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Indeed there is currently no S in Germany, but there has been in the fifties (and also in France). I wrote a small article with pictures about it, see attachment. All very toy-like; this German Baureihe 05 with train is the most scale like: Regards Fred S_trains_made_in_Europe_(Germany,_France,_England).pdf

Two Märklin Gauge 1 Swiss crocodiles with a Märklin goods train and an Ameba passenger train: Regards Fred

H0 gauge is indeed half of 0 gauge When I mounted extra rails at my gauge 1 track in the garden to be able to run gauge 0 2-rail and 3-rail trains, I noticed afterwards that the middle conductor rail was not precisely in the middle; my homemade drilling jig was not quite OK. However, real H0 trains do not seem to want to run on the "half" track. But today I could get a vintage German H0/00 wind-up train from Beckh running on it after some fiddling: So after 1 gauge, 0 gauge and S gauge I now have H0 gauge in the garden. Regards Fred

No problem in the larger gauges Regards Fred

I think for Chicago you can have (amongst others) the NYC 20th Century Ltd, the B&O Capitol Ltd, the Chicago & North Western 400, the Alton Ltd, the PRR Broadway Ltd, the ATSF California Ltd and the Chief and the Milwaukee road Hiawatha. For all of these you can find pictures of H0 (and other gauges) models in chapter 7 of my e-book on Luxury trains (free to read or download): http://sncf231e.nl/non-ciwl-luxury-trainssmall/ Regards Fred

The 30s were very colourful (the second half of it anyway) like blue B&O, grey NYC... And there was some stainless steel. Kalmbach issued a guide to colors used on Pullman cars from 33-69 by Arthur Dubin. Do you have a specific question on a color/road? Regards Fred

Indeed Rod, Both tracks are for gauge 1. The inner track has extra rails for 0 gauge (2-rail and 3-rail electric). The outer track has an extra rail to run S gauge and 3-rail electric gauge 1. Regards Fred

The Märklin Baureihe 06 weighs 1034 grams! Even if it has only 3 driving axles Regards Fred

It looks like a "güterzugbegleitwagen" (german). These were used for personnel (conductor and shunter) to accompany a freight train. Loose coupled freight trains were not normal in continental Europe but a car for personnel was used also in Germany, France and Japan (like a caboose in the USA). Wikipedia tells more (in German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begleitwagen. I made an e-book on models of all types of these cars called "The end of the train". It can be seen or downloaded for free: http://sncf231e.nl/caboose/. I do not know whether a model of this Czech car is available. Regards Fred

Rod, I did not measure it but the certificate with the Dutch 4-4-0 mentions a scale of 1:43.5. And it is a small engine. Here it goed through the garden: And here goes the Caledionian locomotive: Regards Fred

Plenty of time now to make and re-arrange some photos of fine scale 7 mm models from different countries. I published these on my website since copying theme here would give very large posts. Two British Built 4-4-0 locomotives – Staatsspoorwegen and Caledonian Railway Pictures of models of teak CIWL cars Some pictures of Fulgurex 0 Gauge CIWL cars I hope this is of interest. Regards Fred

This year the bulb farmer had planted hyacinths instead of tulips: Regards Fred

The British build ADLER locomotive pulled the first train in Germany in 1835; Märklin made a model in 1 gauge; I had a run with this model this weekend in the garden: Regards Fred

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From the garden, Regards Fred

Today a new (old) French Hornby Pullman arrived: So I had a good reason to run a train in the garden today: Regards Fred

Here is a similar HAG locomotive with a "Blue (and creme) Pullman": Regards Fred

Today I played trains in the garden; all German: Regards Fred

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Some weeks ago I bought a tinplate Kibri H0 station from the fifties that has a real mechanical clock; I already has a 0 gauge version of a Kibri station with a clock. I now just wonder whether any other (non German) toy train maker ever made something similar? The wires are for an interior light. Regards Fred

I just noticed that the (former) French retailer Clarel, who introduced special versions based on industry models in H0, also issued a PLM Mam(m)outh based on the RivaRossi Bourbonnais. It can be seen (and bought if you are fast) here: https://ebay.us/4xtsaT Regards Fred

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Staying at home does not mean that I cannot run trains in the garden, so I had a run with a Lionel Southern Crescent Limited: Regards Fred

I thought it looked a bit like my Billerbahn (Germany) crane: And then I noticed this Billerbahn item on ebay: So it looks like the Russian did some copying. Regards Fred For more cranes see my e-book: http://sncf231e.nl/crane-trucks/

Driving wheels 42.5 and 47.5 mm Trailing and bogie wheels 19.5 and 24.8 mm Regards Fred