Allypally

[David Holman]

See that Irish Railway Models have a stand here this weekend.

[Darius43]

Three of us went yesterday using bus tram tube and bus - which didn’t take much longer than the regular (non strike) train trip.  Really enjoyed the exhibition.

I also met Galteemore and David Holman from here, which was really nice.

Cheers

Darius

Edited March 19, 2023 by Darius43

[Galteemore]

Fab pics Darius - wasn’t that a behemoth of an N gauge layout! Great to meet you yesterday. 

[Darius43]

It was huge and seriously impressive in its attention to detail everywhere.  I can’t imagine how complicated it must be to set up and dismantle.

Note where the barrel of the Challenger II tank is directed…

Cheers

Darius

Edited March 19, 2023 by Darius43

[Flying Snail]

Great pics, thanks for sharing - great to see the odd little bit of mischief inserted into some of the displays 

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Great pictures

[Bob229]

Great photos, fabulous layouts,  Thanks for posting

[leslie10646]

Thanks for letting us all see what goes on at this exhibition (which I've never attended - it's the other side of London, for goodness sake!) - but remarkable layouts.

I had half an excuse this time - a talk on Friday and watching Ireland yesterday!

Glad that you met the two Davids!

[Darius43]

It was quite the Cook’s tour to get there - I drove up from Worthing to Croydon on Friday afternoon. Stayed overnight with a friend and on Saturday morning we got the bus from South to Central Croydon (as it was raining), tram to Merton Park, walked to South Wimbledon tube, Northern, Victoria and Piccadilly lines to Wood Green and bus to Ally Pally.

David and David recognised me from the photo of the both of us at Warley, which you posted.  I think it helped that I was wearing pretty much the same clothes…

Cheers

Darius

[Patrick Davey]

Those layouts look incredible......

[Darius43]

25 minutes ago, Fowler4f said:

You should have done tram to Wimbledon, then District Line to Earl’s Court and Piccadilly Line to Wood Green. Less walking and changing. Just saying as they say. That’s if District Line was ok !

We met up at South Wimbledon with a mutual friend who lives in Morden.  The Northern line to Stockwell and the Victoria to Finsbury Park is surprisingly quick as the interchanges are side by side on the same level - much faster than the District to Earls Court.

Cheers

Darius

[Signal Post]

Lovey photos Darius, thanks for sharing. Do you by any chance recall the name of the second dockside layout (photo 21 onwards)?

It seems like a massive and unusual layout, was it OO?

[Darius43]

2 hours ago, Signal Post said:

Lovey photos Darius, thanks for sharing. Do you by any chance recall the name of the second dockside layout (photo 21 onwards)?

It seems like a massive and unusual layout, was it OO?

It’s an N gauge layout called James Street.

Cheers

Darius

 

[Signal Post]

Thanks for that Darius, it looks like a fabulous layout.

I was fortunate enough to make a visit to the Allypally show a few years ago, if you think your travels to it were convoluted, mine involved a drive to Dublin Airport, flight to Heathrow, tube and shank’s mare to Allypally in the morning and vice-versa that afternoon……