JANUARY / FEBRUARY / MARCH 2024 - 116

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The magazine for the narrow gauge railways enthusiast.

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Roco: A CHRISTMAS TRAIN IN OE
You are not dreaming! This is indeed an 0-16.5 Magic Train set! For ca. 150 €, it contains an oval of track and a Christmas train you can install around the tree (even though this is more the time to be hoovering up the needles), And the transformer
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Editorial #116
… New Year resolutions! Our readership keeps expanding and our readers remain faithful. We are honoured but also obliged. Obliged to be ever more inventive, creative and thorough. We take care to apply all three of those qualities to each editorial b
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Liliput: 0-6-2 T Engine 298.25
Built by StEG in 1902 under number U 25 for the Bregenzerwaldbahn, it is produced here in Steyrtalbahn version, Garsten shed, with an overhaul date of 27/04/66, meaning Era III/IV, These engines generate 165 kW power and can reach 35 km/h in service.
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PUBLISHER: Christian Fournereau - christianf@lrpresse.com / EDITOR: François Fontana - francoisf@lrpresse.com / CONSULTANTS TO THE EDITORIAL TEAM: Éric Fresné (ericf@lrpresse.com), Jean-Paul Quatresous / WITH ASSISTANCE FROM: Gary Beatty, Géerard Bed
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Bemo: Bogie Carriages For The Rhb
Bemo has released standardized carriages of the EW II - B 2442, B 2445 and B 2436 series - built by FFA/SWP in late 1979/ early 1980 in green livery with the logo introduced in 1973. These carriages can run over the entire Rhaetian system except the
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Tillig: Carriage Kb4ip N° 900-514
This is a model of a Bautzen-built carriage (1930) that was transferred to the Harz from the Saxon Freital-Hainsberg 750mm gauge network in May 1958. It carries the two-tone green “Harzer Roller” livery, Era IV.. Jacques Royan H0-12 REF. 13987 PRICE
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Bemo: The Rhb Van D 4226
This model is of a van built by SWS/SWP in 1980, also carrying the green livery and the RhB logo. As is the case for the carriages, you will find a bag of accessories to be fitted which include the brake hoses and the electric plugs with their connec
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Tillig: Carriage Kb4ip N° 900-243
H0-12/H0-9 This is a model of a Bautzen 1932-built carriage based on the metre gauge Spreewaldbahn from March 1953 (transferred from Freitai-Hainsberg) until September 1970, when this system closed and the carriage was retransferred to the Harz. It i
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Tillig: Spreewaldbahn 4-wheeler Carriages And Van
Tillig has released two versions of the 4-wheeler carriages built by Linke Hoffmann Breslau in 1897, and of the 1897 Werdau composite/brake van. These units were originally built for the Spreewaldbahn. Regarding the carriages, do not look for brake s
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Liliput: F/s 8460 Van
To complement the Steyrtalbahn consists, here is the postal version of an equally well-known van, but that is not fully in line with the original F 8460 and 8461 units, rebuilt in 1966 from 1892 Grazer Waggonfabrik vans. But the model is more than ac
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Preiser, Merten: Figures
Would you rather take the dog out or collect potatoes? With Merten ref, 0212589, it’s time to take Fido for a walkie! Four figures in contemporary clothing are walking four dogs. Each pet must find its master! H0 In the Preiser range, ref, 10605 is m
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Zure LES LOCOMOTIVES DES HOUILLÈRES (“COLLIERY LOCOMOTIVES”)
Having been invented to carry the coal that was required for its own operation, the steam locomotive’s history is closely linked to that of mining. The collieries of Nord and Pas-de-Calais operated thousands of kilometres of track and ran many two-,
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Supplies Decapod: Copper-clad Epoxy Strips For Module Edges
10 etched copper-clad epoxy strips and 20 wood fixing screws are supplied in a bag by this supplier. What is needed to fix tracks on the end of modules, in gauges ranging from 6.5 to 12mm. I tried and succeeded to solder a 16.5mm gauge track to these
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Gatherings
Do not miss the show at Junglinster in Luxembourg on 2nd and 3rd March 2024, This is always a very fine gathering with splendid layouts from Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland. ■
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Press Review
For its last issue of the year, Rail & Industrie offers us a very fine monography dedicated to the Lancey paper mill. There is plenty of content about the metre gauge track that was installed in 1889, electrified as early as 1902 and where a wide ran
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Grimic, A Newcomer In 0-16.5
