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Originally Posted by EBT Jim:

I *believe* lots of people around the world model US railroads/railroading. I was just looking at a real nice model railroad by a guy in Sweden ... a UP western US layout with AC44's and such.

 

But, do many Americans run trains from another land? MTH sells them, right?

As do Roco, Fleishmann, Marklin, Trix, Bemo, LGB, etc.

 

There's a US based organization devoted to them, the European Train Enthusiasts.

 

Here's some images from the All American Railroad Show 2014 where the Chicagoland Chapter exhibited:

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And they can run Marklin stud AC, conventional 2 rail DC, DCC, and off overhead all on the same track.

 

They keep trying to rope me in...

 

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NO only because of a limited budget. I am staying focused on American Trains. I would love to have a model of the Orient express though.

 

I wonder if MTH will expand into current HST trainsets for the European market.

Just to update , in Jan 2016, Aaron city trains had a blowout of the MTH br princess coronation Pacific steam engine. The price was too good to be true but I got it. Later that year, I picked up the MTH L.M.S. maroon coach set and the two pack add on cars. While I still don't model European, I now have at least one passenger set. Reminds me of my cousin's in London. Cheers!

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Well, MTH sells models (usually 1:43 scale) of European locos.  I have a lovely French 241.A (a 4-8-2) Chapelon, which is one the best models I have and has the best whistle of any loco I have ever heard, a wonderful reproduction of the very shrill, penetrating Eurpoean steam loco whistle.

 

But that is still an American product, if of a Europoean loco.

 

I have only one European O-gauge model train.  A Darsted 2-6-2, tinplate tank engine. Even though it is tinplate, it is really much more model than toy - it looks quite real.   It is 1:43 scale and quite nice to look at.  It was delivered as a 3-rail DC loco - a weird thing indeed, although I converted it to AC with a rectifier installed, and has no electronics or sound and is by far the noisiest (gear and rolling noise) toy loco I have ever heard.  I don't run it, but just display it here in my study.

 

 

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My original concept for a layout when i was into G scale was to create a fictional US Army RR operating unit, stateside. The other half of the layout would take place at the end of WW2 In Germany and would get the use of all the LGB german stuff.

For a short while, when I went to On30, I considered the same concept, which meant I could have used a lot of 1/48 scale stuff for military modelers, but never did so.

I've chased trains in Germany and the Netherlands years back, so I will always have an affinity for trains from those countries.

But no, I don't model European, though I see the appeal.

the only thing i've got is my lionel hogwarts express.  the engine was nicer than i thought, considering the horror story reviews i read online.  but i think this'll be the only european item in my collection.  didn't plan on buying it, but found the whole set for $60 on ebay, so i couldn't pass it up

I do in both O and HO.  In fact, my last minute Christmas display features most of my HO European stuff.  From Hornby, I have two OO scale LNER locos (A1 Flying Scotsman and J83 0-6-0T) and three LNER coaches.  From Roco I have a DB Era III BR57 0-10-0 (not running on the display because it needs a DCC decoder) and a DB Era III set of eight goods wagons.  I'll post pics and videos later.

In O gauge, I have the Lionel Shakespeare Express, and have already expressed my desire for the MTH Orient Express equipment more than once.
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I run European and have a ten by twenty foot modular two rail layout. I have Lenz, MTH, Rivarossi, Lima, Brawa, and lots of other European brands running on it.(I posted some pics and videos of it quite a while back.) I also collect tinplate French Hornby in addition to my Lionel Postwar trains. All the best, Miketg, ps I have fixed the leaning lamppost since this photo was taken.

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I like European trains. I have MTH, ETS, and Merkur Euro trains, and I have bought a number of steam-era 1/43 die-cast cars and trucks so I can make my layout look more European when I'm running them. 

 

I have three MTH Euro locomotives and matching trains - the French 241A steamer with the Orient Express, a Swiss Crocodile with 4-wheel boxcars and beer reefers, and a modern Swiss Cargo electric with a string of tank cars. 

 

I also have a fairly extensive collection of ETS 3-rail trains, which come from the Czech Republic. These are tinplate and include some prototypes that you cannot find anywhere else, such as the Beyer-Garratt steam engines and the Seetal "baby" Swiss Crocodile. ETS makes a large assortment of nicely decorated beer cars and wine barrel cars, which are among my favorites. 

