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I guess Barry is still flat out on the floor, after seeing those prices for the "hanging trains". For a start, you have to cash out about $ 2,000. OK, it is hand crafted, but actually nothing else than good old tin plate trains, nicely done. I still tinker with my ideas of converting to O scale. That Lenz starter set is just too tempting... Here is the story behind all ideas: Hanstedten-West is a BLT set somewhere in northern Germany in the early 1960s. The line is a short one, just connecting the mainline station of Hanstedten with the little town some miles away. Traffic is low on this line, just a daily local freight train, consisting of 3 cars and pulled by one of those infamous Köf Diesel shunters, serving the local trade and industry. Yes, there is some passenger service as well, about a handful of trains, taking kids to school and workers to their work. These trains are usually made up of a "Schienenbus" (rail car), affectionately dubbed "red buzzer" due to the distinct noise it makes. Occasionally, when the rail car is in for maintenance, the train will be a class 64 2-6-2 T, pulling a two old 4-wheeled coaches nicknamed thunder-boxes, and a freight car. More and more traffic is lost to the roads, and the line is earmarked for closure, following Dr. Seebohm´s ideas of improving transport in rural areas by applying the Beeching axe. <a href="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/Hanstedten-WestInegativ.jpg"><img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/Hanstedten-WestInegativ.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> Supper time is coming up - I think I´ll go for a big serving of Petra´s Dutch beef stew - that´s chunks of beef, onions, potatoes, carrots and lots of spices all boiled in a broth - delicious together with a glass of [B]! TTFN!
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