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modell-railway-fan		#51 Posted : 07 March 2013 12:22:28(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/03/2013(UTC) Posts: 22		Hallo again, Here two other historical pictures of the Faller B-126: This was the signal tower of my home town Darmstadt. Description and more pictures: http://www.modelleisenba...ellwerk-darmstadt-b-126/ Best Regards from Germany Wolfgang - nodawo
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steventrain		#52 Posted : 07 March 2013 18:20:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,667 Location: United Kingdom		Excellent pictures. Also Welcome to the forum, Wolfgang.
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petestra		#53 Posted : 07 March 2013 20:52:50(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/07/2009(UTC) Posts: 5,861 Location: Leesburg,VA.USA		Great photo, Wolfgang. I really love old black and white German railway photos. I have been to Darmstadt many times. Cheers,Peter
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kweekalot		#54 Posted : 08 March 2013 08:26:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		Hi Wolfgang, Once again, fantastic photos !! We have a lot of Faller enthusiasts here on the forum which you are doing a big favor . Thanks for sharing ! Marco
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Fallerfreak		#55 Posted : 16 March 2013 19:35:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/11/2012(UTC) Posts: 97 Location: Faller City		Interesting to see a US original to a Faller house! And Fluelen is magnificent!
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kweekalot		#56 Posted : 29 August 2013 20:24:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		Not really a 100% real prototype, but Faller super cult model B-905 has a look-alike 1:1 building in Holland, right next to the A13 freeway at Rotterdam-Overschie, with the same Mercedes star logo on top of the roof. Difficult to photograph, I tried it yesterday from my car while driving at 100 km/h. I think the Faller model received it's spinning Mercedes star in 1970 and in previous years the B-905 kit has no spinning company symbols. Marco
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Fallerfreak		#57 Posted : 29 August 2013 22:39:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/11/2012(UTC) Posts: 97 Location: Faller City		Nice photo Kweekalot! The MB-star is 100% Faller! But I think the prototype for Faller B-905 is their own factory in Gutenbach, even if it's not an exact copy of that building.
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kweekalot		#58 Posted : 24 September 2016 23:54:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		I was blown off my chair today when I found this old picture on FAM of the original Villa in Ambri - Lugano - Switzerland, aka the Villa im Tessin. (As was already often discussed on the forum ... in the early 60s Hermann Faller built a 1:1 copy of this Villa in Gutenbach and in 1961 it came also in the Faller program as the legendary cult model B-271 (till 1984) and has now in September 2016 returned in the program in the classic series as #109271). (Link to the article: LINK) Marco
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xxup		#59 Posted : 25 September 2016 00:31:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,511 Location: Australia		Wow! Does that villa still exist? I remember being told that countries with heavy snow need a steeply pitched roof so that the snow does not build up on the roof. Perhaps this is in a place where snow does not fall in Switzerland?
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kweekalot		#60 Posted : 25 September 2016 00:45:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		Yes, the Original Tessin villa still exist. You can find it on Google Maps. And much to my astonishment ... there is also a 1:1 copy in Paramaribo - Suriname, the place where my FD was born (last picture)
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kweekalot		#61 Posted : 25 September 2016 00:58:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		And now that we are talking about B-271 ... the best photo's I ever saw of the model, were recently posted on FAM by a modeller named Mathias ...
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rmsailor		#62 Posted : 25 September 2016 09:42:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 570 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife		It is perhaps unfortunate that the Facebook site "Faller and Friends" is no longer longer operational. A lot of interesting photos were posted there. The official Faller company site is of course still running. Bob M.
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kweekalot		#63 Posted : 25 September 2016 12:33:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		Haha, I was me that created that FB group. (My FB screenname is Thomas). The group has about 100 members, but there is not much activity. In the beginning I tried really hard to get things going, but I can not just do that alone, you know ...