 

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Top: ETS Czech diesel switcher with beer cars. Middle: ETS Garratt with wine barrel cars.

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Presently, I am modeling a modern freight/passenger type layout. Nothing remotely European about my railroad. However, I did a modern European railroad in "G" gauge and had 5 modern Taurus locomotives. Two of which ran counter opposing. I had one 8 foot track and one 6 foot track. The Piko Taurus can run minimum 6 foot and is quite impressive when pulling a modern consist of German freight cars. I had some of the best of the best as far as that goes. Piko, LGB.

 

I wanted to model in O, but found little in the way of really modern. I even had one ICE (Inner City Express) high speed train in G on that layout. It was really quite impressive. With snow covered fur trees it looked like a typical Austrian/ German ski village scene.

 

I love all trains period regardless of where they originate from.

 

Pete

I've got some Riverossi and Pola-Maxi O scale trains that I picked up in Germany back in the 70's, also some Marklin HO.  I'd like to have a MTH Krokodil or the 2-10-0, but the budget is taken up by layout construction right now.  Maybe someday.  

BTW, the scale size difference is minimized by the smaller loading gauges of Europe and the UK.

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The layout I work on with my daughter is British prototype "OO" scale (1:76) equipment. I've always been kind of an Anglophile, and it just appeals to me. I even have one of Hornby's live steam Mallards in OO. That's a pretty cool piece of engineering. (My unboxing video here if you're interested, and a rather wobbly one of it running here.)

 

I also have several pieces of British N, though no layout to go with it. Someday I will build a small shelf layout with it.

 

I've seen some really beautiful British O (including these amazing Mallards) but they are too rich for my blood. I've been tempted to build a couple of the wagon kits from Parkside Dundas, as they are reasonably priced, but then I'd have nothing to pull them. Maybe sometime.

 

Fred

Thanks to everyone for this topic.  I thought I was the only one.  Although I haven't yet set anything up, I have British OO, Ace & Darstaed O, and some ETS, and I subscribe to Railway Modeller.  I'm thinking of building a small British-style OO layout - not just British prototype, but designed in a manner similar to what is popular in England.

 

For me, it started with visits to the National Railway Museum and several heritage railways in England and Wales.  The amount of passion that the English have for trains is amazing. 

I always thought they were interesting to look & I like them, but my layouts are heavily based on local railroads, industry, & whatnot, so that stuff would not fit in at all. I like all the videos on Youtube from guys overseas that model their own trains & I also like their interpretation of modeling US subjects. All very interesting. I wouldn't mind displaying a beautiful British steam engine or something, but they're too nice & too expensive to let it just sit there.  

I have the Hogwarts set, mostly for the novelty of a UK-style excursion train amongst my fleet (There was a UK steamer whose name escapes me at the moment that toured the US in the 1970's). I have extended my HE out to 9 cars in order to mimic the look of the excursion trains operated in the UK.

 

I also have a pair of the TRAXX electrics play-acting as a freight electrification demonstrator. If any of the European high-speed trainsets were released in O' Id go for one, even though it would strain my storage capability.

 

---PCJ

Originally Posted by RailRide:

       

(There was a UK steamer whose name escapes me at the moment that toured the US in the 1970's).

 

---PCJ


       


The Flying Scotsman toured the US and Canada in 1969-70 or 71.  Unfortunately, it almost didn't make it back to Great Britain, so as much as I would love to see a British steam loco visit the US, it would probably be too risky.

For the Paris-Istanbul video: I love it!  It's amazing how much just a backdrop can do to provide an environment for trains to pass through.  A layout devoted to the entire OE route (although there were several) does sound like an interesting idea.

The Flying Scotsman toured the US and Canada in 1969-70 or 71.  Unfortunately, it almost didn't make it back to Great Britain, so as much as I would love to see a British steam loco visit the US, it would probably be too risky.

 

It's not as cool as having one operating, but there is a British streamlined 4-6-2 in the Green Bay railroad museum. It was used by General Eisenhower during WWII. 

