jhb171achill Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 The 66 and 47 ones are interesting - what types are they? They are the only ones I don't remember - maybe they're the "one-offs"? All the MORE interesting, an excellent little scene. I love this layout. It captures the atmosphere of the place and time SO well, as others have commented too. Truly amazing stuff! Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 I can't recall who it was - maybe someone here, maybe not.... we were having a discussion some years ago and he told me he was planning a layout based on a fictitious NIR location about 1975-80. The plan was that on one side of the tracks there would be murals of King Billy, and a letter box crudely painted red, white and blue, with loyalist graffiti on a gable wall. On the other side of the layout a tricolour would be painted on another gable wall, with accompanying republican graffiti! I wonder if it was ever completed..... Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 The 66 and 47 ones are interesting - what types are they? They are the only ones I don't remember - maybe they're the "one-offs"? All the MORE interesting, an excellent little scene. I love this layout. It captures the atmosphere of the place and time SO well, as others have commented too. Truly amazing stuff! Thanks John The 66 in the depot is a Daimler CWD6,one of only two with the enclosed radiator. The other 3 in the shed are Daimler Fleetlines,the one on the left being the revised body. No77 is a Guy Arab,47 beside it is a Dennis Lowline,47 in the foreground is a Leyland Atlantean,behind it an AEC Bridgemaster followed by a Daimler Utility. The 3 nearest the camera in the 2nd photo are the one offs,all bought as trail buses before the Corporation went for the Fleetlines. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 The following photo's were taken in 1968 and show the last working days of the trolleybus system in Belfast,which was the biggest system outside of London. A BUT trolleybus destined for Bloomfield and a Sunbeam trolleybus heading to Ormeau can be seen in the turning circle outside the school. 2 Quote
jhb171achill Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 Fane Street school! I knew someone who went to it about then....! Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 Fane Street school! I knew someone who went to it about then....! Nice one John,had to include the establishment that taught me all I know!! Quote
Kirley Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 A superbly captured scene that is at home with its background. Quote
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