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Hello everyone, today here is a new video with maneuvers in Benicarlo Termino station, carried out with a maneuvering locomotive of the 311 series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AhetaG6Auw

Thank you Chris for your message and sorry for the late reply. Good evening everyone, It's been almost two years since I gave any news about the layout. The track plan has changed with more game. The first of the three modules is finished with always, a Spanish atmosphere from the 70s to the 90s. It was the best period of the RENFE with very varied and colorful material. Here is a little video to give you some news. An ALCO of the 313 series operates a few wagons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6TrVXBrGms&t=9s

Hello everyone, Today two new videos. Still in Texas. The first on Galveston Island and the second on the Texas State Railroad. [YT] [YT] [YT] [YT]

Today, I continue this series of videos with a panorama of the railway in El Paso, also in Texas. [YT] [YT]

I open this new subject to present with videos and photos a panorama of railways in the United States. Any contribution will of course be welcome. To start a short video of the railways in Dallas Texas. [YT] [YT]

Hello, Here is a new CFTT video. Locomotive depot operations. [YT] [YT]

Good morning all, I open this new subject to present a tourist railway near Toulouse. With a length of 3 km, the track gauge is 50 cm. It is installed on the course of an old network.The video goes back 8 years, today the preserved material includes diesel and steam locomotives. A museum is being created.I'm posting this first video. Several others will come gradually. [YT] [YT]

Thank you John and Philippe for your message. Today A new video. [YT] [YT]

Happy new year 2020 to all, health and railway dreams to all. The real city of Benicarló is impatiently awaiting the arrival of the Magi. As a bonus, a small last video. [YT] [YT]

Finally, a last little video with the arrival of the beer train. We drink more than usual during the holiday season. [YT] [YT]

Hello everyone and before giving you news about "Benicarlo Termino", I wish you a happy new year 2020. Work continues on the layout and the track plan has been slightly modified by adding an additional service track. To bring more interest to freight traffic, a hall is under construction. It is a personal construction but is inspired by a hall of the old company MZA. The interior is fully furnished because the building is in the foreground and therefore very visible. The following photos describe the extension with the additional track, the construction of the freight wharf and the start of construction of the building. I still have to make the roof and other small finishes.

Good evening everyone, Work continues quietly, a marquee (roof) inspired by a model of the Spanish company MZA was built. I started by building the 4 supports of the shelter. They are made of Evergreen profiles. Then I make the roof. The underside is clad with wood. I finish with the top and the decorative frieze. The lighting is ready to be installed. To finish the set is fixed on the station, it will remain to give a little life to this part of the platform. This element seems modest but has 289 pieces. A last small video showing a locomotive on the narrow gauge line Benicarló - Peñiscola. [YT] [YT] Good evening to all and have a good night.

Good morning all, These last days I continued to advance on the layout. - The bar restaurant of the station has now a terrace. I used accessories from the German brands FALLER and PREISER. The finest tables and chairs come from the French brand DECAPOD. They are sold in kits and are difficult to build but they seem very realistic. In comparison with the round table brand FALLER others are much more realistic. - On the narrow-gauge tourist line a train of works has appeared. (H0e).The locomotive and the wagons are of the German MINITRAINS brand. It is a brand that manufactures only H0e material. Finally, the last building of the industrial zone is finished. It is an official distributor of a major European brand of motorcycles and bicycles. The result in pictures.

New Youtube Channel on Benicarlo Termino This new channel will show videos on my layout, exhibitions, SNCF, RENFE, etc ...... Youtube Benicarlo Termino channel [yt] [yt] Video of a retirement at Foix station. (In France it is a tradition). [yt] [yt] [yt]

I do not know why, but indeed cats love our layouts. Yesterday, afternoon running session. Maneuvers of the new tourist train. [yt] [yt]

Hello and thank you all for your messages and comments. -Dear "CPW", the facade of the church is engraved cardboard. The columns of the entrance are made of modeling clay that hardens when cooked. (I hope you understood) -Dear "Neils" I have on my side also a classic 333 in "Pantone" livery, epoch 6. It is a model ROCO much more detailed than the old model ELECTROTREN. To begin I offer you two videos about two exhibitions of model making, "Trainsmania" in Lille and an exhibition in Toulouse. At this time I need your help! I can not display the video directly so I offer you the link! Sorry. TrainsMania expo Lille Exposition Toulouse My last work in recent days is on lighting. I do not like electricity but if I do not, the station will stay in the dark in the evening. So I made a control station and made a maximum of electrical wiring. Here is the almost final result in photos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQc1C2h05bs&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=futPdNXfOO4&t=12s

Thank you Steve for your message. To finish my layout presentation here are two videos. As I do not know how to display them, I send you Youtube links. You can see that there is still a lot of work. 303 ELECTROTREN 594 ELECTROTREN

Ellocoloco and Mike Thank you for your messages. In France, few people are interested in the Spanish railway, I do not know if it's the same in the United Kingdom. With its different gauge, it is an exotic railway and yet very close to us. I live less than 100 km from Spain. Here are new pictures that correspond to the current situation. The facade of the church really corresponds to that of Benicarlo. It is a city in the region of Valencia that I know well and where I go every year. That's about where I am.

Hello, here I am for the rest in photos. Following the next message.

First of all I want to thank google translation because my english is far too poor to express myself correctly. I started this layout a year and a half ago. At scale H0 it is installed along a wall and it measures 3.6 m long and up to 75 cm deep. It represents an imaginary station in the north of the region of Valencia (province of Castellon). This is the time 5 that I want to reproduce but my current material goes from time 3 to time 6. The scenery is obviously far from finished and my speed of work leaves me several years before the end. But is layout a really finished day? On the first messages I will mainly show you the pictures of the beginnings of the construction. I am aware of the surprising aspect of my approach. I am a French passionate about Spanish railroad publishing on a British forum. I hope that Google translation has done its job properly and I want to apologize for any syntax errors. These first photos show the first track plan. The two modules of the station are placed on furniture of a large Swedish furniture manufacturer. Following the next message.

Hello everyone and thank you for accepting me on the forum. I am French, I live in the south of France, 50 km south of Toulouse near the Pyrenees. I work at SNCF and I am passionate about railways, model railways and Spain (My Spanish origins resurface). I propose you to present my layout in a new subject. Thanks to the forum and see you soon. Stephane.