Most of my European stuff has Been in g gauge. I've had lgb trains since the age of two and their focus on European stuff made it necessary to have European prototypes on the layout.  Of course, today there are plenty of opportunities to model us trains in g, but we've become enchanted with Swiss narrow gauge, so all of our prototypes are of trains from that country. 
Most of our o gauge is if American prototypes, but I've added a mth crocodile and two axle wagons to our collection.  I'd like to do Swiss o scale or even no1 scale, but it's not in the budget.  Nor do I have the space.

The Eastern New England chapter of the European Train Enthusiasts is a group that shows a European modular layout every January at the Big E Show in Springfield, Mass.  They're always in the hall that's the closest to the parking lots.

 

Their catenary system is incredible:

 

 

The layout is in HO, but it's excellent.  I look forward to visiting it the whole day while walking the rest of the show.  They're nice guys, too.

 

If you're into European trains, be sure to look for them next time you go to the Big E.

 

Steven J. Serenska

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Originally Posted by Adriatic:

On another note: from what I understand, modeling in Europe is a bit more exacting in that they model specific places more. Even on fictional railroads they will keep architecture, and trees etc. area correct for its more localized there.

I think we call it 'scale' model railroading in the USA. I know guys that model a exact date, month, day and time!!!! It is more in HO than O with our mix of traditional, semi scale, high rail and 3RS folks.....but still very common. My O 3r layout is set in 1954-57 in WV....so all buildings, trees etc etc have to fit that location and era.

I have a collection of HO European engines and cars.  I usually picked up a car or engine during travels to Europe.  I have several friends who are members of the European Train Enthusiasts (ETE).  They run Marklin HO and are very active in the SF Bay Area.  

 

There was a very nice O gauge 2-rail layout exhibited at O Scale West for a few years.  The builders had moved to the USA (or perhaps Canada) from England.  I have several friends who run European G gauge trains.  Again, most of these people immigrated from Europe.

 

Here are some photos of the O gauge display at O Scale West in 2010.

 

 

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Originally Posted by Adriatic:
Originally Posted by JohnS:

A show stopper! The crown area layering, skyline tint, and lighting blend is awesome. Pink, or peach fluorescent? or is it all it the paint.   

started out as mahogany to match the room. then all paint, the artists paint backdrops for the movie industry. also there are NO lights, it is all paint 

 

 

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Wow you doubled my liking this. And after seeing the stain, I think I remember posts on the build now too. But painted mahogany!? If it wasn't so "right" as is, Id have issue with that. Having done mahogany libraries, you don't sand it, you stroke it gently. I couldn't accept the scholarship for theater lighting I earned, had to go with the one for art. I thought the molding might have been gutter lighting, really hard to tell, it looks like planes of peach, and pink light. I didn't want to zoom, and see. It might spoil the memory of this absolutely awesome shoot   

Yes,I've got Fleischmann and Marklin HO from the 60's and 70's. I also have a small collection of modern Marklin I gauge. I've bought some of the MTH O gauge items. I travel to Germany a lot on business and always attend a train show or two and always visit the incredible train shops. Trains are much more popular and visible than in the US. Every German toy shop has a massive model railroad department. It's a whole different world and I like it!

I own plenty of European O gauge/O scale models from Rivarossi/Lima, Lenz and other manufactures. My focus is on Continental European, but not necessarily Central European nor Alpine. Some of the European rolling stock and motive power have been converted from 2-rail to 3-rail, because on Gargraves tracks I can run both systems. Additionally my collection of scratch-built European passenger coaches is growing exponentially. Recently I made a 40" long monumental station building with classic Herman architecture. If someone is interested I can share here few video links dispaying my European trains.

I used to have a OO gauge British layout but I sold all my stuff when we got into 3-Rail O gauge. 

 My youngest son has a few Hornby OO gauge engines such as Flying Scotsman.

We also have the Lionel Hogwarts set and Thomas, Percy and James.

 

I would like to see a Lionel Legacy LNER Mallard. I could go with a ACE or Darstead model. It would be nice though to see what Lionel could do after the nice GWR Hall.

 

Nick

Beta Nu Sigma Phi:

 

Are there any models of Finnish trains, preferably in 0 scale but if not, in any other scale? I don't think I have ever seen any - maybe Marklin or Fleischmann makes them? I've ridden trains in Finland but never seen any models. I took the auto carrier train once up to Rovaniemi and drove back to Helsinki in my Calibra. 

