Pictures from Japan

by Friedhelm Weidelich

A spur1info subscriber living in Asia sent some pictures from Japan of a trip on the Shinkansen.

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On the adjacent track? Yes please!

by Friedhelm Weidelich

In the model railroad eras III and IVa, in which most of the Köf IIs from Steiner Modellwerke are running in gauge 1, their operation on the left track is unfortunately not possible with the correct signal at the train head. This can be set up with a little fine tuning on the installed locomotive sound decoder 5L from ESU, as well as a general reorganization of the locomotive operation towards more prototypical and better overview for the model railroader.

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One more Locomotive for RailAdventure

by Friedhelm Weidelich

RailAdventure NL enriches the transfer and test runs in the Netherlands with a four-axle electric locomotive for the 1.5 kV DC network.

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Clearing Snow the Canadian Way

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Frozen turnouts blocked rail traffic in Germany, where normal winter weather that didn't affect rail traffic in the past was immediately hyped up as "snow chaos". Elsewhere, people are simply pragmatic and have ideas. Even if they are not particularly environmentally friendly.

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A short Visit to Seebrugg in the Black Forest

by Friedhelm Weidelich

On the way to Mulhouse in Alsace I tried to photograph some vehicles of the Dreiseebahn in Seebrugg. The collection is interesting.

At the station you will also find relics of past times.

45 photos.

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