10, Crawley Model Railway Society [Apr 10]
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‘Tilschrankewald Ost’
3.5mm:1ft Scale
HO Gauge
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As its name suggests, this was a continental style HO-gauge layout based
on German prototype between Era III and V.
It was a continuous style, free-standing layout that measures 16 feet by 9
feet. With a name like this, we frequently shortened it to T-W-O.
The layout represented the club's first venture into HO and was modified,
detailed then subsequently rewired and catenary added.
The layout represented a section of Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) main line
with a local station and an industrial/marshalling area. There was also a
small loco shed, which supplied locos for local services and for shunting in
the station area.
No particular area was modelled, so we had greater freedom when it
come to running a variety of trains. We did however only run stock that
fits into a particular time period. Over the duration of a 2-day show, we
usually used two sets of stock. The first is primarily steam, with a few
early diesels and electrics, and covers the period of the 1950s and 60s
(i.e. Era 3 to 4). The second covers the 1980s to the present day and is
primarily electric but includes preserved steam. (Era 5)