 

The Rautatieasema (Railway Station for the English speakers) in downtown Helsinki is one of my favorite places. I used to walk around the shops a lot. There were some good music shops where you could get a nice variety of Finnish rock and roll. My favorite Finnish bands are Leningrad Cowboys, Kolmas Nainen, Hanoi Rocks, Hurriganes, The Flaming Sideburns, Freud Marx Engels & Jung, Lapinlahden Linnut, Hassisen Kone, and Eppu Normaali. When I was living in Helsinki they also had some great rock and roll TV ads for Koff beer. 

 

By all means post your videos.

You must forgive the lack of a tender but here is the most aged engine I have. A Bing 0-4-0 pulling some Hornby with floral wire. I also have an ETS set, some Exley coaches, Leeds M C and Bassett Lowke. I have some MTH LMS coaches and several Lionel Shakespeare Express and Hogwarts sets. I have yet to get the Albert Hall set but I don't like the lighting set up on the engine it is closer to Hogwarts than Shakespeare. I do really like this stuff and and am on the look out at train shows most people have no idea what it is or is worth I have found.

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Originally Posted by Boomer:

Yes,I've got Fleischmann and Marklin HO from the 60's and 70's. I also have a small collection of modern Marklin I gauge. I've bought some of the MTH O gauge items. I travel to Germany a lot on business and always attend a train show or two and always visit the incredible train shops. Trains are much more popular and visible than in the US. Every German toy shop has a massive model railroad department. It's a whole different world and I like it!

Boomer, since you are familiar with German railroad models, I'd like to ask if there is much available in O scale German narrow gauge.  I've always been fascinated by the German NG lines.

 

I messed around with 2-rail O small-prototype British scale for years, and still have several items of rolling stock that I wanted to keep. The layouts were a typical Brit small-space branchline theme. Continuing in European O scale or HO scale is such an expensive proposition these days, that even Lionel Vision Line prices look attractive. It's no surprise that the vintage Euro market seems pretty busy on that auction site.

 

Over the years I gradually became more tinplate collector-ish, then got myself a Polar Express 0-27 set , then a Lionel docksider, then a MTH EP5, and now enjoy the electro-mechanical chunkiness of modern North American 3-rail.  Operating barrel cars don't go well on sleepy British branchline layouts.

 

My current European interest is chasing down Marklin HO catenary wire to run my EP5 under, as per our helpful forum member's ideas.

 

If there's a layout that makes me want to drop everything and go Euro, it's this one, even though the locomotives are miraculously running with pantographs down.

Originally Posted by Southwest Hiawatha:

Beta Nu Sigma Phi:

 

Are there any models of Finnish trains, preferably in 0 scale but if not, in any other scale?

Yes, there are, but limited editions, some are photo-etched brass kits, some are  bodyshell molds on Roco underframe and some are 3D prints. For Finnish N scale 1:160 models ask www.n-club-finland.org and for Finnish HO scale 1:87 models ask www.fremo.fi but the expert manufacturers in both mentioned scales are www.mestarimallit.com...

Among other European O gauge projects myself I am designing currently Finnish passenger coaches (pikajuna, intercity) and Russian passenger coaches (RepinExpress, TolstoijExpress, TransSiberiaExpress) as frequently observed on the Helsinki Cetral Rwy.St.

...video clips next time!

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Kiitos.
 
Originally Posted by BetaNuSigmaPhi:
Originally Posted by Southwest Hiawatha:

Beta Nu Sigma Phi:

 

Are there any models of Finnish trains, preferably in 0 scale but if not, in any other scale?

Yes, there are, but limited editions, some are photo-etched brass kits, some are  bodyshell molds on Roco underframe and some are 3D prints. For Finnish N scale 1:160 models ask www.n-club-finland.org and for Finnish HO scale 1:87 models ask www.fremo.fi but the expert manufacturers in both mentioned scales are www.mestarimallit.com...

Among other European O gauge projects myself I am designing currently Finnish passenger coaches (pikajuna, intercity) and Russian passenger coaches (RepinExpress, TolstoijExpress, TransSiberiaExpress) as frequently observed on the Helsinki Cetral Rwy.St.

