Model Railway Day 2016 Saturday 12th November

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Model Railway Day 2016

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1 Friends of Cultra The Friends of Cultra is a voluntary organisation. Our aim is to support the conservation and preservation of the collections of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and to encourage access and enjoyment by all. At this stand you can find out about the Friends, our activities and events. You can also support our work by taking part in our ballot. www.nmni.com/uftm/friends

2 North Eastern Railway Country Station 00 Gauge Neil Jackson This layout portrays a typical rural station in County Durham. It is set both in the 1930s London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) period and the 1960s British Railways period. The railways played a vital role throughout the North East of England, due to the high number of coal mines and manufacturing centres, resulting in heavy freight traffic. Passenger traffic, although less important than freight, grew with the spread of industry. What we are hoping to achieve is the busy atmosphere of pre-World War 2 days, leading to the subsequent decline of traffic through the post-War period when the railways faced increased competition from the roads. 3 Die Schneeweissebahn David Wynne It is Christmas time early in the 20th century. Snow has fallen but the weather this Christmas Eve is mild. The local church choir is singing carols beside the crib and Santa is visiting the local inn to the delight of the children, while the local Brass Band plays Christmas music. Children are throwing snowballs while others are skating.

Even so, life continues as normal. The railway runs, logs are dragged from the woods and the sheep are looked after by the shepherd while the deer look for some fodder. 4 Novelty Layout Debra Wenlock Each show Debra surprises us with one of her Novelty Layouts which show that model railways and toy trains can be fun for everyone.

5 Model Station Buildings Dawson Hall



A display of station buildings designed and hand-built from laser-cut card by local modeller Eddie Hall of Dawson Hall Models. Some of Eddie’s work has recently featured in the model railway press. www.dawson-hall.com.

6 Lucan South 00 Gauge South Dublin Model Railway Club Lucan South was located almost seven miles from Dublin Heuston on the Cork mainline, close to where the current Adamstown Station is now. The station consisted of two platforms, a signal box and a siding leading to a small goods shed. It closed in the mid 1940’s but remained in place until the Cork main line was widened to four tracks in the early 2000’s. No trace remains today. During the First World War, the nearby Baldonnel Aerodrome was built. In 1917, to facilitate the transport of building materials to the aerodrome, a narrow gauge railway was built from a new siding on the south side of the station to the aerodrome. This was lifted in the early 1920‘s. Nearby, to the south of the station, is the twelfth Lock on the Grand Canal.

The layout shows the station after closure but with the narrow gauge railway retained, to add a bit of interest! The buildings are based on photographs of the original station. www.sdmrc.hobbysites.net

7 Ballymerg N Gauge Model Electronic Railway Group (MERG) Ballymerg is a layout demonstrating MERG’s ATC (Automatic Train Control). The modules can complement a layout by providing automatic control of a section or can be expanded to control the whole layout. A number of other modules for the control of model railway locomotives and accessories will also be on display. www.merg.org.uk

8 Railway Bookstall Irish Steam Preservation Society The stall offers one of the best selections of railway and other transport related books, slides and other items available in Ireland. Some are new and others second-hand giving you a great opportunity to enhance your book collection! www.irishsteam.ie

9 Studio Scale Models Des Sullivan Des will be on hand to demonstrate construction of his range of Irish themed kits and scenic accessories covering the CIE, GSR and GNR(I) periods. www.studio-scale-models.com

10 O Gauge Carriage Building Raymond Wilson Raymond will be demonstrating construction of O gauge carriage kits. 11 Quarry Hill/Janestown OO Gauge First Bangor Model Railway Club This layout depicts a typical British steam era

and is named after two of our Club’s members’ deceased partner and spouse. It consists of a double loop main line, a branch line and necessary sidings with control of trains and points by the Digitrax DCC (Digital Command Control) system. Additional attractions for the public are the locomotives fitted with smoke units and sound, and the camera train which displays the driver’s view around the layout on a monitor. www.firstbangormrc.co.uk

