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Offline Alsterstreek  
#701 Posted : 05 March 2020 14:27:15(UTC)
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Two more examples of a turnout on a bridge.

Ohlshausenstraße, Kiel, Germany
http://157949.homepagemo...-wirkende-Kraefte-1.html

Hamburg-Lokstedt, Germany
http://www.gleismann.de/...ub/3.lokstedt-fotos.html
(scroll down to third photo)
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Offline 1borna  
#702 Posted : 22 April 2020 21:27:20(UTC)
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Some more nice pictures of Zidani Most station
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Offline kiwiAlan  
#703 Posted : 23 April 2020 04:43:32(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
Further to posts #262 - 266 regarding a turnout on a bridge: Kräwinklerbrücke, Remscheid, Germany
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It seems to me as if the first turnout is placed on the bridge.




oh, I nearly missed that, yes the one to the left definitely seems to be on the bridge. The bridge must be quite wide at that point (no pun intended Blushing ).
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Offline kimballthurlow  
#704 Posted : 24 April 2020 02:34:46(UTC)
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Hi AK,

Regarding the Kräwinklerbrücke, I am intrigued by the seemingly compact layout of the station and the adjacent industry.
I thought that might be a sawmill, glass-making or a brickworks.
It would make a basis for a compact model layout.
Unfortunately, I think my days of building are over, but maybe a small one .....

So researching that further I can find no other information pertaining to that photo.
The town of Remscheid near Wuppertal has no geographical siimilarities (from maps, other photos) to the photo you showed.
Do you have a source for that photo please?

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Offline Alsterstreek  
#705 Posted : 24 April 2020 09:32:20(UTC)
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Hi Kimball,

The Kräwinklerbrücke once spanned the Wupper river, but you cannot detect it anymore on modern maps and pictures since the area was permanently flooded in the 1980s upon the construction of the Wupper dam, which changed the landscape dramatically.

The historic photo of the Kräwinklerbrücke station you are referring to is the courtesy of the "Bergischer Geschichtsverein Abteilung Hückeswagen e.V.". Inter alia, it can be viewed here (scroll down to the very last photo): https://hueckstory.weebl.../kraewinklerbruecke.html

1973 track plan:
krwinklerbrcke1973c6c6t.jpg

More detail photos of the station area:
http://forst-grunewald.de/?p=11924
http://www.bahnen-wupper...f-1966-CB-HB-800-519.jpg
http://www.bahnen-wupper...n-oben-CB-HB-800-518.jpg

One of the former industries ...:
http://www.bahnen-wupper...rk-Urbach-WS-800-517.jpg
... is available as scale model:
https://www.modellbahnsh...04/de/modell_281766.html

And here a historic photo gallery of the entire Wuppertalbahn:
http://www.bahnen-wupper...beyenburger-strecke.html

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Offline Alsterstreek  
#706 Posted : 25 April 2020 00:15:32(UTC)
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Kräwinklerbrücke 1960s footage (If the link does not work, enter „Kräwinklerbrücke“ in search cell):

https://digit.wdr.de/ent...UifQ%3D%3D&qt=search

Aerial view of the steel plant: http://www.wupperindustrie.de/kraewibilder10.html
HO scale Kräwinklerbrücke station building kit: https://lasercut-shop.de...ops/22270/Products/19012
Kräwinklerbrücke station building photos: http://tom.kraewinklerbr...tos/galerie_11/index.htm
Another 1970s photo gallery of the Wuppertalbahn: http://tom.kraewinklerbr...otos/galerie_2/index.htm

Video of Kräwinklerbrücke layout in H0 - the actual Kräwinklerbrücke is the second bridge appearing around 1:50, thus not the fish belly, but the steel girder bridge:
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Offline kiwiAlan  
#707 Posted : 25 April 2020 01:17:40(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
Kräwinklerbrücke 1960s footage (If the link does not work, enter „Kräwinklerbrücke“ in search cell):
...
Kräwinklerbrücke station building photos: http://tom.kraewinklerbr...tos/galerie_11/index.htm
...


Well, from that gallery here is your point on the bridge ...
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#708 Posted : 27 April 2020 13:15:33(UTC)
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Further fun facts about Kräwinkel:

The Wuppertalbahn train meet stations had only entrance signals, but no exit signals (as can be seen on the track plan in post no. 705). By default, trains entering a station had to come to full stop unless waived through by the local station master (dispatcher) on the platform. All stations along the route had a similar trackplan as Kräwinkel, and all were curved.

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Offline kimballthurlow  
#709 Posted : 28 April 2020 01:20:29(UTC)
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Thank you AK for following up on my query.
I checked through the links, there are copious references and photos.
A beautiful plan too.

