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Press info Model railway layouts/Faszination Modellbau Friedrichshafen 2015/12.08.2015
Introducing: The Model Railway Layouts at
Faszination Modellbau Friedrichshafen 2015:
Gauge IIm: Garden railway club from Pirmasens
IIm or "G" is the gauge used by the Gartenbahner Südwest club. As the name
suggests, model railways in this gauge can usually be found out in the open, or
more specifically, in gardens.
The theme of their layout is the good old days when narrow gauge railways
connected even the most distant valleys with the rest of the world. However they
don't shy away from excursions into more modern times, adding spice to the
appeal of the railway.
With rolling stock by Piko, Brawa and of course LGB the trains run in the
Friedrichshafen hall on a flexibly constructed layout.
Operator: Gartenbahner Südwest e.V., Pirmasens
Layout size: 15.00 m x 14.00 metres
Themr: "Romantic European cross-border light railway"
Gauge 1: "Rissnitz" station
"Rissnitz" station acts as a basis for the construction of various layout versions in
different sizes. The station can serve as a junction for several side lines, but also
as a train halt on a double-track main line. At Friedrichshafen 2015 the station
lies on a single main track with its assigned railway depot and a secondary line
that leads to the rural station of "Fügbeck"
As rolling stock there will be current vehicles by well-known large series
manufacturers as well as self-built models, but also older models from the
Potsdam "Neuer Garten" layout built several years ago.
More information on the Potsdam layout, which existed in the 1950s and 60s, as
well as the current gauge 1 Leipzig layout, can be found at www.spur1leipzig.de.
Operator: MEV "Friedrich List" Leipzig e.V., Leipzig
Layout size: 16.00 m x 5.00 metres
Theme: Rissnitz station
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Gauge 1: "From Lingen to Gefrees"
This layout depicts the railway line from Lingen to Gefrees and is set in eras III
to IV.
The modules have various sizes: 2 x 120 cm long, 2 x 150 cm and 1 x 90 cm.
The industrial and the country scenes each have a length of 630 cm and are 97
cm wide. The layout has a metal base construction that clicks into place in just a
few minutes and now also holds attachments for the sky backdrop and black
fleece drapes.
The curved modules have a track radius of 2550mm and 2700mm (HEGOB
tracks). The coaling plant is based on original examples in Ottenberg and Rheine.
The coal bunkers and wagons are self-built out of brass and Plasticard sheets,
the mines are a wooden construction covered with tile motive. The sand tower
and gantry cranes are also self-built. First a scale drawing is made, then the
brass parts cut out, folded and welded. The buildings (modelled on originals in
Lingen) consist of wooden walls onto which wall panels are glued. Switches and
signals are controlled via an ECoS central unit .
Operator: Leuvense Spooreen Vrienden, Belgien-Holsbeek
Layout size: 13.00 m x 6.00 m
Theme: From Lingen to Gefrees
Gauge 0e: The Stadtoldendorf Gypsum Railway
The 0e model of the Stadtoldendorf Gypsum Railway shows the mining,
processing and transport of gypsum from the quarry to the gypsum works right
up to the loading of the finished product. All these operations comply with the
actual events on the line which ran until 1958. Buildings as well as the vehicles
were, where possible, reproduced using the original construction drawings or
copied and scaled from old photos. A special feature of the layout is a replica of
the brake incline with which the narrow-gauge wagons are drawn up to the level
of the federal railway tracks. Four or five engine drivers will control the locos
digitally, while the crossover points and coupling have to be operated by hand.
Operator: Modellbahn-Club Holzminden
Layout size: 11 x 8 metres
Theme: The Stadtoldendorf Gypsum Railway
Gauge TT: "Gotthard Railway - North ramp"
This layout is modelled on the north ramp of the Gotthard Railway between
Gurtnellen-Wassen and Göschenen with the north entrance of the Gotthard
tunnel, in the Reuss valley in Swiss canton Uri. This stretch is part of the Basel Milan connection which was opened in 1882.
The club was founded in 1969 and work on the layout started soon afterwards.
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The model railway is 16 metres long, 2 metres wide and up to 2.3 metres high.
