debrawenlock

Fantastic to see your progress on Hibernia. So good to see early vehicles being modelled.

Great photos Mke. Thanks for sharing them and also for bringing your most creative layout to Whitehead last Saturday.

Thanks for bringing your diesel depot layout. It is very clever with your use of mirrors and sound effects. I had to look behind the viaduct back scene to be sure there wasn't more behind the retaining wall!

A few snaps from yesterday's Whitehead Model Railway Day.  I arrived with my clockwork engines but forgot to bring a key to wind them up! Luckily the RPSI sales stand had a Meccano clockwork motor and key which was swiftly purchased. Problem solved. A great fun show despite the terrible wet weather.

You can see O gauge buildings such as a BNCR design signal box and an Edwardian engine shed at Whitehead tomorrow Saturday 9th November 2019. You can also see the 1:1 scale real things there too.

Come by Translink NIR train and get 20% off admission to the event. 20% off

Meet Big Tony at Whitehead Model Railway Day tomorrow Sat 9th Nov 2019. He'll be wearing his trademark brown shop coat and Andy Capp hat.

Tony Ragg's Standfording O gauge layout with GNRI S Class and an LMS NCC Mogul. See these miniature Whitehead engine shed and Stables buildings inside the full size carriage gallery at Whitehead Railway Museum tomorrow Sat 9th November 2019.

This photo shows RPSI Whitehead Railway Museum from the air. It looks like a model! Visible are the Coaling Point, Water Tower, Turntable, Stables, Engine Shed and Carriage Shed. Come and see what's inside at Whitehead Model Railway Day this Saturday 9th November 2019.

Come by Translink NIR train to save 20% off admission and avoid having to find a parking space on what promises to be a busy day.

Here is a pdf file of the guide to Whitehead's model railway day this Saturday

Model_Railway_Day_Guide-1.pdf

Whitehead Model Railway Day this Saturday will have layouts to appeal to all age groups. The wooden train is small. The tanker wagon is far away.

Visitors to Whitehead Railway Museum on Model Railway Day this Saturday 9th November 2019 will get a peak at this 'never before seen livery' on one of the RPSI MK2 rake. Find out more on Saturday.

Ian Sinclair takes a quick rest before setting up 'Dunster'- the OO gauge layout he built with his son. The layout will be on show along with over 30 others this Saturday 9th Nov 2019 at Whitehead Railway Museum, County Antrim.

Here is a full list of model exhibits as of this evening. This is in addition to all the normal museum displays, full size steam trains rides between Noon and 4pm and coffee and scones in the dining car available all day.

Electronics for Model Railways                          Model Electronic Railway Group                                                           

Hornby O gauge clockwork                               Debra Wenlock             Vintage

Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Railway                        John Pollock                 Novelty

Trebor’s Park                                                   Robert MacDougall       GB       OO

Smurfs’ Layout                                                 Brian Chambers            Novelty OO

NER County Durham Station                             Neil Jackson                 GB       OO

Weston Town                                                   Nicholas Foote              GB       N

Weston East                                                     Nicholas Foote              GB       N

Spy’s Attache Case Railway                              David Gregg                 Novelty/USSR  N

Model Engineering display                                Model Engineers of NI

Capecastle- NCC Diorama                                Patrick Davey               Irish     OO9

BLUR/Lego                                                       Peter Murfitt                 Lego

Mill Road (Public Shunting Layout)                    North Down MRS          GB       OO

Diesel Depot                                                     Wexford MRC               Irish     OO

Dunster                                                            John Sinclair                 GB       OO

Road Runner                                                    Les Conn                      Novelty

The Ffarquhar Branch/Thomas layout                Michael White               GB       OO

RPSI G Gauge                                                 

Saltdean                                                           Peter and John Smith    GB       O

T-Trak Impressions of Ireland                           Michael O’Connor         Irish     N

Lego City                                                          Erica Lutzman               Lego

Hornby Tinplate                                                Ken Cuming                  GB/Vintage       O

Stanfording                                                       Tony Ragg                   Irish     O

