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With the line linking Mariazell system to Ybbstalbahn system at Lunzer See station it allows me to have all the 1099's narrow gauge electric locos . I also have a few in fantasy liveries ( you never really see this in UK modelling) . Here is a line up on my diorama backscene . These locos run from fiddle yard one to Lunzer and then into the electric holding sidings before being replaced by a diesel for the run to Waidhofen . They are also used in my small eletric terminal exhibition layout- Gusswerk.

With the line linking Mariazell system to Ybbstalbahn system at Lunzer See station it allows me to have all the 1099's narrow gauge electric locos . I also have a few in fantasy liveries ( you never really see this in UK modelling) . Here is a line up on my diorama backscene . These locos run from fiddle yard one to Lunzer and then into the electric holding sidings before being replaced by a diesel for the run to Waidhofen . They are also used in my small eletric terminal exhibition layout- Gusswerk.

So its a start and some fun but the fire station extension has started !!! By the way the plastic glue I have used sends you high in 2 minutes !!!!!! Is there a glue for plastic kits / general that is harmless and does not clog up ???????? Latest pic , extention looks ok .

So the goods shed is no longer a goods shed instead its cycle hire which is typical use of he remaining goods sheds in this part of the world . The stickers are taken from a holiday brochure for the village . Lots more to do but its a start

So I have a station and good shed very close to the real thing at Lunz am See (most on Austrian narrow gauge are a variation on a standard design) but when the home layout will be in german model mode the station buildings need to look very different . I know what the real main line Oberaudorf station looks like and needed a scaled down version for the imaginary narrow gauge "Inntalbahn" . Then I found the Hornby Italian buildings on a second hand stall at a good price a few weeks ago and do you know whey look great and just need a bit of work to become German !!! At the same time I bought a small fire station for the layout but its really too small so needs an added extension . My modelling is poor but lets go to the scrap box get covered in glue and have a go !!!! So first images are the two stations the Austrian and the German.. Still need weathering properly but made a start. Thoughts?

Well managed to go to the European Model Ex in Brum and catch up with a few friends and have a good beer. Time short to do anything else but someone once told me , just do a bit at a time its all progress. So the two images are of a small water tower and level crossing kit built today . they have just been plonked onto the layout for the picture. They are Auhagen plastic kits which are great value. But a little bit of progress ...

To build an operational layout , you need the system ! This is the railway of the lower Inn Valley which is in Austia/Germany and most railways exist . The main line goes from innsbruck to Munich/ Vienna The narrow gauge goes from kierfelden to Wachel quarry , up the Wendelstein mountain and a steam tram to Chiemsee Lake. What i have done is join them all up and added an extension and a branch line . Then traffic diagrams , track plans , track layouts and with the aid of google earth the actual route has been plotted !!! All locos and stock are allocated to the depots on the system - yes its about ops !!!! The HOe track plan covers Oberaudorf and the branch to Taztlwurm , the 2 fiddle yards the rest of the system (and is also designed to also work for the Austrian version Lunzer See ) . I do have a full written up history !!!

Here is the inspiration behind the church .

Yes its Kibri 39767 St Marien Church .

For those with lots of skill and I see amazing scratch built building and think wow !!! Sadly I am not in this league or the league below . My world is glue everywhere and I have to stick with plastic and cardboard kits ... Not everyones cup of tea but its better to have a go and do something , eh ? So here is the rather large "onion dome" church which has come together over the last week . For scale I put a train behind it !!! Now then in the real Oberaudorf on the edge of the village there is an even bigger "kloster -church" in this very yellow next to the standard gauge line . So for the German version of the layout its perfect and of course not out of place when running the Austrian stock ... It will be weathered at some point and I have taken pictures of the real thing and how the onion dome has weathered and the roof . So a tad more progress

So after decades of armchair modelling and 18 months after the home layout baseboards were built a start has been made !!! A start has been made on the small shelf branch line terminal . Track is down , isolation switches in place and its been test run. Backscene in place . But its a bit dark on the shelf as the shelf above has my OO diorama (one day that will work !!!) . So with the magic of the internet an under shelf mini PIR light arrived for above the shelf , see photos . The layout by the way will change a few buildings to be my imaginary German / Bayern "ITB" Inntalbahn , and also Austrian OBB Ybbstalbahn/Mariazellbahn layout. Key thing is its a big motive power and operations game . The Austrian version has the right locos and stock for those lines , when in German mode it has its own locos and stock in Bayern Blue . Lots more to do !!!!

I was a Garston depot during the 80's , so enjoyed the delights of tripping all over the freight system . alec dock itself would be interesting . Through trains to/from the dock system , yard itself had mail and cars just a couple of vehicles itself . Open up the single platform (closed well before the 80's) as the excuse it connect with the Irish and IOm boats calling at this endow the system? Onto the dock was grain (hoppers) , seaforth freightliner , , steel (for a short while) and 16 ton mineral wagons for the scrap crusher . The yard also had scrap 503's . Remember only a short tunnel from Bottle Junction , model both ?