This is № 549 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. We are going to discover one of America’s largest HO scale model railroad layouts. This very large model train layout is located at the Chelten Hills Model Railroad Club in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States. The club maintains a 25 x 80 foot (approximately 7.6 x 24.4 meters) DCC controlled HO scale model railway layout.
This is № 546 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. The Miniature Wonderland is the largest permanent model railway exhibition in the world. It is one of Germany’s famous tourist attractions. On more than 1,600 square meters a unique masterpiece of HO scale models has been created in approximately 1,050,000 working hours. Miniature cars and model ships move through the landscapes, and even aeroplanes take off every minute at the magnificent model airport. The Miniature Wonderland offers so many attractions, that you cannot discover anywhere else in the world.
This is № 543 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. In this video we learn that you can build a model railroad layout even on a small footprint. Robert Strachan, a model railway enthusiast from the United Kingdom, has built his model train diorama on an area of 5 feet 8 inches by 13 inches, approximately 180 cm x 30 cm. The model rail layout is a shelf layout respectively a small shunting model railroad layout or switching model railway layout.
This is № 542 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. In this video, we discover the military section of a German model railroad club. The members have modelled former barracks and loading stations for tanks and other military equipment in HO scale (1/87).
This is № 540 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. In this video, we discover a small but very beautiful model railroad layout in HO scale built by Alan Jockmans. The focus of the filigree and detailed built miniature world is on a relaxing landscape with a simple track layout.
This is № 492 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. Rail transport modeling in Germany is closely associated with those steam locomotives and diesel locos of the former state railroad (German Federal Railway) from the 1960's. Therefore, there are many model railroading enthusiasts who recreate that romantic era. The rail diorama we see in this video follows this railway modelling philosophy and depicts a small station in Germany where a lot of freight traffic is handled.