read.

1 hour ago, Galteemore said:

That’ll be Frongoch Camp — short history here....https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-wales-35876886

Worth a visit. The memory of the camp lingers in the area with a memorial and Irish flag flying at the location. A local farmer welcomes visitors to his place where he has a shed full of memorabilia of the camp.

What scale is that - could it be incorporated into a model of the DART/mainline I wonder?

Some interesting layouts of note at the Bala MR Exhibition in Wales this May (all proceeds to the Bala Lake Railway town extension "Red Dragon" project):

Wood Street in O Gauge:

Arch Road in O Gauge:

Forth Bridge (24 feet long) in T Gauge (one third of N)!

Forest Green in OO with working sempahore signals/smoke effects:

North Winterland:

and Cynwyd in N:

For its 5th public outing "Cynwyd" was shown at the Bala MR Exhibition in Wales in May:

I attended the recent Bala MR Exhibition in Wales with my "Cynwyd" layout but noted a number of static exhibits there of Irish interest:

First, three shots of a model of the Listowel & Ballybunion "Laritigue" monorail system:

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Secondly, an exhibit entitled "Shannon Tramway":

More scenes from the Wexford Easter Exhibition:

Little Siddington scenes from the Wexford Easter Exhibition:

On 3/13/2019 at 7:32 PM, jhb171achill said:

I’m sending off for an Alpha etc catalogue tonight! 

I will write a letter, stick a stamp on it and put it in a local Edwardian letterbox tomorrow.

My letter will go to Kingstown Pier, and onto the steamship for Holyhead, from where a big LNWR locomotive will bring it to the capital of the Empire. A postman with a big hessian sack will then deliver it to Alpha.

I hope they are well stocked up with tallow candles to read mail on these dark evenings......

I hope you wrote the letter with a quill pen!

A couple of shots from around the exhibition:

3 hours ago, enniscorthyman said:

Great video Eoin.

Great video indeed. A great exhibition experienced here in Wexford as you can see. Thanks to everyone who exhibited and visited us. Next year's exhibition is being moved to the 9th and 10th of May 2020 because many find it difficult to cover the Easter/Bank-holiday period due to school holidays/vacations/other events etc.

Fabulous Eamonn - a credit to you and a great addition to the line-up of layouts for the Wexford Model Railway Club's Easter Exhibition!

Not long to the Wexford Model Railway Exhibition at Easter - attached is some information on the show:

2019ExhibitionNote.pdf

The Wexford Model Railway Club's Easter Exhibition 2019 is shaping up to be the best yet with the following exhibits booked to date:

32 Layouts (17 new to show)

Ballyclare OO Irish SDMRC

DART in N/OO Irish Eoin Murray

Tramway layout OO M.R.S.I

Grunburg OO9 German John Gough Ulster MRC

Alpine Memories HO/Hon Austrian Herbert Alexander

Somme Sidings OO9 France Bobby Beegan

Die Schneeweissbahn N German David Wynne

Bog-road Level Crossing OO Irish Eamonn Redmond WMRC

Past-Avenue OO Irish Enda Byrne/Siobhan McCann WMRC

Modern-Image UK N Wayne Thomas WMRC

N gauge layout Bobby-Joe O’Toole

Llanuwchllyn N Gerry Byrne WMRC

Five WMRC Competition layouts

Little Siddington O UK WMRC

Joseph’s Bridge OO Irish Tommy Nolan WMRC

Ballygannon OO Irish Patrick Nolan

Bushville HO USA WMRC

Scully’s Dock OO UK WMRC

Wexford OO Vincent O’Leary WMRC

Wheal Rinn OO UK Peter Renouf-Shermer WMRC

Ardshane Freight Depot OO UK Shane Furlong

Sandown Valley O/16.5 ELMRG

Taylor’s Yard O/16.5 ELMRG

Three N gauge layouts Brendan Buckley Garrison MC

Two Hornby Interactive layouts WMRC

7 Other Stands:

RNLI stand Florence Jenkins

Maritime Museum Rosslare Brian Boyce

St Joseph’s Warhammer Club Martin Doyle

Live Steam Models Ollie Finn

Circus and die-cast display John O'Toole

Second-hand stall WMRC

WMRC Membership Desk and Raffle at public seating/video display area

15 Traders:

Murphy Models Paddy Murphy

N gauge models Seán Ryan

American Model Railroads Phillip McHugh

Marks Models Mark Cuffe

Weir Park Books Diarmuid Byrne (Monday)

Walter Oberle Models

PW Models Paul Walsh

Brian Collins Diecast

Model Rail Accessories Edward White

Gmodelscene Gabor Evenich

Pre-loved Models Martin O’Hanlon

Customised Stobart Lorries Barry Moule

Top Choice Embroidery Margaret Byrne

Irish Railway Models Fran Burke (TBC)

Provincial Wagons Anthony McDonald

and of course the ever popular:

 Station Café!