How Railroad Track is Made and Crossings Work

Two really clever German language videos from Die Sendung mit der Maus, a children's program by the WDR.

How Track is Made

The Railroad Crossing Gate

There was even a train decorated with images from the show...

That Märklin is making a model of...

http://medienpdb.maerklin.de/produkte/pdfs/Mae_HerbstNH_2011_DE.pdf

One of my favorites is about these supersized eggs...

http://blog.fleischerei-freese.de/2009/11/ei-da-schau-her/

Düwag GT6 of the Bogestra

After what seems like years, finally cleaned the streetcar track and put the tram (at Düwag GT6 - bidirectional) back on. The model is by Rivarossi and represents line 305 of the Bogestra in Bochum/Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Here it is with an occasional intercity pulled by a 103, a 150 pulling limestone towards the steel mills and an 221 hauling a mixed freight.

And another in HD 

More Lasercuts

Was working on some more Moebo and Joswood kits again today and made an interesting discovery that impressed me more than I already was by what was possible with lasers and cardstock...

Today's output of kits, an industrial chimney, a shed-like structure, and two transformer stations/pump houses...

Moebo's transformer station/pump house - detail of "windows."

Transformer stations/pump house detail of "windows"lit from within.

That "screen" is lasercut out of ca.1mm/40pt cardstock in H0 - Wow!

Posten 210 - My first lasercut kit 2

After a far too long break, finally finished Joswood's Posten 210and provisionally placed it in its final position on the corner of the layout above the freight yard. Adjacent to it will be a small schrebergarten with several garden sheds.Will be good to get this corner done.