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Thursday, July 22, 2010

The new digital turnouts from Lenz have arrived

I recieved only half of my ordered turnouts but have put them down temporary on to the pink foam desert. They work great and the light in the turnout indicators is an added bonus. I also got the double slip switch, but this was only available in manual configuration and I will have to add switch motors to it, or, if it becomes available within a reasonable time, exchange it for a digitized version. It works great and is a real space saver.

Kaelble truck

When I visited the Baggermodelle office at http://www.baggermodelle.net/ in Berne ( I am the translator for this must see magazin, I recieved a phantastic gift of this truck. In the past Deutsche Bundesbahn used a truck like this with a Culemeyer road roller to transport freight cars to factories without a track connection to the main line.
see a picture at http://www.hs-merseburg.de/~nosske/EpocheII/zg/e2z_wcsr.html

the original advertising prospectus for the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
and from a different angle
Just a beautiful model. I have become a collector of diecast trucks and cars, to match the period I am modelling, the time between 1950 to 1962. This gives me a lot of leeway and some wonderfull models to collect, these give life to the layout.

New Thunder box has arrived


Just a great addition to my fleet!
Just before my trip to Switzerland the new Thunderbox or Donnerbuechse from Lenz arrived in the parcel from Addie Modelle. I love the detail and the quality. It has a decoder build in and lights inside the passenger compartment and also outside above the doors.