Train Driver's View: Model Train Cab Ride on French Narrow Gauge Model Railroad Layout Mini World Lyon

Published on December 26, 2023

Train Driver's View: Model Train Cab Ride on French Narrow Gauge Model Railroad Layout Mini World Lyon

This is № 559 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. The beautiful model railroad exhibition Mini World Lyon also features rail traffic between the border of France and Switzerland. In this border region, small narrow-gauge trains are mainly used to transport passengers and freight between small towns and villages in the Alps. The landscape design on the model train layout in 1/87 scale is overwhelming because narrow-gauge railways have to climb high mountains and pass through deep valleys.


Fleischmann HO Scale Model Railroads and Trains - Realistic Model Train Layout built by Artist Bernhard Stein

Published on December 23, 2023

Fleischmann HO Scale Model Railroads and Trains - Realistic Model Train Layout built by Artist Bernhard Stein

This is № 558 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. In every country there are artists and masters in the field of model railroading who have the ability to depict nature, trains, buildings, landscapes and rail traffic as realistically as possible in the model. In Germany, there was a model maker who was known throughout Europe. His name was Bernhard Stein, and this video presents one of his largest model railroad layouts in HO scale.


Best Place to Visit in France: Jean-Ville - Realistic O Scale Model Train Layout by Jan van Remmerden

Published on December 15, 2023

Best Place to Visit in France: Jean-Ville - Realistic O Scale Model Train Layout by Jan van Remmerden

This is № 556 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. Did you know that France consistently tops the list as the world’s most visited destination? France is not only one of the most visited travel destinations, but also one of the most beautiful themes for model railroading. French landscapes and French lifestyle inspired Jan van Remmerden to build a very realistic looking model railroad layout in O scale.


One of the Smallest Model Train Layouts - Micro Model Railroad in T Gauge by Richard Kříž

Published on December 7, 2023

One of the Smallest Model Train Layouts - Micro Model Railroad in T Gauge by Richard Kříž

This is № 555 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. Richard Kříž, a railway enthusiast from the Czech Republic, presents his tiny world of the smallest model trains in this video. His T gauge layout has a footprint of 2.0 x 0.5 meters only. He built everything else by hand.


One of the most authentic model railroads of an East German chemical plant with industrial railways

Published on December 3, 2023

One of the most authentic model railroads of an East German chemical plant with industrial railways

This is № 554 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. Olaf Brabandt is a German model railroader who builds run-down, abandoned and dirty industrial sites, for example steelworks, coal plants, refineries and chemical plants. In the last seven years, he built a model railroad layout in HO scale representing a part of the typical large-scale industry of the former GDR. It is an industrial yard built with a high level of detail: Patina, dirt, dust and grime are everywhere. Buildings, locomotives and freight cars are also carefully weathered.


Pretty Nice Micro Model Train City Edge Layout of the Suburbs of Paris in France by Wieger Pasman

Published on November 27, 2023

Pretty Nice Micro Model Train City Edge Layout of the Suburbs of Paris in France by Wieger Pasman

This is № 553 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. Although this model railway layout is only 60 cm x 30 cm in size, we discover an incredible amount of detail. This is the special feature of model railroader Wieger Pasman, who demonstrates that less can be more with his understated atmospheric model train city edge diorama. He was inspired by the desolate atmosphere of the Parisian district of La Plaine Saint Denis and built a diorama in HO scale with an industrial yard crossed on one side by a main line railway.


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