...video clips next time!

 

Originally Posted by Adriatic:
Originally Posted by BetaNuSigmaPhi:
 If someone is interested I can share here few video links dispaying my European trains.

I think many of us would enjoy that.

On the below video you can see a 2-rail DC analog operated Lima/Rivarossi train and another 3-rail AC conventionally operated train consisting of a converted European diesel and scratch-built EuroFima type passenger coaches of various European state railways. The coaches can be equipped with MTH truck and 3-rail couplers or with Atlas trucks and Darstaed/ACE/Merkur-compatible metallic hook couplers (alternatively also with plastic Lima/Rivarossi-compatible "Buck Eye" couplers).

On the inner track you can see a Finnish diesel with Russial fuel tank cars and Finnish gas tank cars, all scratch-built O gauge...

Now, back to the European passenger coaches, here few explanations about the differences. Roughly there are three lengths of modern European passenger coaches:

- Rivarossi 59cm (approx. 23") exact scale but too long for tight curves

- Lima 48cm (approx. 19") slightly reduced length, fits on O-80 Gargraves curves

- Merkur 42cm (approx. 16½") extremely reduced length, fits on O-72 Lionel curves

- Merkur 39cm (approx.15") pre/post-war coaches, fit on O-63 Gargraves curves

- Darstaed 35cm (approx.13¾") pre/post-war coaches, fit on O-48 Atlas curves

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I prefer 42cm length for my scratch-built projects, because the express trains looks sufficiently realistic while pulling 7 coaches.

Originally Posted by Balshis:
 

Boomer, since you are familiar with German railroad models, I'd like to ask if there is much available in O scale German narrow gauge.  I've always been fascinated by the German NG lines.

 

Fleischmann had a line of On30 trains, their Magic Train line.  Unfortunately I have heard that it has been discontinued, but they can still be found on German Ebay.  I have a nice little side rod diesel switcher from them, and I might get the little 0-4-0 steamer that they did. These smaller narrow gauge trains are often called Feldbahnen. There are also some models of Swiss meter gauge Alpine trains out there.  Back in the 70's Marklin had a line of AC powered On30 trains running on their center stud rail track.  Pretty hard to find those though.

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Originally Posted by Adriatic:

Thank you for taking the time to make me smile

The Finnish loco looks great. That was the one I found myself waiting to see again, and again, each time it came around.

On the 8th and 9th page of an old online catalog http://issuu.com/johannis_likos/docs/catalog2011v1

you can see my Finnish scratch-built flatcars and logcars for wood/pulp industries.

On the 10th page of the same catalog you will see my self-designed covered freight cars of the Finnish state railways.

On the 3rd page of another old online catalog http://issuu.com/johannis_likos/docs/catalog2011v2 

you will see the same type of covered freight cars, which have been vandalized to display modern Finnish era.

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Originally Posted by Adriatic:

 When the Engine in the first video dropped its load, ...

The reason is that the MTH coupler failed after pulling 9 heavy metal passenger coaches around an O-72 curve. Naturally the scratch-built full metal tinplate coaches are much heavier than the plastic-mold Rivarossi/Lima coaches. The heavy weight prevents the coaches from derailment when doing rounds 8 hours uninterrupted and continuously in one regular public exposition day. The European engines are made of Rivarossi/Lima bodyshell and MTH underframe+motorization. So, I have learned from this mechanical failure and from now on I let my engines pull only 5 or max. 7 coaches.

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I still have some LGB European-style narrow gauge locomotives (Austrian and one French).

 

I do have a Lionel Hogwarts Express that I acquired piece by piece. I want to add another GWR Hall class 4-6-0 and a couple of GWR-painted cars.

 

I do wish that I'd been in O earlier and had the foresight to buy Lima's BR MK-1 coaches either in BR Maroon or in Great Western livery.

 

I don't know how big the market is for European-style O in general and British-outline O in particular here in North America, but I think Lionel wouldn't have to worry so much about competition as they would in years gone by. The long 2008 (and forwards) recession shut down a lot of British O scale production.

Originally Posted by BetaNuSigmaPhi:
Originally Posted by John23:

... Out of curiosity, are you located in the States or Europe? ...

