Valkenveld, Elmslohe and other Model Railway Adventures: Day 1 at Eurospoor is done, 2 more to go

Freitag, 9. November 2018

Day 1 at Eurospoor is done, 2 more to go

Day 1 at Eurospoor in Utrecht has been great fun with lots of switching activity in Valkenveld, Looseinde and Ergernisse and lots of great discussions with other railfans. If you missed it, you still have a chance to visit us tomorrow and on Sunday in hall 3, stand 3 E 036. Here some impressions:

Overview of the modular layout just before opening.

Valkenveld is ready for lots of switching action.

Secret back view.

NS 2437 switches in Valkenveld

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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