gismorail Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Just posted in Exhibitions section about the Bala Lake Railway Exhibition to be held May 28th / 29th and 30th 2016. Venue:' Ysgol Y Berwyn' Secondary School , Bala Gwynedd LL23 7RU on A 4212. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Bala, Gwynedd. May 28th / 29th & 30th Organiser: Bala Lake Railway Venue: Ysgol Y Berwyn Secondary School, Bala, Gwynedd LL23 7RU (on A4212) Free vintage routemaster bus service connecting venue with Bala Lake Railway's Bala Station Opening times: Saturday 11.30 - 1700 Sunday 10.30 - 17.00 Monday 10.30 - 16-00 Admission : Adults £4 accompanied children free Amenities : Refreshments - disabled access - car parking. Features : Layouts in various scales and gauges, many with a local flavour. Trade stands. On 29th & 30th the Bala Lake Festival of Transport featuring vintage and classic vehicle is on next to the railways Llanuwchllyn station (separate event) Contact : 01678 540666 info@bala-lake-railway.co.uk www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk Just to let people on RM Web know about this new show in the North Wales area. Chester Nortgate 6D will be attending and once I get further information I will post on this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Just a quick update on the above show. I have had confirmation from David Jones the General Manager of the Bala Lake Railway of the following confirmed layouts and Traders. So far confirmed are the following layouts: Melin Llechi 16mm SM32 Afon Adit ‘0’-9 Matthew’s Yard ‘0’ Beaumont Ville ‘00’ Pen y Graig 5.5mm scale / 12mm gauge Porth Kernow ‘N’ Roche Junction G Scale Dalton Le Dale ‘00’ Gorne and Dunette On30 Cwmbach P4 Chester Northgate Shed ‘00’ Dogfriol 009 Schmal ‘H0’ Walt’s Playmobile +1 to confirm Traders / Societies John Sutton Books Andrew Neale Books Ffestiniog Railway Models / DVDs / Promotion Abc model railways Models Corris Rly Soc 2nd hand models / railway items Maid Marian Fund Fundraising Blackham Transfers Transfers Seems to be a good mixture of Layouts considering that this is the first time the Railway have put on a show such as this . If you are in the area or are visiting that weekend please support this event, as the North Wales area is not region that has many shows and it would be good to see this become a regular yearly exhibition. I believe that the Transport Festival is well worth a visit in itself followed a train ride along the lake and a vintage bus ride to the show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Will do my best to make it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr roarke Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 We will be there with Gorne and Dunette. Colorado narrow guage in 0n30. Layout and stock have just been given a good check over ready for loading. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 We will be there with Gorne and Dunette. Colorado narrow guage in 0n30. Layout and stock have just been given a good check over ready for loading. Sounds good be nice to meet up with you and hopefully have a good show . Still doing some final finishing touches to Chester Northgate shed (6D) Should start to dismantle it on Thursday ready for transportation Friday late afternoon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishrailwaymodeller Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Has the full line-up of exhibits been finalised for the 2017 Bala Model Railway Exhibition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Has the full line-up of exhibits been finalised for the 2017 Bala Model Railway Exhibition? DSCF0827.JPG Not sure if it's on. Anybody know further details ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishrailwaymodeller Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Not sure if it's on. Anybody know further details ? I have received the following information from David Jones who is organising the 2017 Bala Exhibition: Rail Gala & Model Railway Exhibition Sat 27th May (10:30 to 17:00) & Sun 28th May (10:30 to 16:00) 2017; Admission Adults £4, Concessions £3 Venue: Ysgol Y Berwyn Secondary School, on the A4212, Bala, Gwynedd LL23 7RU A free vintage shuttle bus will be available to/from Bala to the 9 mile narrow gauge steam railway to Llanuwchllyn. Under separate organisers there is a Festival of Transport there also (vintage vehicles etc separate entrance fee applies). So park either end of the railway, ride the steam train by the lake between each venue for a great family/enthusiasts' day out! Layouts Attending: Llangollen in N gauge (yours truly travelling from Ireland) Two Bridges "OO" Plas Edwards Shed compact "O" gauge Cwmbach "P4" Haland "OO" Trix Twin Mk4 "hO" Cobra Canyon "N" Krimhorn "OO9" Triang Big Big Train Walt's Playmobile Underhill Town "OO9" Altbahn "HO" Traders etc Abc Models John Sutton Books & Narrow gauge models Ffestiniog Railway Models/DVDs/Promotion Corris Railway Society 2nd hand models/items Maid Marian Fundraising Blackham Transfers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted May 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2017 I have received the following information from David Jones who is organising the 2017 Bala Exhibition: Rail Gala & Model Railway Exhibition Sat 27th May (10:30 to 17:00) & Sun 28th May (10:30 to 16:00) 2017; Admission Adults £4, Concessions £3 Venue: Ysgol Y Berwyn Secondary School, on the A4212, Bala, Gwynedd LL23 7RU A free vintage shuttle bus will be available to/from Bala to the 9 mile narrow gauge steam railway to Llanuwchllyn. Under separate organisers there is a Festival of Transport there also (vintage vehicles etc separate entrance fee applies). So park either end of the railway, ride the steam train by the lake between each venue for a great family/enthusiasts' day out! Layouts Attending: Llangollen in N gauge (yours truly travelling from Ireland) Two Bridges "OO" Plas Edwards Shed compact "O" gauge Cwmbach "P4" Haland "OO" Trix Twin Mk4 "hO" Cobra Canyon "N" Krimhorn "OO9" Triang Big Big Train Walt's Playmobile Underhill Town "OO9" Altbahn "HO" Traders etc Abc Models John Sutton Books & Narrow gauge models Ffestiniog Railway Models/DVDs/Promotion Corris Railway Society 2nd hand models/items Maid Marian Fundraising Blackham Transfers Surely that should be 9 mile round trip on the railway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishrailwaymodeller Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Surely that should be 9 mile round trip on the railway? You may well be right! