The Building of a Model Railway
I am building a model of a Swiss Alpine railway, based on the RhätischeBahn in Graübunden Canton in south-east Switzerland. It is quite a challenge for someone who has been making model railways since childhood but always English, always in 00 gauge and never with overhead electrification. I hope you enjoy following these challenges!
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Innsdorf at the Stamford Show
It is now a week since I came home from the Market Deeping Model Railway Club’s Stamford Model Railway Show and my knees still ache from standing around Innsdorf all day for two days! It was well worth it. Innsdorf rose to the challenge and was quite popular with visitors. The youngsters loved the quiz…
Off to the Show
So, all is ready! The layout is in complete working order and very presentable, all locomotives have been serviced and all track cleaned. The curtains to go around the underside of the baseboards have been made and are ready to hang, and I even have a Swiss flag to hang at the centre to hide…
A Critical Factor
The moment of truth! An important aspect of preparation for exhibiting the portable section of the layout was how I was to transport it. I had carefully measured the layout boards and the loadspace in our new Ford Puma Gen-E and it seemed that it would fit, but I did not want to await the…
Web links:
Market Deeping Model Railway Club www.mdmrc.org
Swiss Railways Society swissrailsoc.org.uk
Mark’s Rail Adventures www.mwtrips.co.uk
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