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rmsailor		#64 Posted : 25 September 2016 14:21:15(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 570 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife		Originally Posted by: kweekalot Haha, I was me that created that FB group. (My FB screenname is Thomas). The group has about 100 members, but there is not much activity. In the beginning I tried really hard to get things going, but I can not just do that alone, you know ... Hi Thomas, I did submit a photo of the above house to the site, though mine is not as good as that example and I did enjoy visiting it. However if somebody finds being an administrator too much I cannot really complain. It is not a job you get payed for and I am not volunteering to take it over. Bob M.
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kweekalot		#65 Posted : 25 September 2016 15:04:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		Hi Bob, Have you visited the Tessin Villa ? That must have been great. I've never seen your pics on the Faller FB group ... maybe due to my poor eyes. Marco BTW, I never said that being the admin of that group is to much for me.
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kweekalot		#66 Posted : 30 December 2016 22:25:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		Another good read with very nice pics of the Original B-271 Villa in Ambrì, Tessin can be found here: http://www.academia.edu/...ldo_and_Alberto_Guscetti
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Jabez		#67 Posted : 31 December 2016 03:02:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 30/08/2016(UTC) Posts: 636 Location: Brussels		Originally Posted by: Fallerfreak Faller re-issued this model as ¨Hotel Prague ¨in their TT-assortment No bloody wonder. It's so ugly. Beautiful Prague has had so many modern monstrosities visited upon it.
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kweekalot		#68 Posted : 31 January 2018 01:05:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		Faller B-215 seems to have a 1:1 prototype too, the Autohaus 'Breisgau' in Freiburg Aspik from 1951, now a restaurant. Back in the day the Faller brothers saw this futuristic building on on a family outing, and used it as a model for one of their most successful kits. http://www.moderne-regional.de/autohaus-in-aspik/
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cookee_nz		#69 Posted : 31 January 2018 03:48:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 31/12/2010(UTC) Posts: 3,988 Location: Paremata, Wellington		Originally Posted by: kweekalot Faller B-215 seems to have a 1:1 prototype too, the Autohaus 'Breisgau' in Freiburg Aspik from 1951, now a restaurant. Back in the day the Faller brothers saw this futuristic building on on a family outing, and used it as a model for one of their most successful kits. (snip) Thanks Marco, I just LOVE these stories referring to the inspiration for some of their models. Going in reverse, I have often held a dream of building in real life a house based on a model, I think one of my favourites is this one Probably totally impractical for NZ and would need a significant Architect makeover but I still like it
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kweekalot		#70 Posted : 31 January 2018 08:07:35(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 3,472 Location: Holland		Originally Posted by: cookee_nz Probably totally impractical for NZ and would need a significant Architect makeover but I still like it Maybe you can ask Leopold Messmer ? He is the (now 89 year old) architect that did the architect makeover of the 1:1 Gutenbach FALLER villa in 1961-63 and developed the Faller 1;87 model as well (both after the original design of the Guscetti brothers who made the Tessin Villa). Recently Leopold Messmer signed 25 kits of the Villa in Tessin. These specially signed kits are used for crowdfunding, so a film can be made to show the people and stories behind the houses. See also the Faller website: https://www.faller.de/Ap...e-Architekturmuseum.html
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Soest		#71 Posted : 23 February 2018 23:42:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 201 Location: Ottawa, Ontario		Thanks, Fallerfreak. Your picture of the Durer Haus takes me back to many trips to Nurnberg. For those who visit the house and are thirsty, right next to it is the Gastatte Schranke, locally known as "Schlenkerla" where one can consume smoked beer brewed in nearby Bamberg. I used to celebrate my Marklin purchases there with a couple of these regional special beers. Lovely view of the castle and the Tier Gartener Tor. Mike
