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The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3 Locked

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 10, 2018 4:04 PM

All the station track has been laid. What's left to do here is the engine service area.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 10, 2018 6:10 PM

Here's the first track into the engine service facility:

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Sunday, November 11, 2018 6:55 PM

ere we go, the very first video of the Breitenbach to Rosenheim Railroad Version 3! I spent the day installing a temporary DCC bus so I can run a train from Bad Adomeit to the West staging yard and back. 

The train is a typical commuter train of the sixties. I hope you'll enjoy watching this!

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Posted by Tinplate Toddler on Sunday, November 11, 2018 8:13 PM

Thanks, Mike, for posting this video!

It brings back a lot of memories from childhood days, when we lived in Rheydt. My dad took me to the train station on Saturdays, where we could see the DB class 24, equipped with the smaller Witte smoke deflectors, pulling a string of "Umbauwagen" - just like in your video. By 1966, the last one of this nippy little engines was taken out of service and sent to the scrapper. 2 are preserved, but none of them in operating condition.

 

Happy times!

Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)

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Posted by hon30critter on Sunday, November 11, 2018 10:02 PM

Interesting video Michael.

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

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Posted by Edsland on Monday, November 12, 2018 5:17 AM

Awesome video, always nice to see a train run over new track

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 15, 2018 4:32 PM

Today I have cleared the benchwork where the town of Rosenheim will be built:

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Friday, November 16, 2018 1:23 PM

I just went and bought the plywood for Rosenheim:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Friday, November 16, 2018 4:55 PM

Not much to see yet but it's a beginning:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 17, 2018 12:31 PM

While I'm working on the Rosenheim station a shipment of signals came in:

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 17, 2018 6:13 PM

After a long day of work most of the Rosenheim station has been laid out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Sunday, November 18, 2018 3:14 PM

I've added the wide curve that will run underneath the Rosenheim station:

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 4:22 PM

The world is still flat at the Rosenheim station but at least all the roadbed has been cut out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 22, 2018 10:12 AM

The first few risers are in place:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 22, 2018 2:17 PM

Luckily I didn't forget that staging yard underneath Rosenheim. I hate the location I had to put it, wish I had more space...

 

 

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Posted by tedtedderson on Thursday, November 22, 2018 2:24 PM

michaelrose55

 ...wish I had more space...

Sorry.  I had to laugh at this.  Big Smile

 

T e d

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 22, 2018 5:19 PM

tedtedderson

 

 
michaelrose55

 ...wish I had more space...

 

 

Sorry.  I had to laugh at this.  Big Smile

 

T e d

 

I'm glad you think this is funny Big Smile!

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 22, 2018 5:23 PM

I glued foamboard on top of the plywood in preparation for the staging tracks:

 

I also installed roadbed and painted it so I can lay track before the Rosenheim station gets installed on top:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Friday, November 23, 2018 2:28 PM

I've laid the staging yard track:

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Friday, November 23, 2018 5:20 PM

Now the mainline underneath Rosenheim has gotten it's track as well:

 

 

As always I took pictures with a train:

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 24, 2018 10:02 AM

The first piece of the Rosenheim station is up!

 

 

Two shots across the room:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 24, 2018 1:43 PM

Rosenheim is growing...

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Saturday, November 24, 2018 4:18 PM

It's done! All of the Rosenheim subroadbed is glued in place:

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Sunday, November 25, 2018 11:05 AM

I spent the morning gluing down 142 pieces of roadbed. That completes the first layer. The second layer will take a bit longer because I'll have to laser the parts first.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Sunday, November 25, 2018 6:08 PM

I have started to add the second layer of roadbed, starting with the ramp:

 

Next came the left side of the station which meant drilling holes for 12 switch machines as well:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Monday, November 26, 2018 6:07 PM

About 3/4 of the Rosenheim station is finished:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:53 PM

I've done it, the Rosenheim station is complete! Tomorrow I will seal and paint the roadbed, then the track laying can begin smiley.

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 1:31 PM

Everything has been sealed and painted:

 

 

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 5:07 PM

The paint has dried, I'm again laying track:

 

 

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Posted by michaelrose55 on Thursday, November 29, 2018 5:12 PM

The ramp up to Rosenheim is complete:

 

 

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