On these 32 square metres of surface area are about 250 metres of track and 12
metres of narrow gauge track (the Furka Oberalp Railway). The trains have to
master a difference in altitude of 70 cm. The layout is in gauge TT and consists
of 22 segments and detachable mountain tops. The scenery depicts the 1960s,
while the rolling stock overlaps the eras, beginning with the Limmat, the first
Swiss locomotive, right up to the modern IC. As none of the club members had
ever seen the original railway, the layout and self-made buildings were
constructed solely from photos. As there were no models of Swiss trains in
Eastern Germany at that time, the approx. 90 locomotives and around half the
waggons as well as the complete electronic controls were all self-made. Not until
a few years ago was it possible to fall back on industrial models by various
manufacturers.
Operator: TT-Modellbahnverein "Gotthardbahn", Leipzig
Layout size: 16.00 m x 2.00 m
Theme: Mountain layout modelled on the Gotthard Railway north ramp
Gauge TT: On the way with Theodor Kunz in Saxony
This layout depicts numerous details from the age of the German Reichsbahn,
the railway era III/IV. Apart from the long mainline track, stretching the full 30
metres of the layout, the splendid main station with its great entrance hall and
generous siding area are an impressive sight.
From the main station two branch tracks lead through various towns to their
terminal stations, from where a mine and a sawmill, each with their appropriate
goods wagons, are served. A narrow gauge railway brings tourists to a hiking
region. The landscape is modelled on the countryside of Saxony.
Operator: MEC "Theodor Kunz" Pirna e.V., Pirna
Layout size: 13.00 m x 6.00 m
Theme: Details from the era of the German Reichsbahn
Gauge N: "Gotthard Railway - South ramp"
This layout depicts one of the most beautiful stretches of railway in the world,
the Gotthard Railway south ramp. After passing through the 15 km long Gotthard
tunnel the train reaches Airolo station. It was not possible to reproduce a
complete replica of the original line as a transportable exhibition layout, but the
constructors have managed to feature all the scenic highlights of the journey.
Shell construction was completed in two phases. The first instalment depicted
Airolo down to the Prato helical tunnel. In 1996 the second phase began, with
landscape work evolving simultaneously during both stages.
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Operator: Interest group Gotthard Railway south ramp Leipzig
Layout size: 20.00 m x 2.20 m
Theme: Replica of the stretch Airolo-Biascina (Switzerland)
Gauge N: "Arlberg"
Single track stretch of the Arlberg Railway with 2 reversing loops and Pians
interchange station with analogue controls. The pride of the club are the modules
with true-to-original motives of the eastern ramp of the Arlberg railway line. This
impressively detailed model depicts the following stretches of this legendary
railway:
Schmidtobel tunnel & viaduct, Weinzierl tunnel, Trisanna bridge and Wiesberg
castle; 3-track station at Pians, 4.5 metres long, Engelwand tunnel & Engelwand
bridge; Burgfried viaduct, Wolfsgruberbach viaduct.
The total layout includes 3 stations (Langen, Braz and Pians) as well as the
passing point Hintergasse. Altogether over 100m of track have been laid in hours
of dedicated work to depict the single track line in meticulous detail. Some
27,000 mainly hand-made trees are included on the layout. Most of the trains in
operation are replicas of the Austrian Federal Railway, though some other models
can be seen on the layout.
Operator: N-Spur.at
Layout size: 17 x 4 m
Theme: Replica of a stretch of the Arlberg Railway in gauge N
Gauge N: "Around Lindau"
At present the layout consists of 27 individual modules. These modules depict
sections of the single-track Lake Constance Belt Railway and the double-track
Allgäu Railway. The layout reflects the condition of the railway in the 80s, before
the dismantling of numerous switch points and branch lines. During construction
the club attached great importance to detailed and true-to-original reproduction
of the genuine railway but also on consistent re-enactment of the whole layout.
And so they have modelled scenery depicting vineyards and fruit orchards along
the way and of course a section of the banks of Lake Constance can be seen. The
modules are digitally controlled and constructed according to club specifications.
Operator: Stiftung Bahn-Sozialwerk, Model railway group Lindau
Layout size: 13 x 9 m
Theme: Allgäu Railway and Lake Constance Belt Railway around Lindau
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Gauge Z:
The Z-Club International are cooperating with the Z-Freunde International to
present a selection of model railway layouts in the smallest construction gauge Z,
in a scale of 1:220.
Operator: Z-Club International & Z-Freunde International, Stuttgart
Layout size: 11 x 6 m
Gauge H0: "Lac du Bourget"
Displayed for only the second time ever in Germany, the model railway layout by
the "Club Modelisme Ferroviaire d'Albens" from Albens in France in scale 1:87
(H0) depicts a section of the railway line Paris - Rome, along the banks of the
"Lac du Bourget" to the north of Aix les Bains, Savoy (France). Express trains
such as the TGW alternate with interesting freight train combinations. Swimming
and bathing scenes in the river add to the attraction of the layout.