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Jimmy Thompson		#72 Posted : 21 May 2020 22:04:57(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		I may be really, really, stretching the imagination but what think you of this? Just stumbled across these pictures and wondered if Gebr. Faller had something like this in mind for: B-91 and still to this day as 110091 "Hintertupfingen" (Way in the back of beyond, rustic, rural ) https://bahnbauten-h0.blogspot.c...nkt-hintertupfingen.html And this in real life Haltestelle Wieblingen (Heidelberg), built the same year as the first appearance of -91 in the Faller catalog (near the bottom of the page): http://www.s197410804.online.de/ABC/ABCBahnhoefe.htm and this in Zeuthen, built ca. 1870s, which is now part of the megalopolis of Berlin (just SE of Brl-Schönfeld) http://www.zeuthenonline.de/lok...e&artid=2&page=1 Am I "pushing the envelope" a bit? They look plausible, but then the Brothers were quite the imaginative group (perhaps I am just trying to make the shoe fit...) Edited by user 22 November 2020 14:07:01(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified
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kimballthurlow		#73 Posted : 22 May 2020 00:30:05(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 18/03/2007(UTC) Posts: 6,725 Location: Brisbane, Australia		Originally Posted by: Jimmy Thompson I may be really, really, stretching the imagination but what think you of this? Just stumbled across these pictures and wondered if Gebr. Faller had something like this in mind for: B-91 and still to this day as 110091 "Hintertupfingen" (Way in the back of beyond, rustic, rural ) ....... Hi Jimmy, That is very plausable. But I wonder why they used the green colour for the brick or block work. Possibly the light weight blocks used in the 1960s were actually green. Kimball
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Jimmy Thompson		#74 Posted : 22 May 2020 00:56:25(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		Quote: Kimball said: "But I wonder why they used the green colour for the brick or block work." I have no idea. The blocks may have had enough traces of copper, maybe? Or that was the colour they had in the shop... Come to think of it, did Faller make any other bahnhof/haltepunkt green? It has not changed in lo these many years. (Green trim and/or accents yes, but all green?)
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Markus Schild		#75 Posted : 22 May 2020 07:37:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Wurttemberg		Hi Jimmy, "Hintertupfingen" is a German description (mostly used in southern Germany) for a fictive, very small, unimportant, and isolated town or village. Some pages show "Timbuktu" as a translation. For me the model looks like a provisional station which was erected very short after WWII to replace a destroyed building. Regards Markus
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Alsterstreek		#76 Posted : 22 May 2020 13:38:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 5,790 Location: Hybrid Home		Faller B-111 - “Bahnhof Neustadt” Bahnhof Goch, Germany Source for both images: www.moderne-regional.de https://commons.wikimedi...e:Gochtrainstation09.JPG
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Jimmy Thompson		#77 Posted : 28 May 2020 12:40:59(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		Quote: kimball asked: "But I wonder why they used the green colour for the brick or block work." (Whisper Mode On I think the interweb has ears... Whisper Mode Off) Faller New Item 2020 (Nr 110204): Edited by user 06 July 2024 00:52:16(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified
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Jimmy Thompson		#78 Posted : 27 December 2020 13:01:18(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		Now would this come under the heading "Bizarro World" or perhaps "Mirror Universe"? https://www.altemodellbahnen.de/...ler-Bahnhof-Neuberg.html And here is a little something wherein the Prototype has modelled the model?? https://www.allianz-pro-schiene....erstdorf/#Carousel-16434 I love it and it may stretch the concept, but "Faller in Real Life"
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PJMärklin		#79 Posted : 28 December 2020 02:34:05(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/12/2013(UTC) Posts: 2,235 Location: Hobart, Australia		Originally Posted by: Jimmy Thompson And here is a little something wherein the Prototype has modelled the model? New meaning to the phrase “reverse engineering” ?
