The N scale model railroad plants introduce themselves
N Gauge: Diverse railroad operation
The N-Club International (NCI) organizes the construction of plants from modules of its members. The standardized module transition means that new layouts can always be displayed. The focus is on train traffic and the small details along the track.
An analog and a digital layout will be on display at Faszination MODELLBAHN. Once again, a member of the model railroad club “spur-N-schweiz” (sNs) with Swiss modules and another club member from England with his modules on the German THW (Technisches Hilfwerks) provide international flair in the analog layout.
The focus of the large analog layout is the double-track main line and the terminus station “St. Dominic”, which is connected via a more than 7 m long T-junction main line. On one side of the branch, the replica of the “Bridge of Remagen” follows after a curve, followed by some modules with German motifs and the already mentioned Swiss section. After a branch to the operational station, three modules follow, two of which will be on public display for the first time. The third module is the replica of the “Ladenburg Bridge”.
The digital layout takes up the classic theme of “double track main line with (single track) branch line”. The plant is controlled by hand controllers in a kind of “block station operation”. The line offers four different stations on an area of about 10 x 9 m – a terminus station, a separation station, a single-track through station and a double-track through station. The terminus station “Buchhorn Hbf” as well as the adjoining line have also never been shown by the N-Club. Varied operation is provided by the branches and the single-track section, even without a service station. Many details on the modules (e.g. also a button-pushing action) also invite you to take a closer look.
Operator: N-Club International e.V., D-70599 Stuttgart Plant size: 14 x 6 m
N gauge: VAMES N track
The Vames N-Bahn is a single-track line with a rural atmosphere from Era III/IV. Various details and scenes can be seen and discovered on the 25 meter long modular layout. Peace, nature and places where you would like to be are the focus of the railroad. The scenes are based on North German themes from our own imagination. Scenes such as a flock of sheep on the heath, with a cozy beer garden at the brewery. An operable bridge over a river. Various crossing stations and farms and much more! The club members operate the layout with Z21 and are happy to answer visitors’ questions and provide information about the construction and technical details, such as the reverse loop electronics of the layout! The VAMES N-gauge railroad has never been presented outside the Netherlands! Operator: VAMES N-gauge, NL – 1322 BB Almere Layout size: 11 x 5 m