The model consists of 7 elements, and it took 5 people a period of three years to
build the layout. The trains that run on the tracks with 12 volt (DC) depict the
era from 1980 up to 2014.
Operator: Club Modéliste Ferroviaire, Frankreich-Albens
Layout size: 18 x 4 m
Theme: Lac du Bourget in the era IV/V
Gauge H0: Alternating current layout 'St. Ingbert-West station'
The model railway layout is set in era IV/V, from around 1969 up to present day.
St. Ingbert-West station is on a double-track mainline, with one platform and
one track in each direction. There is also a loop line which leads to a brewery and
acts as a connection to the interchange station of the direct current layout. The
two loops - one with a reservoir and electric power station, the other with a
quarry with its own siding - both have a fiddle yard with two / four-tracks, so
that the double-track main line is always busy with varying trains in motion.
The complete layout is equipped with a catenary, which enables realistic
operation of electric locomotives. The layout is controlled via an all-relay
interlocking system with block controls on the long track stretches, in analogue
or digital operation.
Operator: Modelleisenbahnclub St. Ingbert e.V., St. Ingbert
Layout size: 14 x 5 m
Theme: St. Ingbert-West station, double-track mainline with platform
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Gauge H0: Module layout according to standards set by Arge
Nordmodul
Since 1985 the club has been working on their layout built according to the
standards of modelling consortium Arge Nordmodul. It is the club's second
project following their popular Berlin Stadtbahn layout which includes the Berlin
television tower.
Initially the layout, which has grown to an impressive 50 metres, consisted of
two terminal loops, two track modules and a small station. At the time, the club's
youth group exhibited the railway for the first time at the Prater in Berlin. After
reunification in 1989 the club soon came into contact with others who also build
according to Nordmodul standards. A particular highlight for them was a joint
exhibition with other clubs at Expo 2000 in Wilhelmshaven.
Since then the modules have been further developed and renewed bit by bit,
with the addition of single-track connectors. This enables club members to
connect single track elements from their own private railways to the layout,
adding to the diversity of activities on the tracks.
Operator: Verein für Berlin Brandenburgische Stadtbahngeschichte e.V., Berlin
Layout size: 21 x 7 m
Theme: Module layout according to Arge Nordmodul standards
Gauge H0: "Burgstein"
This segment layout with Märklin Digital system consists at the moment of16
segments. It is constructed in a U-shape and depicts the eras 4 - 6,but trains
from era 3 can also be seen.
The double-track mainline with catenary and branch line to a goods loading
station has a total track length of around 30 metres. The beautifully detailed
segments are mountedona stable substructure. The themes of the various
segments are for example a three-track main station with sidings, a bridge, a
corner segment (winter scene), a loop with horse stables, a loop with castle ruins
and a helicopter landing pad, as well as a goods station with loading point.
The newest additions are thebridge segment over a gorge and a new corner
segment with a winter landscape, as well as a track segment showing a typical
farmhouse scene in the Allgäu region.
The layout is lit up and the houses have been distressed to look old. Some 300
trees and bushes and 200 figures have been used. The layout is operated with a
Central Station CS1 and the rolling stock is mainly by Märklin, but also Piko,
Brawaand Roco.
Operator: Modellbahnteam Bodensee
Layout size: 8.5 x 3.5 metres
Theme: Segment layoutBurgstein
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Gauge HO: Layout based on the Nord module system
The layout built by the Modulbahnfreunde Ladenburg e.V. measures 18 x 5
metres. The rolling stock is by firms such as Märklin, Roco, Liliput, Trix,
Fleischmann, Rail Ad and others. The standardised modules can be combined in
almost any desired order. The railway layout in scale 1:87 (H0) is individually
compiled for exhibitions and constructed with up to 168 modules.Trains can be
run as required in two- or three-conductoroperation, and also with analogue or
digital controls. The length and width between the end pieces as well as the
design of the module are determined by the constructors themselves. This form
of building saves space and offers boundless variety.
Highlights of the layout include a football stadium, a module with a Faller Car
System, and a brickyard with light railway.
Operator: Modulbaufreunde Ladenburg e. V.
Layout size: 18 x 5 metres
Theme: Module system
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