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Jimmy Thompson		#80 Posted : 03 December 2021 15:39:28(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		As an addendum to my post above on the Faller B-94, and I may be stretching the fabric of the thread a bit, but it has a bit of a mirror image look, even if missing the wing roof - so not an exact match, but perhaps an inspiration? Many thanks to eisenbahnstiftung: "Der Haltepunkt Schifferstadt Süd entstand erst nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg im Süden der Stadt nahe dem Schulzentrum. Heute wird in den Richtungen Ludwigshafen/Mannheim und Speyer/Germersheim je halbstündlich von Zügen auf den S-Bahn-Linien S3 und S4 angefahren. Auch halten hier mehrmals täglich in der Hauptverkehrszeit die Regionalbahnen der Linie RB 49 in Richtung Germersheim/Wörth sowie Ludwigshafen BASF. (1956) Foto: BD Mainz, Slg. W. Löckel" ("The Schifferstadt Süd stop was only built after the Second World War in the south of the city near the school center. Today, trains on the S-Bahn lines S3 and S4 arrive every half hour in the directions of Ludwigshafen / Mannheim and Speyer / Germersheim. The regional trains of line RB 49 in the direction of Germersheim / Wörth and Ludwigshafen BASF also stop here several times a day during rush hour. (1956) Photo: BD Mainz, Collection W. Löckel") Cheers!
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cookee_nz		#81 Posted : 18 April 2022 00:26:24(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 31/12/2010(UTC) Posts: 3,988 Location: Paremata, Wellington		Nice to keep this thread bumping along now and then, so here's my leap of faith. I doubt it was inspired by this in real life, but then who knows? What I do know is that it does not require much imagination to harmonize the actual, with this model, and although not specifically incorporated into the Faller AMS (Auto-Motor-Sport) range, it would not be difficult to do. Hotel Belvedere in the Furka Pass, Swiss Alps. Faller Model model B-219, and while the kit has the rounded restaurant offset from the main building, a little kit-bashing would soon fix that A google image search on "Faller 219" will give many other examples including the earlier non-plastic original model in a variety of colours and styles, really a delightful model
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Gleis3601		#82 Posted : 20 April 2022 15:03:27(UTC) Retweet
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Eurobahnfan		#83 Posted : 24 April 2022 22:13:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/08/2008(UTC) Posts: 423 Location: Stockton, CA		While traveling through Italy, I came upon this interesting chapel and always though it would look nice on a layout. Prior to moving back the US, I stumbled across the Faller kit and didn't hesitate to purchase it. After nearly 27 years, it's now in the final phase of construction on a corner "mountain" on the new layout. Faller also produced it as an anniversary model last year, and Trix adorned a MiniTrix freight wagon with the same structure. (I still don't understand why neither Trix nor Maerklin produced an HO version for the occasion.)
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kiwiAlan		#84 Posted : 24 April 2022 23:00:00(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,337 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: Eurobahnfan (I still don't understand why neither Trix nor Maerklin produced an HO version for the occasion.) +1 (or more ... )
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Mark5		#85 Posted : 25 April 2022 09:38:05(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 29/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,421 Location: Montreal, Canada		Originally Posted by: Eurobahnfan While traveling through Italy, I came upon this interesting chapel and always though it would look nice on a layout. Prior to moving back the US, I stumbled across the Faller kit and didn't hesitate to purchase it. After nearly 27 years, it's now in the final phase of construction on a corner "mountain" on the new layout. Faller also produced it as an anniversary model last year, and Trix adorned a MiniTrix freight wagon with the same structure. (I still don't understand why neither Trix nor Maerklin produced an HO version for the occasion.) This is brilliant! Love to see the work IRL that inspired these classic Faller models. I am wondering if we should make a Second thread where we post some of our old models and see if anyone can find corresponding facsimiles of the model IRL and see what people can manage to find, or might have already found. I have a handful of the factory made stations, somewhat large, and several other models that I find remarkable lovely, especially the ones with the stucco finish. If I had time I wouldnt mind scratch building something like that one day. A Third thread could deal with 3-D printed parts and models made with a CNC Cricut cutter or its family. And I should add, Great job on the celebratory Faller box car! Nice touch. Do you print your own decals then on decal paper?
