Valkenveld, Elmslohe and other Model Railway Adventures: Almost ready for the shows

Montag, 29. Oktober 2018

Almost ready for the shows

The images show the state of Valkenveld before the two upcoming shows: the jubilee event of the MSC Malbak in Blaricum on 3-4 November and EUROSPOOR in Utrecht on 9-11 November. Obviously without rolling stock, cars, people and all the nitty gritty details that will be arranged at the events.

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About this blog

This blog covers the evolution of my H0, H0e (and N) scale model railroading projects.

My VALKENVELD shelf layout is a 150 x 30 cm H0 switching layout based on the classic "Inglenook" concept. It's the 1960's in the fictional town of Valkenveld in The Netherlands. The layout resembles a small yard on a freight-only shortline serving several industries. The layout was exhibited already a couple of times, for example twice at EUROSPOOR in Utrecht (2016 and 2018), at the MTD event in Belgium (2019) and at OMC Hilversum club events.

I am working on two projects at the moment. ELMSLOHE represents a shortline terminus in Northern Germany in the 1960s. The L-shaped layout is 250 x 110 cm plus a fiddle yard.

My other project is KIESGRUBE KLIEBEN, an industrial narrow gauge line of 760mm (H0e) serving a gravel pit. The micro-layout is just 75 x 30cm, thereby fitting into an Ikea Billy shelf. It allows some switching, following my concept of short operation sessions "at the flick of a switch".

I believe that in model railroading "small is beautiful" and can provide lots of building and operational fun. I am therefore particularly interested in small and micro layouts, shelf layouts and switching layouts

See also my Flickr stream on www.flickr.com/photos/dietermarquardt