I've added another staging track for a short freight train:
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
The second track of the day:
First new train today is a nice German coal train pulled by a class 44 steam engine:
I've added track for another freight train, pulled by an E75 electric locomotive.
Today turns out to be a productive day for me. I added another parking spot, this time for a passenger train with an electric E10 locomotive at the front:
Another day, another train:
During my lunch break I added track for another train:
And here's an overview of what we have so far:
Here comes the afternoon commuter train:
I added another train again this morning:
The second train of the day is a Swiss TEE that normally doesn't belong on German tracks but I'll just ignore the prototype in this case and run it anyway because it's so pretty:
One more:
...and an overview picture:
I really love those TEE trains... Here's another one, of Swiss origin again:
The next new train is a short freight:
The third train today is a passenger train pulled by a class E32 electric locomotive:
EdslandGreat looking trains
Glad you like them!
My wife kept me busy until now but at last here is the first train of the day:
Train number two:
I've added the track that leads into the staging yard. The next step will be getting some plywood and continuing the five staging tracks at the back into the layout room.
What are the big gaps, without ties, between some of your tracks?
Brian
My Layout Plan
Interesting new Plan Consideration
railandsail What are the big gaps, without ties, between some of your tracks?
I cut off 4 ties at every end to make it easier to troubleshoot the track in the future if something happens. This way you can move the rail joiners if you have to replace a piece of track or - more likely - a turnout. In the staging area looks don't count.
After getting some plywood yesterday I managed to get the first piece cut so I can extend the staging yard into the layout room. Tomorrow I will cut the remaining pieces and the necessary supports and hopefully screw and glue it all in place.
This should be enough space to park another few trains:
I cut the supports, glued them in place and screwed the plywood on top. Now I need a layer of foamboard and then the track can come!
The layout is really shaping up quick, looking forward to seeing some trains out in the layout room.
I added a layer of foamboard. Now I'm ready for more track!
Hey Michael-
Did you post a narrative of the locale and era of the latest version of the layout?
Some of us aren't too familiar with European railroads.
Thanks. Keep up the good work.
Robert
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ROBERT PETRICK Hey Michael- Did you post a narrative of the locale and era of the latest version of the layout? Some of us aren't too familiar with European railroads. Thanks. Keep up the good work. Robert
Robert,
the layout is completely freelanced, no reference to any existing towns or stations in Germany. Rolling stock is a mix of era III and IV which means roughly from the fifties to the seventies. Locale is somewhere in the middle of Germany where you have mostly hilly country.
Freelance or not, they sure are great looking trains
They sure are.
Hello Michael. Is your rolling stock Fleischman and Roco?
If freelanced, is there any signifigance to the Breitenbach and Rosenheim name?
Frank