But I am somewhat relieved that a layout has already been built.
That takes the pressure off. Cool

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Offline 1borna  
#710 Posted : 10 June 2020 21:34:19(UTC)
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Some more nice pictures of Zidani Most station 2
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Offline Bones  
#711 Posted : 16 June 2020 15:18:00(UTC)
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From the 1959 time table book...


The sharpest curve in Australia and in NSW is still the 6 chain curve at the end of the Rat Hole Tunnels at Lithgow just before you pass the Lithgow Zig Zag and the NSW governments
have refused to have it removed


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Offline Tom Jessop  
#712 Posted : 17 June 2020 00:42:10(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Bones Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
From the 1959 time table book...


The sharpest curve in Australia and in NSW is still the 6 chain curve at the end of the Rat Hole Tunnels at Lithgow just before you pass the Lithgow Zig Zag and the NSW governments
have refused to have it removed


Locally known as Cape Horn . Many a freight train has come to grief on this corner when travelling towards Sydney as not only is it a tight corner it is also on a 1 in 33 grade .


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#713 Posted : 17 June 2020 04:49:34(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Bones Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
From the 1959 time table book...


The sharpest curve in Australia and in NSW is still the 6 chain curve at the end of the Rat Hole Tunnels at Lithgow just before you pass the Lithgow Zig Zag and the NSW governments
have refused to have it removed




Hi Evan,
Thanks for that information.
That means the curve has a radius of 120 metres, which equals 1 metre and 38 cms (1.38m) in HO scale.
Our HO scale trains have no trouble with that sort of curve...... Cool

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Offline Alsterstreek  
#714 Posted : 27 July 2020 20:30:26(UTC)
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Loulé in Portugal - a contemporary single track main line station for passengers and goods one could actually model.

All passenger trains are stopping there: Pendolino high-speed tilting trains, electric-hauled IC trains and commuter service diesel DMUs.

Then, there is a compact TOFC terminal (scroll left). The freight loco is parked on the stub track in front of the old goods shed. Nearby Faro (Algarve) international airport jet fuel is delivered by train via Loulé.

Somehow the Google Maps link does not work flawlessly. Thus, better copy and paste below full string:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Loule/@37.104553,-8.058616,3045m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x222430b1fb6e7c7c!8m2!3d37.104553!4d-8.058616

A photo of tank containers destined for the airport.
http://portugalferroviar...02/Loule-25022016-01.jpg

Youtube video:
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#715 Posted : 28 July 2020 10:41:43(UTC)
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Here are Google Maps screenshots for illustration.
Loule1CP2020.pngLoule2CP2020.pngLoule3CP2020.png
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#716 Posted : 11 August 2020 13:39:38(UTC)
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#717 Posted : 23 January 2021 13:37:00(UTC)
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Portugal: The grade level crossing east of the Estômbar-Lagoa station will fall victim to this year’s upgrade of the western leg of the Algarve railway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linha_do_Algarve).
B3EA89FC-5C17-4521-909C-A5A6FB599D03.jpeg
Therefore, I recorded the bucolic setting before it is too late. This is a two-track passing station on the single track line. Looking west from the gated grade level crossing.
254F0A26-598F-4427-9FD0-D4208392AA5E.jpeg
To the left...
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..one can catch sight of the two station tracks.
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#718 Posted : 23 January 2021 13:41:15(UTC)
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Approaching the station on the left (south) side of the embankment leads us to a small road underpass.
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Looking back to the east towards the grade level crossing ...
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...with the road underpass in-between.
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The station area.
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Old goods shed.
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#719 Posted : 23 January 2021 13:44:09(UTC)
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Estômbar, the town served by the station.
31484D7B-04DF-4C77-A100-886DB200DB29.jpeg

In front of the depot: Giving the term “guard rails” a new meaning.
AAE12D84-01DC-4306-9A1A-4BAE3B689E2E.jpeg
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#720 Posted : 04 August 2021 08:04:52(UTC)
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For those simply too lazy to do mountains!

But you do need a little bit of space for 9 train sets at 240 iron ore cars per set running continuously and a "few" extras in maintenance. Dampier Western Australia 127 million tonnes per year to be expanded to 145 million tonnes, and Port Hedland 516 million tonnes per year.

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#721 Posted : 06 August 2021 08:28:27(UTC)
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Hello! For those that like cars transportation, here is a good example in Munich area:

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#722 Posted : 06 August 2021 22:36:38(UTC)
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Another shot... but, this is for real, or is just a model in the table?

Cool

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#723 Posted : 07 August 2021 02:25:12(UTC)
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New BMW 5ers, etc. From Dingolfing.
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#724 Posted : 10 August 2021 06:14:14(UTC)
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Hi Borna,
That is a very photogenic location and certainly a nice example setting for a model train layout.
Thanks for sharing.

