Whitehead Railway Museum

We are looking forward to hosting our first ever Model Railway Day at Whitehead Railway Museum on Saturday 9th November. The exhibition will be held at Whitehead Railway Museum, Castleview Road, Whitehead BT38 9NA and will showcase layouts on display in the Carriage, Locomotive and Stables Galleries from 10am-5pm. Two dozen layouts will be on show for the event including a never-before seen museum standard layout from England, the ‘Saltdean’ a Victorian Model which includes a brewery and 0 gauge locomotives based on William Stroudley’s designs. Layout highlights include Thomas the Tank Engine, Looney Toon’s Road Runner, the 1950’s Roland Emmett cartoonist inspired, Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Railway as well as various vintage models, lego layouts and a new N gauge layout in a briefcase featuring a tractor factory. Tickets can be purchased on entry and are £10 for adults and £6 for children, with a family ticket (2 adults & 2 children) costing just £25. Each ticket includes a free steam train ride, operating from the Station Building platform every 15 minutes from 12-4pm. Arriving by NI Railways? Produce your ticket to receive 20% off the admission price! The Edwardian Tea Room will be open serving hot stew, soup, tea, coffee and delicious traybakes. Additionally there will be refreshments served from our dining cars in the Carriage Gallery. With limited public car parking Whitehead Railway Museum are encouraging patrons to use public transport, this event is fully wheelchair accessible. If you would like to find out more about Whitehead Railway Museum and RPSI events, visit their website www.steamtrainsireland.com and follow them on Facebook @whiteheadrailwaymuseum Twitter @RPSItrains Instagram @steamtrainsireland

We are looking forward to hosting our first ever Model Railway Day at Whitehead Railway Museum on Saturday 9th November. The exhibition will be held at Whitehead Railway Museum, Castleview Road, Whitehead BT38 9NA and will showcase layouts on display in the Carriage, Locomotive and Stables Galleries from 10am-5pm. Two dozen layouts will be on show for the event including a never-before seen museum standard layout from England, the ‘Saltdean’ a Victorian Model which includes a brewery and 0 gauge locomotives based on William Stroudley’s designs. Layout highlights include Thomas the Tank Engine, Looney Toon’s Road Runner, the 1950’s Roland Emmett cartoonist inspired, Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Railway as well as various vintage models, lego layouts and a new N gauge layout in a briefcase featuring a tractor factory. Tickets can be purchased on entry and are £10 for adults and £6 for children, with a family ticket (2 adults & 2 children) costing just £25. Each ticket includes a free steam train ride, operating from the Station Building platform every 15 minutes from 12-4pm. Arriving by NI Railways? Produce your ticket to receive 20% off the admission price! The Edwardian Tea Room will be open serving hot stew, soup, tea, coffee and delicious traybakes. Additionally there will be refreshments served from our dining cars in the Carriage Gallery. With limited public car parking Whitehead Railway Museum are encouraging patrons to use public transport, this event is fully wheelchair accessible. If you would like to find out more about Whitehead Railway Museum and RPSI events, visit their website www.steamtrainsireland.com and follow them on Facebook @whiteheadrailwaymuseum Twitter @RPSItrains Instagram @steamtrainsireland