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It was great to see your layout at Whitehead last Saturday. Thank you very much for bringing it all that way to display it. It was impressive and very high tech.

The GNRI S class is one of Tony Ragg's on his Standfording layout. The engine shed and stables block are both copies of the ones at Whitehead Excursion Station. The Whitehead show was well attended yesterday despite terrible weather. Thank you to all the exhibitors, RPSI volunteers and visitors who helped make it such a fun day.

Great to see Capecastle yesterday at Whitehead Patrick. It really captures the NCC narrow gauge. Thanks for bringing it along.

Here's a GNRI S class in 'Thomas' livery for you John. Hope you can make it to Whitehead tomorrow for the RPSI Model Railway Day.

Whitehead Model Railway Day starts at 10am tomorrow, Sat 9th November 2019, and is on all day until 5pm. Most of the layouts arrived today and only require fine tuning and a bit of track cleaning in the morning. Two fantastic O gauge layouts are on display: Tony Ragg's Stanfording featuring Wonderful Whitehead itself and John and Peter Smith's superb Saltdean- a recreation of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway in the 1880s. This is the first time Saltdean has been shown in Ireland.

Here's the pdf file showing the museum layout for this Saturday's Whitehead Model Railway Day. Model_Railway_Day_Guide-1.pdf

Whitehead Railway Museum's Shell Oil tanker wagon will be on display at Whitehead Model Railway Day this Saturday 9th Nov 2019.

The RPSI's Irish Shell wagon will be on display at Whitehead Model Railway day on Saturday 9th November 2019.

The first layout to arrive at Whitehead for Model Railway Day on Saturday 9th Nov 2019 is John and Ian Sinclair's 'Dunster' OO scale line. As one of the event organisers, Ian is having a well-earned rest here with harbour engine RH Smyth behind

Sorry you can't make it this Saturday but it's worth a visit at any time.

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

Look out for this fantasy layout on Saturday 9th November 2019 at Whitehead Model Railway Day. Dave from Stradbally is bringing an N gauge layout that had been built specially for the event. Dave has produced a layout in an attache case which he describes as having a slightly grim pseudo-Soviet aesthetic. It is populated with robots that he designed himself and had 3D printed in France! This layout also includes a Tractor factory. Unmissable!

A layout to look out for this Saturday 9th November 2019. Dave from Stradbally is bringing an N gauge layout that had been built specially for Whitehead Model Railway Day. Dave thought it would be fun to produce a layout that would fit in a attache case, which the kind they used in spy-movies from the Cold War era. It's a simple oval loop, combined with a slightly grim pseudo-Soviet aesthetic and representing Dave's love of Robots and agricultural machinery. Dave takes up the story- 'Listening to shortwave English-language broadcasts in the 1970s, such as Radio Moscow and Radio Prague, I was always fascinated with the endless references to tractor-production targets being exceeded. This layout squeezes in part of a Robot and Tractor factory and the endless delivery of these to the far corners of the USSR.'

Hi Keith, The only sales stand will be the Railway Preservation Society stall mainly selling books. There are 31 layouts promised as well as full size steam train rides. The star layout Saltdean from England on its first ever appearance in Ireland should be worth a look. Hope you can make it along. cheers

LMS NCC North Atlantic Brake carriage No91 got some lovely new lining applied this week in time for Whitehead Model Railway Day this Saturday 9th November 2019.

Just found my favourite tinplate Cement wagon. It reminds me of my childhood growing up near Rugby Cement Works- when they still had steam locos!

Why not come along to Whitehead Railway Museum's Whitehead Model Railway Day on Saturday 9th November 2019. Further info in Facebook Whitehead Railway Museum of SteamTrainsIreland website.

Why not come and see the preserved 5'3'' gauge 'Guinness saddle tank loco at Whitehead Railway Museum's model railway day on Saturday 9th November 2019? Also of interest there on the day will be Peter Smith's Saltdean O gauge layout showing a brewery set in Summer 1888.

Wexford Model Railway Society are bringing their Irish Rail Diesel Depot OO gauge layout to Whitehead Model Railway Day on Saturday 9th November 2019. Here is the GM diesel at Whitehead Railway Museum currently undergoing a repaint.

I'm really looking forward to it.

The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) will be holding its first Model Railway Day at Whitehead Railway Museum on Saturday 9th November 2019 with a line-up of over two dozen marvelous miniature model layouts, full-size steam train rides, refreshments, etc. All this, and the Museum exhibits too! Opening: From 10am until 5pm. Models: There will be many model railway layouts positioned in the various galleries around our Museum. Train Rides: Visitors will be able to see at close hand how the magnificent locomotive works and enjoy a short ride on the steam train. Trains will be running every 15 minutes or so between 12 and 4pm. Refreshments: Enjoy a visit to our award-winning Edwardian Tea Room. On this day only we will also be serving refreshments in our LMS NCC and CIE dining cars in the Carriage Gallery. Suitable for children of all ages! Adult £10, Child £6, Family (2a+2c) £25 (Come by NI Railways and get 20% off admission) Coming from England for the day? Fly into Belfast George Best airport and hop on the train at Sydenham NI Railways station.