The monastry/church platform seems to be cantilvered - either by design or by landslip from beneath over the last 11 centuries.
The Wikipedia article you quoted does not mention that rather unusual fact.
And omits any reference to being supported.
I wonder how long it is going to stay standing?

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#725 Posted : 29 November 2021 19:32:30(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
Another loop in flat northern Germany: In Flensburg the main line from Hamburg in Germany to Fredericia in Denmark runs in a big loop around the southern outskirts of the town. At Flensburg main station another line to Kiel branches off.


For further illustration:

http://www.klauserbeck.d...FlensburgFriedensweg.htm
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#726 Posted : 01 December 2021 10:48:58(UTC)
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Autobahn + Eisenbahn = Autoeisenbahn (or Eisenautobahn)?

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Experimental E- Highway on Autobahn A1 south of Lübeck:

https://www.ehighway-sh.de/de/ehighway.html
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#727 Posted : 02 December 2021 18:58:10(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
Autobahn + Eisenbahn = Autoeisenbahn (or Eisenautobahn)?



Experimental E- Highway on Autobahn A1 south of Lübeck:

WOW! AK, Thanks for posting. This is amazing! Is this going to be for trucks and buses only right now? Peter
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#728 Posted : 02 December 2021 20:29:31(UTC)
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Yes, hybrid trucks.

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Source: Siemens

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#729 Posted : 09 September 2022 12:37:15(UTC)
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Incredible - 1921-built class 58 steam loco in “regular” track maintenance service on a Deutsche Bahn main line in 2022 !

Obviously the usual diesel loco was not available, leading to the decision to re-activate this steamer (owned by the Ulm rail association) running MoW trains near Neustadt/Weinstraße. The local depot still has steam refuelling facility for serving a museum railroad (called cuckoo’s branch line). Note the MRR-like hilly landscape, complete with bridges and grade crossings:



English subtitles can be activated (delivering sometimes funny results):
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Offline DV  
#730 Posted : 10 September 2022 01:17:37(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek Go to Quoted Post
Incredible - 1921-built class 58 steam loco in “regular” track maintenance service on a Deutsche Bahn main line in 2022 !

Obviously the usual diesel loco was not available, leading to the decision to re-activate this steamer (owned by the Ulm rail association) running MoW trains near Neustadt/Weinstraße. The local depot still has steam refuelling facility for serving a museum railroad (called cuckoo’s branch line). Note the MRR-like hilly landscape, complete with bridges and grade crossings:



English subtitles can be activated (delivering sometimes funny results):


That is quite some load the old girl is hauling/pushing. Congrats to the museum keep her in such good nick.

The sound of the loco is [music] to my earsBigGrin BigGrin BigGrin

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Offline Alsterstreek  
#731 Posted : 05 October 2022 14:42:19(UTC)
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Another oval - see schematics of Basel Bad freight station on the German-Swiss border:
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https://commons.wikimedi...ahnhofs_Basel_(1914).jpg
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#732 Posted : 05 October 2022 15:14:55(UTC)
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The above oval reminds me of my 2016 post #417 presenting the contemporary marshalling yard Fürnitz near Villach in Carinthia, Austria. There is even a passenger station included...
Villvsb.jpg
http://www.der-moba.de/index.php/Datei:Villvsb.jpg
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#733 Posted : 25 May 2023 18:21:39(UTC)
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We don't want weird turnout arrangments, S-curves or parallel tracks that aren't aligned properly.
RollEyes

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https://abload.de/image....-1buchenau_2019pnec6.jpg
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#734 Posted : 25 May 2023 22:37:39(UTC)
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We don't want weird turnout arrangments, S-curves or parallel tracks that aren't aligned properly.
RollEyes


Some of that is peculiar perspective due to the long telephoto shot. The single slip looks like a real pain to negotiate, and I wouldn't want to travel on the bit between the single slip and the point off the bottom of the picture, but I'm sure they are not as bad as the telephoto shot makes out.
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#735 Posted : 30 May 2023 17:15:05(UTC)
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Bremerhaven wye
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Attribution: Stadt Bremerhaven, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Section of the official Bremerhaven city map 1967 with the fish shipping freight station, northern Wulsdorf and Geestemünde-South.
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#736 Posted : 30 May 2023 17:51:23(UTC)
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Hello AK. Hope you and yours are well. I always loved how northern DE cities used the DB and ships together at a harbor. Especially with the cranes

trucks and shunter loks. Such excitement, no? I once considered making one of my favorite layouts from the old 60s track plan book. Cheers, Peter. BigGrin

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#737 Posted : 26 July 2023 13:26:07(UTC)
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Who says there cannot be a busy mainline four track railway tunnel in a lowland tunnel in a European capital city with a port at sea level? It has been done in Denmark.
1440px-Indkorsel_til_Boulevardbanen.jpg
Credits: https://commons.wikimedi...l_til_Boulevardbanen.jpg

Leif Jørgensen, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

"Portal of the tunnel part of Boulevardbanen south of Østerport Station in Copenhagen. The two tracks at the left are used by regional and long distance trains while the two at the right are for the S-trains. The building above is Statens Museum for Kunst (the National Museum of Art)."

