Dit jaar weer naar Rail geweest. De modelbanen waren verdeeld over de hallen en zo ontstond er meer afwisseling tussen de modelbanen en verkoopkraampjes. Om eerlijk te zijn vond ik Rail ook dit jaar weer wat tegenvallen. Er zaten schitterende banen tussen, vooral in de eerste hal. Maar niet alles in de andere hallen kon mij bekoren en heb ik dan ook overgeslagen. En ook het aantal banen leek minder dan voorgaande jaren. Toch ben ik meerdere uurtjes onder de pannen geweest. Veel gezien, gesnuffeld en gefotografeerd en nog wat inkopen gedaan voor mijn eigen N-baan.

This year I went to Rail again. The layouts were divided over the three halls. This resulted in a bigger variation between layouts and sales stalls. To be honest I, found Rail a bit disappointing again this year. There were beautiful layouts, mainly in the furst hall. But not everything appealed to me, especially the other two halls were a bit disappointing. And also the number of layouts seemed less than previous years. Still, I spend several hours at Rail. Seen a lot, photographed a lot and spend some time trying to find models for my own N-gauge layout.

"steam" comes out if you add fluid to the smokestack.

This N scale layout will be for sale on Ebay in November. It can be DC or DCC.

New projects coming all through next year...

Big City Layout in Nscale. Any city USA

Floor to ceiling logging layout in Nscale & Zscale. Will stand six feet tall. With scenery starting at six inches from the floor.

HO: Amusement park layout with functioning attractions.

Nscale: Round turning layout that slowly spins as the trains travel through cities, deserts, and forests.

Two new videos coming to Youtube in November! One a really cool custom project, and the other will be for Sale on Ebay.

www.youtube.com/user/PremiereModelLayouts?feature=mhee

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Non DCC equipped locos pose for a roster shot on the SMRS HO scale club layout

My friend John is a model railroader and invited me to photograph some of his trains and layout.

Model Trains

And not because of a fire from the looks of all those stumps.

After the train ride, all passengers were allowed free admission into the model train museum... which had a pretty incredible set up. A massive display with tunnels and buildings of all sorts, and which (someone said) cost $200,000 to put together.

a mysterious scrapbook given to me by Flickrer What Makes the Pie Shops Tick?; nearly everything in it is about model trains!

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Locomotora 5116 de Fc del E con su tren lastrero

Glad I made it in to see the two model trains...with special cargo!

Inter Action Hobbies Welding

A full view of this model. Sitting on the diorama I built.

Modeltrains meetup.

Weathered Atlas HO scale ACF 4650 centerflow covered hopper. Engelhard ACFX 47478

Japan Model Railroad

I've got my money on the one with the yellow trim.

From the BSMRM Open House 2011

Atlas locomotive, Woodland Scenics snow.

Marklin. # 3000. 1/87. boite d'origine. X2

check the collector's site:

www.flickr.com/rails

The Park View Layout c1990. About 11ft x 8ft, minimum radius for running lines 3ft, maximum train length Main Terminus seven Mark Ones, Branch - four coaches. Note doorway opening into room, bottom right. High level branch terminus top left. Main terminus intermediate level top right. Intermediate station and loco facilities bottom at an intermediate low level. Hidden sidings and reversing loop at lowest level top right. No continuous run!

Artitec 487.051.10 scale H0 1:87. In 1970 a completely new generation of DAF trucks saw the light of day. The F1600 - F2000 series is characterised by tilting cabs, allowing quick and easy maintenance of the engines. After facelifts in 1982 and 1987 this DAF series would remain in production to 1995.

La 269 de Renfe Mercancías amb un petit tren de contenidors.

ESP: La 269 de Renfe Mercancías, con un pequeño tren de contenedores.

Pulled by the speeding blurred locomotive. Set up every Christmas by nearby neighbors. iPhone 8+ photo.

DAF cab 64, Artitec item number 48703202. H0 scale, 1:87.

Bachmann (Spectrum) GE 45 ton switcher

When you are seized with Märklin trains as a boy, it follows you for life. I started with a single and currently has over 50 beautiful items, metal models, no plastic bits. It requires a little extra to lubricate, maintain and run but it's a nice hobby.

Let's play :-)

HOTrak Model Trains (Feb)

model train, single Metz Flash