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ICE Diorama: Reposts from My Other Blog

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I am reposting by way of links my ICE diorama progress. No further work has been done on it. In fact I have dismantled part of the tracks as I did not like the results. I will post my rework here. For now, here are the earlier postings: 8 .Oct 2011: German Model Railway Diorama 29. Oct 2011: Track Alignment 30. Oct 2011: Base Preparation 2. Nov 2011: Artist’s Impressions 2. Nov 2011: Need A Tunnel? 3. Nov 2011: Not a Time to Tighten the Curve 5. Nov 2011: Modelling Toolkit 6. Nov 2011: Laying Tracks and Superelevation 6. Nov … Continue reading ICE Diorama: Reposts from My Other Blog

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Alles gute zum 176. Geburtstag, deutschen Eisenbahnen!

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Today, 7th December marked the 176th Anniversary of German Railways. The first commercial railway, powered by British-built Der Adler (“The Eagle”), started from Nuremberg to Fürth, a distance of 6 kilometers, signalled the beginning of railway undertakings in Germany. Soon the railway began to expand with other states established their own railway and were consolidated in 1924 with the formation of the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft (DRG). From Der Adler to ICE, German railways is still growing with new high speed lines being built and foreign and private operators entering the German rail passenger and freight markets. There are over 500 … Continue reading Alles gute zum 176. Geburtstag, deutschen Eisenbahnen!