Llangollen Garden Railway Festival JUNE 7th 2025
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Llangollen Garden Railway Festival JUNE 7th 2025
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Llangollen Pavilion
Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 10:00 AM
Until: Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 04:00 PM
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The mechanic
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This year was the first year we had a chance to go over. My personal view that it was absolutely brilliant - really nice variety of layouts and traders on offer and, more crucially, something for a very excited 2 1/2 year old who was with us to get involved in. I have taken him to a number of shows (big and small model trains) and more often than not you're looking at a layout with more rolling stock value than your car so understandably signs requesting not to touch. However that's exactly what they're wired to want to do so was brilliant to have separate areas where children had the opportunity to do just that.
He had great fun with the Playmobil on the floor with a number of return visits and vigorous hand pointing in that direction when we were not there. He also had a great time building his own wagon using Lego as well and watching his completed creation go round the track once done.
I'd say at a very minor point the eating area was a little cramped at peak time compared to the likes of the Midlands show back in March which had generous table space upstairs however this didn't prove an issue - just that the room it was in got quite busy. Will definitely be back next year - a brilliant show!
Anglian
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Evening all.
Just back home from the road trip. Llangollen was great with lots to see. I also didn't know about the upstairs part until Frances, (SW) sent me a WhatsApp message. It was nice to meet up with Gizzy and Mizzy again, although unfortunately I still don't know anyone else. The eating area was very cramped and the caffeine kick from the coffee something else.
I bought a full circle of R5 track from Footplate, as I want to add a roundy round part to the railway, but I'm not sure why I left also carrying a rack locomotive. It will have to be built in on one of the slopes in the back garden. I do remember seeing some used rack inserts at the last trader on the left hand side, just before the steps up to the platform. Can anyone remember who that was please as I am going to have to acquire some? Frances was enthusing about the quirky nature of the Rainbow Rock layout, taking me over to look at it. It just goes to show that you never can tell. Browny points that builder.
Thanks to all those involved in setting up and running the show. Well done.
Take care,
Trevor
Just back home from the road trip. Llangollen was great with lots to see. I also didn't know about the upstairs part until Frances, (SW) sent me a WhatsApp message. It was nice to meet up with Gizzy and Mizzy again, although unfortunately I still don't know anyone else. The eating area was very cramped and the caffeine kick from the coffee something else.
I bought a full circle of R5 track from Footplate, as I want to add a roundy round part to the railway, but I'm not sure why I left also carrying a rack locomotive. It will have to be built in on one of the slopes in the back garden. I do remember seeing some used rack inserts at the last trader on the left hand side, just before the steps up to the platform. Can anyone remember who that was please as I am going to have to acquire some? Frances was enthusing about the quirky nature of the Rainbow Rock layout, taking me over to look at it. It just goes to show that you never can tell. Browny points that builder.
Thanks to all those involved in setting up and running the show. Well done.
Take care,
Trevor
Tanker man
G scale and 5 inch ride on
Looks like a modified IP Engineering observations coach that has had a motor fitted
Dave
Dave
Thanks Dave...
I went off hunting, and the 'AI' led me to the same thing...
Gostude Antiques (on EvilBay) has one listed for £199.50
But Ivan still has the Atlantic observation coach kit listed on the IP Engineering site..
I didn't think it would be so easy to find! Thank you.
PhilP.
I went off hunting, and the 'AI' led me to the same thing...
Gostude Antiques (on EvilBay) has one listed for £199.50
But Ivan still has the Atlantic observation coach kit listed on the IP Engineering site..
I didn't think it would be so easy to find! Thank you.
PhilP.
Hi Philip. I know the person who built that so will ask and get back to you. I was indeed on the modular layout. David
Tanker man
G scale and 5 inch ride on
That’s sort of what it looks like as a coach, built a looooooooong time ago and in need of an upgrade…….I actually have another one the same!!
Dave
Hi Again Philip. Here is his answer.....
Nice to know it was appreciated! It's a converted IP Engineering Ataltic Observation coach. I was given the kit as a birthday present and decided it would be better as a double ended railbus. The 'cafe' end was closed off to hold the r/c and sound system. I made a new end to match the sloping one instead of the square end. Batteries are slung underneath. I did a write up of it for SMT which I think may have been published in about 2016/17. I started off with IP motor bogies but fairly quickly changed them for Essel ones, which made it end up a bit taller. As a consequence it really needs something else slung underneath and the steps extended down a bit for when it doesn't stop at a platform! They're on the list - one day!! Hope it helps.
Flying15
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Inspired by the full sized Devon Belle observation coaches which both still exist, one at the Swanage rly and the other at the Torbay Steam Rly
ge_rik
British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
Yes. Agree that the catering outlet was a disappointment. I went back to it four times and each time the queue was quite long. Also, very little table space, I can't imagine how it would cope when they have big live concerts. In the end, I gave up and grabbed a sandwich in the town on the way home.
Rik
Rik
Brixham
No buffers were hurt at this sign
As exhibitors at the past 2 shows, we have ‘sent out’ for our lunch. One crew member is volunteered to go into town , just over the bridge, and bring something back. We have settled on a deli that sells ‘oggies’ ( like large pasties ) with various fillings. And they are filling.
Got to return the layout back to storage tomorrow, as well as making good some unplanned dissembly!
Malcolm
Got to return the layout back to storage tomorrow, as well as making good some unplanned dissembly!
Malcolm
Fezwig
Just a man in the middle of a complicated plan.
Llangollen Oggie shop at the town hall on Castle St, very nice indeed.
Fezwig
Just a man in the middle of a complicated plan.
It was bad the fist year and that was without the exhibits/layouts in there and using the tables outside, which you couldn't last weekend with the rain.
Catering at shows is always problematic. No one thinks of having a fast queue for drinks and ready made stuff, an a separate one for cooked food orders. I always get stuck behind the chap who asks the slowest server for half a dozen cooked meals, which delivered to him, after being cooked, whilst the queue stretches thrice round the exhibition hall
I have a memory that some time in the past a Magazine did a special Pullman car much like this, may have been 16mm Society or Garden Rail was I think produced by IP but memory fades! Perhaps someone else remembers this and has the time to research the mag. Most of my back numbers have been trashed now.