Pottendorf

 Not quite a Micro but smaller than most

Pottendorf was at the end of a quiet line in Oberfranken, Bavaria. Built on two 120cm lightweight boards and a third storage board, all from Grainge and Hodder. Ideally suited for either analog or DCC, the storage board used cassettes. 

Most buildings were sourced from Pola, track was Peco code 75.

Alt Warnow

 Alt Warnow- Dr Franz Kitting

A computer render based on Alt Warnow

from Pennula

Dorf Stargard Waldstätten

Dorf Stargard Waldstätten - Marc Schäfer

Ultra simple diorama 100cm x 29cm plus storage board - MIBA Special 91

 

 

Behind the scenes

  

Ackendorf - an alternative station 

Based on a card kit from MaKaMo 

By the sea - 1

Neil Rushby’s truly excellent Shell Island could be repurposed for almost any location, maybe the Baltic or North Sea by swapping the buildings and rolling stock. 

Suitable German maritime locations

Sylt - The island is connected to the mainland rail system by a causeway, the station at Westerland is extensive but maybe a spur down to a very small harbour 

Juist Inselbahn 

This, the first motorised island metre gauge railway of Germany, was a 2.8 km long metre-gauge single track line connecting the East Frisian island of Juist (pronounced 'you-st') across the mudflats which lasted from 1898 to 1982. 

In 1898 a horse tram began, in June the following year the first petrol powered 12-hp loco Ricklief began operation along with two luggage vans and two new passenger cars. The second loco Adolf, with double the horespower began in 1902. The third loco arrived in 1913 and the fourth in 1925; the latter was concerted to diesel in 1935. The same year a crude oil loco was put into service. 

After WW2 a new loco Heinrich arrived in 1952. In 1958 the first railcar came and in 1959 and 1961 three more. All were built by the Waggonfabrik Talbot and carried the classifications Eifel or Schleswig. Simultaneously old passenger cars were modernised and in the following years numerous goods tanks and flat wagons were added to the fleet. In 1966 came the second to last loco. In 1971 a loco was exchanged with the Wangerooger Inselbahn.  The scenes above date from 1965.

The Talbot railcar T2 2006, acquired in 1959

After the construction of a local port, the railway was closed in 1982.

Langeoog Island

The Langeoog Island Railway is a non-electrified, meter-gauge , single-track narrow-gauge railway on the East Frisian island of Langeoog, the 2.6-km-long island railway connects the ferry port with the town of Langeoog.

Lüttmoorsiel-Nordstrandischmoor island railway

The 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) narrow gauge railway was built in 1933/1934 from Cecilienkoog to Nordstrandischmoor in order to transport construction material for the sea defences. 

There are two ICE locomotives, goods wagons for construction work and two construction wagons (Bauwagen), which provide shelter for the workers during construction work.

Rugen

The Rügen narrow-gauge railway (German: Rügensche Bäderbahn, formerly Rügensche Kleinbahn or RüKB) – nicknamed Rasender Roland ("Raging Roland") – is a steam-powered narrow-gauge railway that runs from Putbus by way of Binz, Sellin, and Baabe to Göhren on the island of Rügen off the Baltic coast in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

 

 

Allzunah - minimal Thuringia

Allzunah is the only station on the Frauenwald line on the Rennsteig in Thuringia, thankfully Modellbau-Laffont offer a simple card kit of the building, you can order in the online-shop, click here

Minimum order value is 19,90 EUR. Shipping to GB is 6,90 EUR.

Allzunah with original track plan superimposed 

The Frauenwaldbahn or Die Laura

The layout is based upon a Kleinbahn that was originally, a short line, in this case only almost 7km (4.3 miles) to Frauenwald. it was a standard gauge line that was served by tiny trains and lasted from 1913 to 1965.  Due to the topography the station at Rennsteig was a 'Spitzkehren bahnhof' or 'hairpin station' where the train changes direction. The railway had to meet the transport needs of the predominantly rural structure of the area

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The railcar shown below was employed until WW2, although a 0-4-0 tank loco with road number 5 plus passenger cars and goods cars was also employed. This loco was supplemented by one obtained from the Kleinbahn Neuhaldensleben–Weferlingen former roadbed is accessible today as a Wanderweg 

In the early 1950s, tourism in Thuringia increased sharply and in 1952, excursion trains from Berlin were sent to Frauenwald for the first time. At Ilmenau the train consisting of four express train cars was split. Three cars were transported from Ilmenau to Frauenwald whilst the others continued over the Rennsteig to Schmiedefeld. In 1960, the last of the small steam locos was retired and replaced by a diesel locomotives of the V15 and V36 series that ran until the closure. 

 

Stock 

Only for Ep2 

 

1952-60

1959-65

To be completed