German Station /Layout plans

[Colin]

Could anyone possibly point me in the direction of websites which feature either prototype German station track plans or suggestions for small layouts - I'm not after the Fleischmann/Arnold etc type of plans which seem to consist mainly of tight curved spirals, masses of tracks and big loco depots, but something suitable for a small/medium through station which I could adapt to occupy about 6 - 7' (2.3m) in N scale.

[steverabone]

Try this website. It's in Dutch but there are dozens of German track plans of the sort you'll probably need and photos as well.

 

http://www.sporenplan.nl/

 

Stephen Rabone

[Taigatrommel]

This one's in German and has a few: http://www.wieduwilt.org/vorbild/index.php

 

There's also a few plans of border stations here: http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/index.php

[Allegheny1600]

Hi Colin,

I have referred to this website (in English!) for many different ideas as i find it to have lots of useful information. It's all about modelling Bavarian branchlines and has a host of information on signalling, locomotives, numbering systems etc.

http://www.worldrailfans.info/Articles/Europe/GBavBL1.shtml

Hope this helps,

John E.

[jhock]

This might help:

 

My link

[ronpixe]

Could anyone possibly point me in the direction of websites which feature either prototype German station track plans or suggestions for small layouts - I'm not after the Fleischmann/Arnold etc type of plans which seem to consist mainly of tight curved spirals, masses of tracks and big loco depots, but something suitable for a small/medium through station which I could adapt to occupy about 6 - 7' (2.3m) in N scale.

 

Could try this site some good plans for both N @ HO

http://www.moba-trickkiste.de/index.php?option=com_mobagleisplaene&Itemid=68

[D9020 Nimbus]

For branch lines, this is a good resource (in German): Here

[Andrew Peters]

Colin, you could also try here

 

Railways of Germany

 

Very good forum section with loads of freindly people, and has quite a few layout sugestions/ ideas already.

 

 

[NGT6 1315]

While the following site is only partially available in English and centred on signalling and signal boxes, it might be a useful resource anyway: stellwerke.de.

[NGT6 1315]

And another one: beku-bildarchiv.de

 

While I do not know what kind of scenario you have in mind for your layout, there might be some inspiration on this site if you would like to know how German cityscapes looked from the late 60s up until about the 1990s .

[Colin]

Thanks for the last 2 links - language isn't too much of a problem for me as I can read German to a basic standard.

I'm considering a small station perhaps on the outskirts of a medium sized town, so presumably the scenery would incorporate mainly residential/light industry development. I don't want a city centre this time (I already model urban in British 00) and am anxious to avoid the cliche'd Alpine layout with loads of spirals and bridges! I intend to do a bit of research on the northern part of Germany, in the hope of finding an area with gentle hills rather than mountains.

Excuse my ignorance but I've only visited Germany once; this was about 4 years ago while staying in Mulhouse, we had a day trip via Basel to Freiburg.