Railway photographers are generally harmless and rarely cause any trouble, except for the occasional dangerous interference with rail traffic. In one country, however, the situation is quite different.

For the price of a gauge 1 locomotive—per day—you can travel through picturesque southern Europe on a new uxury train.

On Saturday, IG-DU invited guests to a public get-together and presented the large-scale layout, which is currently under construction and is gradually being fitted out with more and more details. Many gauge 1 locomotive models and numerous modern, self-built cars were on display, either from guests or here at home.

The freight bypass line east of Hanover resembles a jungle in places because DB's infrastructure subsidiary InfraGO has clearly neglected maintenance of the line. The bushes between the two tracks are almost four meters high, and the line is used not only by freight trains but also occasionally by ICE trains. The branches almost brush against the trains.

One bright spot for photographers is that interesting vehicles occasionally appear among the overgrown vegetation.