O Gauge Display                                              Phil Aspinwall               Irish     O

Quarry Hill                                                        Ulster MRC                  GB       OO

Killagan                                                                        Ian Stewart                   Irish     OO

Portadown                                                        William Redpath            Irish     OO

Quarry Hill                                                        First Bangor MRC         GB/Irish OO

Glenabbey                                                        Glenabbey MRC           GB       OO

RPSI Sales                                                       John Friel

Miniature Railway Display                                 Belfast & Co Down Miniature Railway Society

Miniature Vehicles Display                                Model Engineers Society NI                             

Dave from Stradbally has filled the previously empty briefcase (see photo posted 16th October) with a tiny layout showing a world where robots rule and everyone makes tractors. Don't miss it this Saturday at Whitehead Railway Museum!

Me too.

Everything is getting a lick of paint at RPSI Whitehead in time for model railway day this Saturday, 9th November 2019. I'm painting my new baseboards for my Tinplate Clockwork layout. Full size diesels and carriages are having the finishing touches applied too.

I've screwed all the track down to my baseboard and given it a test run. Should be ready in time for the big day!

Great, that will make for a colourful display.

Great to see that Wexford Model Railway Society have offered to bring their Irish Rail Diesel Depot model railway layout to Whitehead Railway Museum for Model Railway Day on Saturday 9th November 2019. Nice to see a layout with a few GM diesels match the full size CIE 142 currently undergoing a repaint at Whitehead.

GM diesel getting a lick of primer at Whitehead. Come along and see it for yourself on Whitehead Model Railway Day.

Latest news today- Wexford Model Railway Club are bringing their Irish Rail diesel depot layout to Whitehead Model Railway Day on Saturday 9th November 2019.

Here the promotional video for Whitehead Railway Museum Model Railway Day on Saturday 9th November 2019, just in case you haven't seen it yet. It features the fabulous model layout built by Tony Ragg which will be on display at the event. Look out for Big Tony and Wee Tony on the day!

A pic of the busy yard at Whitehead today.
GNRI No85 Merlin has been pulled out of the shed in readiness for her light engine trip to Dublin tomorrow.

Guinness loco No3BG is being readied for her duties on the Halloween steam train rides at Whitehead on Saturday.

GNRI No131 has been pulled out of the shed in preparation for her operation on the Broomstick Belle from Belfast to Whitehead on Sunday.

It's all go down at Whitehead and only 2 weeks and 2 days until Model Railway Day. In case you've missed it, below is our promotional video featuring Tony Ragg's wonderful O gauge models

Guinness 3BG was built in 1919 for shunting Ireland's largest privately owned broad gauge industrial system, the world famous Dublin brewery. This locomotive became the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland's first preserved locomotive, being presented to the Society in 1965. The Dublin brewery operated an extensive 1'10" gauge system within the complex with broad gauge locos being used to transfer traffic from there to Kingsbridge (now Heuston) Station for onward transhipment. This 100 year old locomotive will be in steam and hauling train rides at Whitehead Railway Museum's Model Railway Day on Saturday 9th November 2019.

Saltdean Victorian O gauge layout to star at Irish show.

This year is the centenary of Guinness Brewery steam locomotive No3BG which is preserved in working order at Whitehead Railway Museum. Co Antrim. The full size Guinness loco will be hauling train rides at Whitehead Model Railway day on Saturday 9th November 2019. In celebration of this 100th birthday, Peter and John Smith from England will be bringing their Saltdean layout to Whitehead Model Railway day on Saturday 9th November It will be the first, and probably only time that this layout will be displayed in Ireland. This is a beautifully made model and really worth seeing first hand. Although not an Irish layout it should provide much inspiration for modelling Victorian brewery scenes. Guinness anyone?

Here is a link to Peter's Youtube video of the layout;

Dave from Stradbally has built the baseboard for his new model railway layout. It will be inside this attache case. He plans to complete it and display it at RPSI Whitehead Model Railway Day on Saturday 9th November 2019. Get cracking Dave!

Really looking forward to seeing your NCC narrow gauge diorama at Whitehead in November

Debra