12 Vintage Hornby Dublo The late Norman Bailey

OO Gauge

Norman Bailey was a keen supporter of and exhibitor at all our Model Railway Days, at first with a display of Hornby Dublo and later with the vast O gauge layout he built with John Pollock. Sadly Norman passed away earlier this year but we are delighted to have on show one of his vintage Hornby Dublo 3-rail layouts. Meccano Ltd. introduced their Hornby Dublo 3-rail model railway system in 1938 but production was suspended during the Second World War. In the late 1940s and 1950s it gained a reputation for its quality but competition from rivals, most notably Tri-ang, soon affected sales. A 2-rail version was introduced in 1959 but in 1964 Lines Brothers Ltd. acquired the ailing Meccano Ltd. and merged Hornby Dublo with their Tri-ang range. In reality the Hornby Dublo range was discontinued as there was little compatibility with Tri-ang, although some models were later re-introduced by G&R Wrenn, which had become part of the Lines Brothers empire in 1966. Norman’s layout is a replica of the many shop display layouts built by Mecanno for their dealers. Layouts like this would have appeared in shop windows in the run-up to Christmas in the 1950s and early 1960s. 13 Arigna Town 7mm Scale/36.75mm Gauge David Holman Arigna Town is a fictitious branch line of the

Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway in North West Ireland. The SLNCR opened in 1882 and closed in 1957, remaining independent for its whole history. It ran from Enniskillen to Sligo and the main traffic was cattle. However, to the south there were coal mines and the layout assumes a branch line was built to tap this traffic.

15 Quarry Sidings

N Gauge

Brian King This layout features a set of quarry sidings set somewhere in the Central Belt of Scotland and will show a range of trains typical of those which operated in the British rail pre-privatisation era. 16 Zermatt William Batten

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A Swiss snow scene set around an Alpine village. 17 Stanfording Tony Ragg

O Gauge

Stanfording is a 7mm finescale model representing a heritage line’s base, inspired by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s headquarters at Whitehead.

A Railbus, similar to the Great Northern Railway railbus in the Museum, enters Arigna Town station. The model is built to the correct Irish broad gauge (5’ 3”) and everything on the layout has been built by me, mostly from scratch, though four of the five steam locomotives are from kits. Wagons come from my own resin castings or are hand built from plastic sheet with white metal castings. The trains are representative of the real SLNCR, with a railbus and railcar for passenger traffic and steam-hauled freight. Display boards give an outline of what is on show, together with maps and information on how the layout was built. We are happy your answer any questions and will be particularly interested to hear from anyone who knows the area. 14 Moira William Redpath

OO Gauge

William’s layout depicts Moira station, on the Great Northern Railway’s Belfast to Dublin main line, as it would have been in the early 20th century.

The infrastructure on the model is drawn from across Northern Ireland; look out for the Donegall Road Bridge from Belfast, the original Whiteabbey station building, Whitehead engine shed, an NCC signal box which is now on the Downpatrick and Co Down Railway, crossing gates and somersault signals, and the Crawfordsburn Inn. Between the station area and the turntable board any number of 4ft modules can be added to extend the running length. The locomotives are powered by DCC – Digital Command Control; each engine has an electronic chip fitted and only runs when its number is dialled up on the controller. 18 The Ffarquhar Branch Michael White

OO Gauge

The Ffarquhar Branch line starts at the junction of Knapford before reaching the top station, Ffarquhar. Here a special weather resistant stone, quarried from Anopha Quarry, is transported down to Ffarquhar where it is then cut and shaped, ready to be transported to Knapford harbour for shipping. A series of passenger and goods trains are carried as well.

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20 Hornby Tinplate Ken Cuming

“Thomas the tank engine is very proud of his branch line. He thinks it’s the most important part of the whole railway.” Tank Engine Thomas Again (1949) The layout is based at Ffarquhar where you’ll be able to see the line’s operation being carried out by its engines: Thomas, Percy, Toby, Daisy and Mavis. Further down the line, where the line curves to head southwards, there is a small village called Hackenbeck. It is here a small community of people live which have a few stories to tell. You’ll be able to see Mr. Peter Fryer who works at the small halt, as well as the Kneatley Family getting ready to go on their holiday; providing the car would start first after the father’s fettling with it. (Feel free to ask about the people on the layout if you wish to know more about them). The layout is a reconstructed replica of the original Ffarquhar Branch which the Rev. W. Awdry built to exhibit at the Wisbech Trades fair in 1956. It follows the original operation timetable, devised by the Rev. Awdry and Rev. Teddy Boston, and operated by replicas of the original models that ran on the layout. 19 O Gauge Display Phil Aspinwall Phil has been scratch-building locomotives and rolling stock in O gauge (7mm scale) for many years, based on both British and Irish prototypes. Several are on display and some will be in use on Tony Ragg’s Stanfording layout throughout the day.

