Leander Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 The last 4mm scale layout to be featured which is appearing at expoEM Autumn this weekend is Whithorn in EM gauge by Alisdair MacDonald. This was filmed at the Wirral show in 2016 https://www.facebook.com/…/slw-class-24-de…/215872452177460/ and has been shamelessly copied from the thread on RMWeb. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Have you managed to sort my plates. Plenty in the tea room................................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardbealach Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 The last 4mm scale layout to be featured which is appearing at expoEM Autumn this weekend is Whithorn in EM gauge by Alisdair MacDonald. This was filmed at the Wirral show in 2016 https://www.facebook.com/…/slw-class-24-de…/215872452177460/ and has been shamelessly copied from the thread on RMWeb. Yes, Whithorn now being packed and ready for the trip to Partington. Found your pics interesting as these are of Whithorn Mark1 version. It now has a new bridge over the river and a creamery siding and generally been extended since the Wirral 2016 Show. Any chance, please, of copying the images for my personal use as I have very few photos of the Whithorn Mark 1 version of the model. See you Friday for setting up - and hope the kettle will be on for some mugs of tea. (AM) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leander Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 The final featured layout is our Guest Layout in 7mm scale, Tollesbury Quay built by Martin Stringer. Not merely a model railway of the highest standard, it features the rise and fall of the tides at this isolated Essex coastal location. Rarely exhibited, expoEM Autumn 2018 represents an opportunity to see this superb creation in miniature. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2018 We have more industrial action on NorthernFail on Saturday, hope it doesn't have an effect on the show. I will be driving in rather than trying to rely on the skeleton service. Pity because I was looking forward to a vintage bus trip from Urmston. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leander Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 We have more industrial action on NorthernFail on Saturday, hope it doesn't have an effect on the show. I will be driving in rather than trying to rely on the skeleton service. Pity because I was looking forward to a vintage bus trip from Urmston. Take the bus anyway from the show and have a drink at the excellent boozer on Urmston station. Then get the bus back an hour later! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Take the bus anyway from the show and have a drink at the excellent boozer on Urmston station. Then get the bus back an hour later! oh no! we've been rumbled... Pub with a view (passing trains) and just the place for an after show pint on a Sunday afternoon... https://whatpub.com/pubs/TRA/3797/steamhouse-urmston Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Take the bus anyway from the show and have a drink at the excellent boozer on Urmston station. Then get the bus back an hour later! Not if he is driving!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leander Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Just ready to set off now, all packed up, Partington here we come! Looking forward to seeing a good few RMWebbers there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2018 As always, one of the highlights of the exhibition year and a well kept secret as it is a superb show but hardly anybody comes. Hopefully this year will see some good numbers through the door. I will be there with a 70th anniversary display of items from Peter Denny's Buckingham. It was the spring of 1948 when he exhibited Buckingham Mk 1. Many of the items on show date back to those days but I will also have some more recent items, including some almost new ones from only 40 years ago. Tony Gee 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2018 I shall be one of the bods behind Leeman Road, so please say hello if you're passing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 As always, one of the highlights of the exhibition year and a well kept secret as it is a superb show but hardly anybody comes. The last 10 miles are the hardest. If I set out later today I should get there in time for opening. Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 There is planned industrial action and engineering works so Northern are advertising a reduced service so I have altered the bus service to suit. The times as last year are timed to meet the trains from Manchester till after lunch and then to meet them going to Manchester. See Below. Please Note it will be a proper bus, a Manchester Letyland PD2 and not the Routemaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) oh no! we've been rumbled... Pub with a view (passing trains) and just the place for an after show pint on a Sunday afternoon... https://whatpub.com/pubs/TRA/3797/steamhouse-urmston We just need that nice Mr Fishwick to operate the layout for an hour (or three) Tenuous link to a tenuous link. Anybody know if the Live steamers are operating at Urmston? Please Note it will be a proper bus, a Manchester Letyland PD2 and not the Routemaster. As long as its got a rear platform that