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted May 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2017 You may well be right! I am , having travelled on the line several times, most recently last August. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted May 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2017 I am , having travelled on the line several times, most recently last August. And almost certainly going up for the diesel on the first train next Saturday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishrailwaymodeller Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) A great time was had by all at the Bala Exhibition 2017. Attached photo is of my wife, self and John Roberts (a distinguished local man who worked extensively on the Llangollen line up to its closure) next to the Llangollen in N display. Thanks to Julian Birley for the photo and all at the Bala Show for the warm welcome. Edited May 31, 2017 by Irishrailwaymodeller Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 30, 2017 I passed through Bala at 08:00 on Sunday morning en route to llwyngwril to pick up some furniture from my mums house and I remarked to my dad we would call in to the exhibition on the way back but we somehow got a spurt on and ended up passing back through bala at 09:30 before the show started and didn't end up stopping, shame as I would have also liked to see how my old high school looked now 25 years after I left! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 A great time was had by all at the Bala Exhibition 2017. Attached photo is of my wife, self and John Roberts (a distinguished local man who worked extensively on the Llangollen line up to its closure) next to the Llangollen in N display. Bala Exhibition 2017.jpg John Roberts is a real gentleman who I feel lucky enough to call a friend. Both he and Martin Williamson have been a great help in my research for building Cwm Prysor, on the Bala-Blaenau Ffestiniog Branch. I'm hoping to take Cwm Prysor to the show next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishrailwaymodeller Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) John Roberts is a real gentleman who I feel lucky enough to call a friend. Both he and Martin Williamson have been a great help in my research for building Cwm Prysor, on the Bala-Blaenau Ffestiniog Branch. I'm hoping to take Cwm Prysor to the show next year. That's great 9793- I will be bringing my Cynwyd in N-gauge layout next year so we will have the local lines well represented! Conversations at this years show indicated that Cynwyd is pronounced as Kin-uid. Are you posting pictures of progress with your Cwm Prysor layout on RMWeb? Edited May 31, 2017 by Irishrailwaymodeller Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2017 Conversations at this years show indicated that Cynwyd is pronounced as Kim-uid. Well the place is full of brummies who would pronounce it like that! I say it as cun-with Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 That's great 9793- I will be bringing my Cynwyd in N-gauge layout next year so we will have the local lines well represented! Conversations at this years show indicated that Cynwyd is pronounced as Kin-uid. Are you posting pictures of progress with your Cwm Prysor layout on RMWeb? Nothing on RMweb, some on my blog https://tfmodelling.wordpress.com I'm about to start scenic work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 Hi Gerry it was good to meet up on Sunday so glad you enjoyed the show. Great that your going to do a repeat visit next year and hopefully I will have something to exhibit myself. Hopefully with the continued support for this show it will grow as things develop with the Bala Railway and it's goal to reach the town .Sorry I had to dash off but had the family in tow and the grand children wanting to visit the lake for a paddle.....oh what it is to be young Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 I passed through Bala at 08:00 on Sunday morning en route to llwyngwril to pick up some furniture from my mums house and I remarked to my dad we would call in to the exhibition on the way back but we somehow got a spurt on and ended up passing back through bala at 09:30 before the show started and didn't end up stopping, shame as I would have also liked to see how my old high school looked now 25 years after I left! You would have had a shock Jim the place is going through a major refit / upgrade .......probably from all the damage you caused when you were there as a 'Yam Yam' in exile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2017 You would have had a shock Jim the place is going through a major refit / upgrade .......probably from all the damage you caused when you were there as a 'Yam Yam' in exile im no yam yam, welsh born and bred me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishrailwaymodeller Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Nothing on RMweb, some on my blog https://tfmodelling.wordpress.com I'm about to start scenic work. IMG_5754.jpg _MG_8759.jpg Looking good - I like the headboard! Hopefully will see it at Bala next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 im no yam yam, welsh born and bred me! OOOpps sorry jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Looking good - I like the headboard! Hopefully will see it at Bala next year. Thank you Focus now is getting finished. Dry stone walling is next, and I'm expecting the laser cut structures at the end of the month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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