Guide to German Railways Operation and Signalling Principles

For those who are looking for German railways operation and signalling principles especially in English, I highly recommended the following: Source: Mark Vogel (Flickr.com) Dr. Joern Pachl wrote an excellent document on the German railway operation principles (PDF), explaining in detail how the German system works compared to Anglo-Saxon’s. Wolfgang Meyenberg did an excellent job on documenting and explaining the various German railways signal principles from last 2 centuries as well as the latest practices. I hope both references will be useful to you in building a close to prototype railway operations on your model layout. Continue reading Guide to German Railways Operation and Signalling Principles

N#3: Choices of N-scale Models

A series of write-up on N-scale (Ngage and Njoy in Nscale): N#3: Choices of N-scale models In the first two series, I introduced the N-scale model railroading and the attraction that it offers. In this series, I will introduce the vast selections of N-scale models and its manufacturers. Although Arnold was one of the first to introduce this scale, there are many more who offer N-scale models parallel to their HO-, TT- or G-scale models. At times, you will see the introduction of N-scale models 6 months to 1 year after its bigger brother models; sometimes, only in one scale. … Continue reading N#3: Choices of N-scale Models

N#2: The Attraction of N-scale

A series of write-up on N-scale (Ngage and Njoy in Nscale): N#2: The Attraction of N-scale N-scale has been the second popular choice since its introduction more than half a century ago due to its smaller size. Some details especially smaller parts such as handrails, rivets, etc. that modellers look forward to in HO-scale would not be present in N-scale. In exchange for such compromises, N-scale offers more space – both in terms of length of trains and area for modelling. For example, 8-car freight train in HO-scale would give you 15-car freight train on the same length of track, … Continue reading N#2: The Attraction of N-scale

N#1: What is N-scale?

Note to readers: N-scale has often been a misunderstood scale, either new comers not aware of its existence, ignorance or misinformation. Thus, I will write a series of articles on this scale in hope to educate and encourage more adopters. I consider myself a beginner to this hobby although I have done a lot of research, reading and learning and contributing in forums for last 10 years. Please share with others. If you would like to post in your blog, go ahead. If you want to me write about something, please email me. This is the first of a series of … Continue reading N#1: What is N-scale?