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#738 Posted : 26 July 2023 13:52:19(UTC)
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Who says one cannot mix a red 1/100, a white 1/87 and a brown 1/76 scale building on a layout? It has been done in Denmark.
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Store Kongensgade 65/67/69, Copenhagen, Denmark
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#739 Posted : 26 July 2023 14:31:19(UTC)
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Who says one cannot mix a red 1/100, a white 1/87 and a brown 1/76 scale building on a layout? It has been done in Denmark.


LOL LOL LOL

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#740 Posted : 26 July 2023 17:14:19(UTC)
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Same country where something was once rotten? Joking! I love Emmentahl cheese, and Havarti!
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#741 Posted : 09 December 2023 17:21:06(UTC)
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"Zinkpest" prototype gondola?
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#742 Posted : 10 December 2023 14:33:28(UTC)
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"Zinkpest" prototype gondola?


Does look a bit sad. The grey one two up from it doesn't look much better.

I'm guessing, from the way the sides of both wagons are bulging, they have been overloaded in some way, possibly from aggregate being poured in off a loader conveyor belt, that was dropping the load from a significant height.

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Offline sidblack  
#743 Posted : 11 December 2023 23:36:51(UTC)
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I went past my local train station the other day and saw this consist parked in a parallel track to the platform. BTW there is only one station and only one platform in my city (the capital of the country). The regular train from Sydney was due.
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The lead engine GM10 was built in 1952 and produces 1,200KW
The second engine GM 27 was built 1962/63 and produces 1,450KW
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That's a fair whack of horsepower to pull three carriages although I'm sure we've all done that on our layouts.
I didn't have time to find out why it was there but I'm guessing some kind of excursion train. It certainly wouldn't look out of place in the wild west.

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Offline kiwiAlan  
#744 Posted : 12 December 2023 16:34:39(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: sidblack Go to Quoted Post

The lead engine GM10 was built in 1952 and produces 1,200KW
The second engine GM 27 was built 1962/63 and produces 1,450KW
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That's a fair whack of horsepower to pull three carriages although I'm sure we've all done that on our layouts.
I didn't have time to find out why it was there but I'm guessing some kind of excursion train. It certainly wouldn't look out of place in the wild west.


It may be that they have used two locos on a short train to provide fail safe redundancy. Considering the age of the locos (without knowing their service/refurbishment record) this could well be wise.

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Offline sidblack  
#745 Posted : 12 December 2023 22:51:43(UTC)
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Yes I imagine that's the reason. Also seeing that the carriages were pretty grubby whether it was a train taking crew somewhere rather than an excursion train.
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Offline kiwiAlan  
#746 Posted : 12 December 2023 23:04:28(UTC)
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Is that a wind turbine blade, or are you just pleased to see me?
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Offline kimballthurlow  
#747 Posted : 12 December 2023 23:22:32(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: marklinist5999 Go to Quoted Post
Same country where something was once rotten? Joking! I love Emmentahl cheese, and Havarti!


Havarti yes!!
And Denmark does have its share of odd sizes in everything.
Kimball
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Offline Jimmy Thompson  
#748 Posted : 23 December 2023 16:28:53(UTC)
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I am not sure if this is a repeat Blushing of the "Turnouts on Bridges" bit, however, here it is again: Stuttgart-Rosensteinbrücke with turnouts on both ends of the bridge

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Google Maps still shows all of the turnouts still present. ThumpUp (although "Stuttgart 21" may have made this set of lines redundant...)

And the one shown here is very close to the entrance/exit of the 4-track Rosenstein tunnel to/from Stuttgart Hbf and Stuttgart-Cannstatt
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Offline Alsterstreek  
#749 Posted : 03 March 2024 19:07:50(UTC)
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The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway is a French-Monégasque-Italian 259-kilometre-long (161 mi) railway line, an important transport corridor, connecting the French and Italian Rivieras with this impressive and improbable bridge in the French town Théoule-sur-Mer near Cannes:

A double track RR bridge spanning a toy-like bay of sea ? Had somebody replicated this scene on a MRR layout, I would have deemed it unrealistic…

Viaduc_de_la_Rague.jpg
https://fr.wikipedia.org...r:Viaduc_de_la_Rague.JPG
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Offline 1borna  
#750 Posted : 03 March 2024 19:27:27(UTC)
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