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Eurobahnfan		#86 Posted : 25 April 2022 16:06:16(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/08/2008(UTC) Posts: 423 Location: Stockton, CA		Hi Mark5, I’ve only printed decals a few times, but will probably do so more as I continue to build the kits I’ve acquired over the years and am just now putting together. I agree the Minitrix wagen is a nice item — and the first N scale piece I’ve purchased in almost thirty years. I might consider making one in HO from scratch as a winter project.
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fthrwilli		#87 Posted : 16 May 2022 06:59:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/04/2022(UTC) Posts: 4 Location: South Australia, Adelaide		The fantastic thing about this forum, is that I can see the cultural places and buildings the kits come from. Coming from Adelaide in South Australia, there are so few buildings that even begin to resemble those of northern or central Europe, where I have never visited (yet). It is wonderful to not only see the buildings upon the kits I have were designed, but to see their placement and usage So thanks for this I may start looking around Australia for similar styles and post. My Academic understanding of buildings and design is limited almost exclusively to gothic and Victorian England (and thus Victorian Australia - noting many of our older railway stations here are of Victorian design) so thanks again cheers Brett
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Jimmy Thompson		#88 Posted : 02 June 2022 13:48:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		I suspect a number of Württemberg stations were of a common design (Typ IIIa of the K. W. St. E.). However this just popped up on eisenbahn stiftung (Danke!) and bears a striking resemblance to both Faller's Güglingen 110107 and the newer "Owen/Teck" 110145 Bahnhof Beilstein (Württ)
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Jimmy Thompson		#89 Posted : 03 June 2022 21:22:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		In re Villa in Tessin (hopefully it will be accessible) https://www.academia.edu/2765199...work_card=download-paper Some nice interior views
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marklinist5999		#90 Posted : 04 June 2022 01:22:18(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 3,588 Location: Michigan, Troy		Yes, the Villa Tessin link works. The house is Trouvaille.
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herbert_graf		#91 Posted : 13 June 2022 13:56:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/06/2018(UTC) Posts: 1 Location: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Freudenstadt		Hello, I'm a friend of "Villa im Tessin" too, since my early Years. No, I'm 64 and build a new H0-Trainmodul with B-271. Last week, I drove back from Italy to Germany from holidays with my car over San Gottardo and suddenly, I saw the villa. The Villa is still impressive to me. It is located in Ambri, Tessin (GOOGLE 46°30'31.9"N 8°41'54.7"E 46.508847, 8.698537)
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Jimmy Thompson		#92 Posted : 13 June 2022 15:28:41(UTC) Retweet
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Jimmy Thompson		#93 Posted : 04 May 2024 17:09:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		An update on the link to "Zeuthen" above for Hintertupfingen B-91 https://theodorfontane.d...ontane-und-die-bahnen-3/
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Alsterstreek		#94 Posted : 06 May 2024 01:12:56(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 5,790 Location: Hybrid Home		Faller B-135 mushroom kiosk ? Milk mushroom in Lindau (Bodensee) (built in 1952) By Giacomo1970, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedi.../index.php?curid=9869911
		Greetz - Ak My current "layout": https://www.marklin-user...aigne-Project#post592818
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Jimmy Thompson		#95 Posted : 06 May 2024 01:39:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS6mmPQ39vs
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Jimmy Thompson		#96 Posted : 01 June 2024 21:57:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		Just as a follow-on to the bits and bobs of B-91 Hintertupfingen...from https://www.historisches-lexikon...Vizinal-_und_Lokalbahnen "Der Schaffner springt schon vor der Lokalbahnstation Oberniedertupfing vom Zug und rennt voraus zum Bahnhof … , denn er ist zugleich Stationsvorstand!" "The conductor jumps off the train in front of the Oberniedertupfing local train station and runs ahead to the train station... because he is also the station manager!"
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Jimmy Thompson		#97 Posted : 09 July 2024 13:45:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 691 Location: Florida Classic but Successful Swampland City		Another possibility for Prototype for Everything for B-91 Hintertupfingen, near Nürnberg, picture #4 (mirror image of the model) http://www.gleistreff.de/Grossgruendlach.htm
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