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This vintage Hornby O gauge three-rail electric tinplate layout features locomotives, rolling stock, buildings and accessories dating from the 1930s – 60s. The locomotives, which include a Hornby No. 2 Special Tank, haul a variety of freight stock including tank, open, closed and bogie wagons whilst bogie and 4-wheel coaches serve passengers’ needs. Signals, a station and goods shed, all known to lovers of the Hornby system, complete the layout. 21 The Lough Swilly Railway Steve Flanders

4mm Scale

Our display is a celebration of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway and its extension to Burtonport. We are exhibiting static models of some of the locomotives and rolling stock hand-built by Alan Gee together with a number of surviving artefacts from the old company. The son of the last stationmaster at Newtowncunningham will be present throughout the day to talk to visitors about the railway in its final years and discuss his reminiscences. We are also presenting virtual 3D models of the L&LSR and demonstrating their construction, as well as many images of the railway in its heyday. 22 A Flavour of Annascaul Paul Titmuss

OOn3 Gauge

Annascaul was a station on the three feet gauge Tralee and Dingle Light Railway, Co. Kerry, which opened in 1891 to passengers and goods traffic. Spring 1939 saw the end to passenger trains and the daily goods service was discontinued in 1946. This left the once monthly cattle trains as the only source of revenue and this service came to an end in June 1953. The station was one of two intermediate passing places on the railway. Collecting information for the model has not proved to be as easy as first anticipated and new facts are still coming to light. Lots of photos were taken here by rail fans

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26 Ardmore O Gauge Model Railway Society of Ireland An Irish branch line terminus. www.modelrailways.ie

27 Middlehurst N Gauge North Down Model Railway Society

A Tralee and Dingle Railway Cattle train leaving Annascaul but the buildings were obscured by trains and by steam; photographing the infrastructure was definitely not of prime concern. Four trains run representing the Tralee and Dingle Railway. Watch out for others though from other Irish lines, the Isle of Man and even French metre gauge.

23 The Association of 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers Brian and Karen Torrens This scale is usually found outside in the garden, so this is a demonstration of the scale. It also shows that large scale layouts aren’t necessarily that expensive either!

24 Scouts‘ Day Out Stephen Marshall

OO Gauge

This double-track oval layout has a detailed landscape to simply watch the trains go by. The trains running are British Railways Southern Region and pre-BR era from the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, London and South Western Railway, South Eastern and Chatham Railway and Southern Railway.

25 Children’s Crafts National Museums Northern Ireland www.nmni.com/uftm

This layout is a compact “tail chaser” set in the modern British rail diesel era. It features a town and station scene with lighting in many of the buildings. www.ndmrs.co.uk

28 Lisburn Ulster Model Railway Club

OO Gauge

This layout is a model of Lisburn railway station as it was in the 1960s. It features both the Belfast to Dublin main line and the branch from Lisburn to Antrim. The stock running on the layout includes both steam and diesel trains from the Ulster Transport Authority, Northern Ireland Railways and Irish Rail. www.ulstermodelrailwayclub.co.uk

29 Broadway Industrial Park Peter McVicar

HO Gauge

This American-outline switching (shunting) layout is set in the Western USA around 1995, with the scenery being representative of that area. The track is controlled using Digital Command Control (DCC) allowing multiple locomotive use. The trains are mainly Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. 30 A Working Village Scene Robert Coalter

N Gauge

I built this layout four years ago. It was designed to run five trains in a small area and is based on a design taken from a Hornby book. Two passenger trains operate on the upper level with three goods trains on the lower tracks.