Manufacturer: TDR Modèles Adress: www.trainsdereve.com Model: freestyle locotractor in kit form Scale: 1/43.5 (0) Gauge: 16.5mm Lighting: micro-LED Price: 350€ The parcel contains a series of pouches enclosing the various components: the driving mech
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AUTUMN Releases
This brand returns to the market with, in 0 scale, a resin caboose sold for 15 euros and a bogie flat wagon priced at 20 euros. In 1/35 scale, a delightful little resin locotractor with a Ford motor at the front is available for ca. 40 euros. It can
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Bienvenido a Puerto Borracho!
While Gary Beatty doesn’t have much space for his layout, he has ample imagination, to which he adds plenty of humour. So, naturally, he found a whole lot of ways to get round the constraints. This is how Puerto Borracho was born, and he tells us the
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One Goose… No, Two! For Better Galloping
The kit is incredibly simple: a few 3D printed parts, two axles with spoked wheels, to be fitted over an N scale driving chassis with two bogies from the Kato range or a 4-wheeler one produced by Tomytec. Depending on the length of the body, you will
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Meyers Creek How To Travel Long Distance Without Stepping Out Of Doors!
The layout is most certainly located in the northern United States, bang in the middle of a major mountain range. The period must be shortly after the Depression or towards the end of WWII. The time of the year must be late summer, when the lower sun
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The Blue Gold Of Berland Beer Creek
Along line snakes along the shores of a lake. It serves a handful of communities, but essentially various companies. The trains ship out the raw materials and provide a daily passenger service. The period is the mid-1930’s, before the upheavals of WW
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A French Railway In Switzerland The 150 Anniversary Of The LausanneEchallens-Bercher Railway
Note: Only the stock originally from France is described in this article At the time the LausanneEchallens line was planned, starting in the1860s, all existing railway lines in Switzerland were standard gauge. A cheaper solution had to be found, and
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LEVEL CROSSINGS that Double As Halts And Calling Points On The Blanc-Argent
Travelling north from Le Blanc to Argent, one encountered Azé calling point, Subtray halt, the calling points of Sainte-Thérèse, BonneauHabilly, Juscop, Terre-Neuve and La Gauterie in Berry. In Sologne, Les Quatre Roues, Faubourg d’Orléans, Les Loges
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A Paddle Steamer With Trains
Ah, the exquisite pleasure of cruising the high seas, the wind and its iodine-laden fragrances, the flight of puffins, the vast horizons and ever-changing light on the crest of the waves, the blazing sunsets…! One can easily wax lyrical. Let’s return
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An Electric Loading Crane
This crane, with its somewhat haughty and slightly ridiculous outline, caught my fancy. The model calls mainly on lasercut card. I list the supplies required and include drawings of the various parts. - 4mm Plastruct U strip. Ref. 90582 - Brass wire:
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In Your Workshop A STEAM TRAMWAY In H0-9/009
New and tasty You have models and kits in your workshop, on your workbench, that you designed, built, modified, decorated… These models deserve to be described, your processes and special tricks explained. Send us a short text, a few high-definition
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THE INCREDIBLE Piha Tramway
British sovereignty over New Zealand was proclaimed in 1840. At the time, the country was peopled by many Maori villages and a few Europeans (massively British), mainly installed in North Island. The economic potential was promising, natural resource
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Let There Be Light!
- Civil defence Land Rover: Oxford Diecast Rèf: 76LRC006 - Kato chassis Ref. 11-110 - Set of bi-colour LEDs and resistors Lapierre-Modèlisme In the past, this question simply did not arise, with the former Kato chassis fitted with large motors. Nowad
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A live steam Haine Saint-Pierre 2-6-0 T
One basic rule must always be kept in mind when dealing with live steam scale models: the water molecules cannot be scaled down, nor for that matter the physical and, thermodynamic phenomena. Therefore, strict scale modelling must be adapted if the e
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0 Scale Paradise! When Space Is No Longer A Problem…
IMAGINE, CREATE, LET YOUR HAIR DOWN! We all know Michel, he is a brilliant 0 scale modeller. He has sent us a few photographs, together with some notes, describing his latest projectss: simple, fun-packed layouts, featuring animations and reflecting

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