Guest CPRAIL3000 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Great work and a credit to all involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Hello all, just a heads up for those of you who may live within travelling distance of Bangor (NI!), we are planning to take Bleach Green to the First Bangor Model Railway Exhibition on Friday 24 May from 7 -10pm and 25th from 10-5 pm. The show will be in the church halls on Main Street, onlya few minutes walk from the railway and bus station. No significant changes except for one lineside building which is being demolished and rebuilt... Colm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 This layout is absolutely superb, the overall size of it is just amazing, a real credit to all the builders involved, well done. Here's a vid that I took of "bleach green" during its outing at the "first Bangor model railway exhibition". Hope you enjoy it, Many Thanks Nelson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Hello All, just an update, as Bleach Green has now been in storage for nearly a year! We plan to take it out, dust it down (and sort a few technical issues) and it will DV be at the First Bangor Show on 23/4 May. Still the same basic UTA/early NIR period. I'd personally like to see a few NIR "Enterprise" sets on it but we only have one NIR set (blue MM 112 + Lima NIR "intercity" coaches.) So if anyone has an Enterprise in other liveries (GNR/UTA blue & white, CIE/IR/IE, NIR 70s/80s and enterprise post 1997, we'd love to see it & roster it for a spin.. Colm.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 I'll email you Colm re Enterprise stock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Hello All, just an update, as Bleach Green has now been in storage for nearly a year! We plan to take it out, dust it down (and sort a few technical issues) and it will DV be at the First Bangor Show on 23/4 May. Still the same basic UTA/early NIR period. I'd personally like to see a few NIR "Enterprise" sets on it but we only have one NIR set (blue MM 112 + Lima NIR "intercity" coaches.) So if anyone has an Enterprise in other liveries (GNR/UTA blue & white, CIE/IR/IE, NIR 70s/80s and enterprise post 1997, we'd love to see it & roster it for a spin.. Colm.. Sorry that I haven't managed to get the spoil wagon kit ready in time for you to build a rake for your next outing, but the pre-production prototype is promised for Bangor, Special Delivery permitting! Leslie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Hello all, We are planning to take Bleach Green to the First Bangor Model Railway Exhibition on Friday 23 May from 7 - 9.30 and Saturday 24th from 10-5 pm. The show will be as usual in the church halls on Main Street, only a few minutes walk from the railway and bus station. Colm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 And a "heads up\" for anyone interested - later this year Bleach Green will cross the North Channel and will be at the East Lancashire show in Blackburn on 6-7 September, then it will be out again (with a 10 wagon (maybe more) spoil train running DV!) at the Cultra Model Railway day on 8 November. Colm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 A few shots from my archive from angles the public can't get normally.... An operator's view (if they are standing on tiptoe anyway...) We don;t really like people standing in the middle of the track..... And you would need to be very flexible to get this shot. Oh yes and this year's little puzzle. On the layout are two little foxes - if you're a visitor at any of the shows, see if you can find them. (There are two on KIllagan as well) - It's a bit like Terence Cuneo's mouse ( older enthusiasts may know about this) Colm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted May 14, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2014 Super shot looking up at the arch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Hi Colm, Hope you're well. Love the latest photos. It's certainly an imposing and impressive layout and very different. Very nicely modelled too! Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 I took the opportunity of our setting things up at early at Bangor last weekend to have a photo shoot. Then, having a bit of downtime, I thought I'd fiddle in photoshop with some of the ones I liked best. Here are the results, some angles aren't really feasible without having unimpeded access to the whole layout - and making full use of tripods and timer settings. But it takes some of us back to the days when the viaduct really did stand out in the countryside. Our model is probably "cleaner" than the real one was in the sixties and maybe some day there'll be an equally pristine "North Atlantic" in LMS crimson lake to pose on it... 2-6-4 tank WT 55 comes off the viaduct as a V1 goods engine No 13 approaches it Class W 2-6-0 No 97 storms down Bleach Green with a late running express. 55 again, heading for Portrush; this picture was inspired by a picture by Derek Young in the book "UTA in Colour" In the sixties the open fields gave a great view. It's 1966 and the new Diesel Electric railcars are entering service. A six car set heads for Londonderry Waterside station. A main line express passes over a Larne train Looking upwards as a UTA Multi Purpose Diesel train races towards Belfast on the last few miles of it's 93 mile journey to York Road Station, as skies begin to clear overhead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Fantastic pictures, the second one down from the top has to be my favourite, I love the angle and the smoke effects, very realistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Here's some wonderful archive footage showing the LMS in Northern Ireland, some great shots of bleach green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunslet 102 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 great shots of the layout,Bleach Green is looking great,well done Colm. nelson-great video,thanks for sharing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 The group took Bleach Green over to the Blackburn & East Lancs Model railway society last weekend - a long journey but a good show; the size of the layout and the scope of the scenic panorama scored highly with those who saw it, as did the fact that we were able to run long trains at relatively high speed (observing the appropriate speed limits of course...). The hero of the show was 0-4-0T No 16 "The Donkey", a dock shunter built in 1914, which took over when Jinty 0-6-0 No19 failed. This little engine pulled a train of hoppers down the Line line without a glitch, all day. Bowman Malcolm (chief engineer of the BNCR )would have been astounded. A Hornby "Caledonian Pug" provided the basis of the conversion. As a result of the engines performance I have decided to finally order a pair of number plates for her! I apologize for the poor picture quality of this shot. The next outing will be at the Model Railway day at Cultra in November (Saturday 8th) - and there should be a "first" at this show - we hope to have a 10 wagon (at least) spoil train by then, thanks to our friend Leslie McAllister; the first batch of wagons are on their way to us. A few more pics from Blackburn -including the operator team - I think we had the youngest operator there! Proof that railway modelling is not just for sad men over 60... ; Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Well done Colm and Team for once more taking the arduous journey to Blackburn with such a monster layout. Great to hear it was well received. Looking forward to Cultra. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I only got a brief glimpse on Friday evening before leaving but I was impressed; a soft spot for bridges. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Nelson That Travelogue was a great find, especially interesting to see early NCC & GNR railcars in action. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Hi folks, Just thought I'd post a few pics of Bleach Green taken at the Blackburn & East Lancs show last weekend... The first one is an overall view of the layout with a couple of very suspicious looking gentlemen in charge... It really is an excellent scenic layout with a difference and fun to operate too. Many thanks to Colm too for the invite to join the crack operating team for the weekend. At least that's what I think it was called. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Bleach Green will be at the Model Railway Day this Saturday (10-5 on 8th Nov; standard museum entry fee); as this is it's second visit to this venue we hope to have some "visiting stock" running at intervals - but I'm not telling what it/they might be! I can confirm though that we will have a Spoil Train - the first time such a train has ever appeared at a public exhibition; we hope to have a double headed 20 wagon train,a formation which ran in the 1960's as a result of the M2 motorway project and which gave steam in Northern Ireland the distinction of being the last main line steam in the UK. Colm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnarcher Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Very nice, scenically especially. What are the backscenes, if they are something commercial it would be helpful to know, I will be wanting something with that sort of look? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 I think they came from International Models, they're actually of the Yorkshire Dales,. I've seen them on some other layouts too. Colm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted November 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2014 Colm, they are not unlike the hills as seen from Bleach Green. It does explain though why I could not find the Greenisland monument Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I think they came from International Models, they're actually of the Yorkshire Dales,. I've seen them on some other layouts too. Just be careful which International Models website you click on. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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