I can dangle off to view the local lamp standards I'm happy. P Edited September 7, 2018 by Porcy Mane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 The last 10 miles are the hardest. If I set out later today I should get there in time for opening. Chris Probably see you there. I only live 20 miles away but it's all difficult. The drive should take 40 minutes but traffic will probably add another 20 minutes. As far as public transport is concerned I would be quicker following the CLC (aka Trans Pennine Trail) on my bike especially if NorthernFail is up to its usual Saturday standard, although the times of the special bus would leave time for a pint at Urmston in each direction. I've just checked the emergency timetable for tomorrow and I would be out for nearly 10 hours to travel and get 3 hours at the venue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 I see that Peter has amended his bus times to match the trains supposed to be running, which would save me about an hour but I would have to forego the beer. Decisions, decisions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) As always, one of the highlights of the exhibition year and a well kept secret as it is a superb show but hardly anybody comes. Hopefully this year will see some good numbers through the door. ... As an EMGS member I'm a little concerned about this comment, what do other EMGS members who have attended the show think? Edited September 7, 2018 by PenrithBeacon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 As an EMGS member I'm a little concerned about this comment, what do other EMGS members who have attended the show think? As an EMGS member also, I fully concur with Tony, I'm a little concerned hardly anybody shows up. It's perhaps because there aren't enough carers to go round maybe? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 As an EMGS member I'm a little concerned about this comment, what do other EMGS members who have attended the show think? I think it is the old "how long is a piece of string question". If there was a definitive answer, model railways shows would be filled to overflowing. Speaking from a purely personal point a view I think it is one of the best (and friendliest) shows on the circuit but it has never managed to settle since it's move across the Pennines. The Partington venue if you a coming across the M62 from the East is a bit strange to get to and will punters this year have to battle with the Saturday footballers? A valid question but It probably warrants a thread all of it's own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ianmaccormac Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2018 The bus timetable seems to only cater for people who are travelling from manchester. Those using the WCML, on a train TO manchester have to wait for about 35 minutes each end? With the strike, I can only travel from Warrington Central having to walk from Warrington Bank Quay. Is there any other way to get there from Urmston? Thanks Ian in Blackpool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 I think it is the old "how long is a piece of string question". If there was a definitive answer, model railways shows would be filled to overflowing. Speaking from a purely personal point a view I think it is one of the best (and friendliest) shows on the circuit but it has never managed to settle since it's move across the Pennines. The Partington venue if you a coming across the M62 from the East is a bit strange to get to and will punters this year have to battle with the Saturday footballers? A valid question but It probably warrants a thread all of it's own. Preferably on the EMGS website, where, in theory at least, more members reside. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Gratuitous Selnec link https://www.flickr.com/photos/23207961@N07/albums/72157622616858411 Partington is the location because the more motorway friendly location of George H Carnall is a politcal football which is either staying open/being demolished or turned into a basketball (netball for boys) hall. If you stick with Partington then one day the road will be improved as it's to home to hundreds of new homes as Shell slowly give up their land. I'll be there tomorrow for my regular visit to my local show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) The bus timetable seems to only cater for people who are travelling from manchester. Those using the WCML, on a train TO manchester have to wait for about 35 minutes each end? With the strike, I can only travel from Warrington Central having to walk from Warrington Bank Quay. Is there any other way to get there from Urmston? Thanks Ian in Blackpool The 255 bus from outside the Manchester bound platform goes to Partington, you can also pick up the 255 from Flixton station. https://www.tfgm.com/public-transport/bus/routes/255-manchester Edited September 7, 2018 by woodenhead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ianmaccormac Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2018 Thanks for the 255 bus info. That looks easier! Cheers Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Ruston and I will be there early to be able to grab a bit of brekkie before opening time - and to be able to park (hopefully!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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