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31 Oliver Mount Peter Oliver

OO9 Gauge

OO9 gauge features 4mm scale trains running on 9mm track to represent a narrow-gauge railway of around 2 ft gauge. Many such lines were built, especially in Wales, to transport material like slate from a quarry to harbours or main line railways for onwards transport. Peter’s railway depicts one such line as it passes through a village.

32 Jersey Bill Evans

Gauge 1 – Scale 1:22½

On the Channel Island of Jersey there is a full size steam railway at the Pallot Museum. It is a basic oval of track with a station and operates weekly. This layout features automatic control of points, signal, station stop and a funfair in full swing. This gauge and scale is popular for garden railways and Gordon Archer will be on hand with information about how you can get started. 33 Children’s Storytelling National Museums Northern Ireland www.nmni.com/uftm 34 Mannlichen Blick Raymond Russell

N Gauge

Mannlichen Blick is a fictitious Alpine halt in Southern Switzerland. It lies on a north facing slope set against the backdrop of the spectacular Bernese Oberland scenery. The dramatic effects of global warming are clear on the original stone bridge crossing but despite the difficulties Swiss freight and passenger services continue as normal in a traditional upland farming area visited by climbers and tourists. 35 Robertsbridge Robert MacDougall

OO Gauge

Most people start off with a train set on a solid 6 feet by 4 feet board, maybe using a Hornby

Track Mat, but what if one cuts a hole in the middle? Robertsbridge is a feature packed layout with so much going on in this small space. 36 Matchstick Models 16mm Narrow Gauge Peter Harris A collection of models built out of matchsticks including steam locomotives, a fire engine, a traction engine, a bus and a windmill, all handmade by the exhibitor. Thomas the Tank Engine and Toby will be working today. 37 T-Trak Impressions of Ireland N Gauge Michael O’Connor This layout is made up of a number of double and triple modules to form two continuous loops. Each loop has a fiddleyard which allows for three trains of varying length to be rotated on each loop. The trains run in opposite directions for interest. The modules and backscenes represent scenes that can be found in the Irish landscape but not necessarily places where a railway would have been built. Although the scenes on the modules and the representative backscenes complement each other, they would not relate to the same location. The rolling stock represents locomotives, coaches and wagons that would have run on railways in Ireland at various times over the last 130 years. 38 Jaymiaville Brian Chambers

N Gauge

Jaymiaville is a small hamlet serviced by a quiet branch line with a service to a goods yard. The outer section of the layout is a double track main line with various types of traffic.

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39 Sykesville/Charlie’s Ridge/Quayside Halt N Gauge First Bangor Model Railway Club This N-Trak layout is a 3 section modularbased unit. Sykesville is American West Coast-based with typical Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, Union Pacific and Amtrak stock.

Junction Railway, Upper Gransha Road, Donaghadee. www.bcdmrs.org.uk

Outdoor attraction (weather permitting!) Miniature Train Rides Model Engineers’ Society of Northern Ireland

Charlie’s Ridge is an old time American mountain scene with several torturous routes through tunnels and over a complex trestle bridge.

The Model Engineers have their passenger carrying railway in operation. This is a short walk from the road transport galleries and is situated beside the Land, Sea and Sky Galleries.

Quayside Halt is a British-based harbour scene and depicts many local features and landmarks. Even ‘Nessie’ makes an appearance and has to avoid the moving boat.

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www.firstbangormrc.co.uk

40 Belfast Central N Gauge c/o First Bangor Model Railway Club Belfast Central Station opened just over 40 years ago in April 1976. This model was commissioned by Northern Ireland Railways to show what their new Belfast terminus would look like and was displayed at various places for the public to see. It depicts five platforms with three ramps down from the concourse which was constructed over the tracks; in reality only four platforms requiring two ramps were built. Belfast Central was extensively re-modelled by Translink in 2003. 41 Miniature Train Rides 7¼” Gauge Belfast & Co Down Miniature Railway Society

Enjoy a ride on the BCDMRS’ portable track (weather permitting!). It will use engine(s) and coaches which are normally at our main track at Drumawhey

Thank you for coming to our exhibition. We hope that you had an enjoyable visit.