Our location is in the United States of Europe. In our club we play primarily with American toy trains. Additionally I have my own European O gauge collection with rather exotic rolling stock.

Do you display at German shows?  I come to Germany usually every two years to visit my wife's family.  We always go to Düsseldorf and Idar-Oberstein, and sometimes to Cuxhaven and Fürth, near Nürnberg. 

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Added this sweet NOS ETS car to my Euro collection today. In keeping with the rest of my Euro collection the couplers match nothing else I have, part of the fun. These are American style knuckles.

Note it is spotted outside the Cafe de Flores.

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Maybe 8 years ago around Christmas time some drug stores used to have battery powered O scale sets that were made in gauge. The quality was usually very low. I got a SP GP9 led set and this neat DB S-3 pacific that has been mostly painted correctly but for the new road-name. It is a piece but I might try adding some postwar guts and some weight for fun.

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Originally Posted by BetaNuSigmaPhi:
Originally Posted by John23:

Do you display at German shows?  

Our club would like to participate 2017 near Frankfurt at the

www.us-convention-brd.de

but the transportation of our massive club layout and our limited resources and budget are a challenge. We have to think about it...

Where is your club located?  We have European Forum members and some of the US/Canadian members do travel to Europe.  I'm sure some here on the Forum would like to see it.

Originally Posted by John23:
Originally Posted by BetaNuSigmaPhi:
Originally Posted by John23:

Do you display at German shows?  

Our club would like to participate 2017 near Frankfurt at the

www.us-convention-brd.de

but the transportation of our massive club layout and our limited resources and budget are a challenge. We have to think about it...

Where is your club located?  We have European Forum members and some of the US/Canadian members do travel to Europe.  I'm sure some here on the Forum would like to see it.

Our club is located at Porvoo in Finland (approx. 40 kilometers/30 minutes drive east of Helsinki on the motorway in direction to St.Petersburg).

In this small province town someone can find an abandoned RR yard with station building and shed of historical heritage architecture.

Our club's video channel is 

https://www.youtube.com/user/P...ModelRailways/videos

Most probably our club will participate mid October at

http://www.nukkekotimessut.fi/suurisnadi/index2.html  

Myself I have two locations, Helsinki/Finland in the north (mostly when working) and Thessalonica/Greece in the south (occasionally when relaxing in my olive garden). 

I intend also to participate at the pre-Xmas model railroad event on November 21st and 22nd in the central Rw. Station of Helsinki, because on this weekend will be officially announced the opening of the Santa Claus season, a special occasion for kids with original Santa riding on real museum steam engine (no fake Hogward).

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Originally Posted by BetaNuSigmaPhi:
Originally Posted by John23:
Originally Posted by BetaNuSigmaPhi:
Originally Posted by John23:

Do you display at German shows?  

Our club would like to participate 2017 near Frankfurt at the

www.us-convention-brd.de

but the transportation of our massive club layout and our limited resources and budget are a challenge. We have to think about it...

Where is your club located?  We have European Forum members and some of the US/Canadian members do travel to Europe.  I'm sure some here on the Forum would like to see it.

Our club is located at Porvoo in Finland (approx. 40 kilometers/30 minutes drive east of Helsinki on the motorway in direction to St.Petersburg).

In this small province town someone can find an abandoned RR yard with station building and shed of historical heritage architecture.

Our club's video channel is 

https://www.youtube.com/user/P...ModelRailways/videos

Most probably our club will participate mid October at

http://www.nukkekotimessut.fi/suurisnadi/index2.html  

Myself I have two locations, Helsinki/Finland in the north (mostly when working) and Thessalonica/Greece in the south (occasionally when relaxing in my olive garden). 

I intend also to participate at the pre-Xmas model railroad event on November 21st and 22nd in the central Rw. Station of Helsinki, because on this weekend will be officially announced the opening of the Santa Claus season, a special occasion for kids with original Santa riding on real museum steam engine (no fake Hogward).

Ah, I should have guessed.   It is good to see that this hobby is enjoyed in Finland too.  Your club has a nice layout.  The museum operation looks interesting too.

 

BTW, where I live in Northern Michigan, are many descendants of Finnish immigrants.  Some towns have Finnish names. 

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