The H0 scale model railroad plants introduce themselves
HO scale: Ruhr area section (colliery with Polchingen depot)
Automatic operation of 12 train sets in different directions and 7 shuttle trains in the port and in the depot. Single-track line with a small stop and adjacent depot with storage shed.
The plant reflects the end of the 1960s.
Only steam locomotives, diesel locomotives or railcars run on the line. Some vehicles already have the Era IV designation.
The cars and buildings are patinated and aged. The track material is Märklin C Track, control is digital with a driving program (TC).
Operator: Modellbahnfreunde Maifeld, D – 56299 Ochtendung
System size: 9.25 x 1.50 m
H0 gauge: Around Jugheim
The Fremo-based modular layout is an H0 layout built to the highest design standards by the HEB Hobbyeisenbahner association from Rodgau. Many of the motifs are well known to readers of the model railroad magazine MIBA from numerous publications. The layout form is an almost closed circle, which guarantees visitors an all-round view and provides prototypical point-to-point traffic.
The theme is three branch line stations – one of which actually exists – where there is lively operation, which is fed by a fiddleyard that is also attached. In addition to typical passenger train sets from the sixties, freight and goods characteristic of the respective stations are delivered on the appropriate wagons. All vehicles have a realistic patina, which rounds off the delicately designed environment in a pleasing way. The speed of the trains is adapted to the prototype. The whole thing is operated digitally and wirelessly. It is operated from the outside, which makes it easy for the operating crew to interact with the public. This means that questions about the design can be answered again and again.
Operator: HEB Hobbyeisenbahner 1983, 63110 Rodgau
System size: 15 x 8 m
H0 gauge: Large modular layout with double-track main line
The H0 layout on display is part of a large modular layout with many beautifully landscaped modules. It consists of a double-track main line with a single-track branch line. Trains up to a length of 8 meters can run on the main line, as they can be parked in the two large hairpin bends. This means that nothing stands in the way of a full-scale 4000-metre long ore train called “Langer Heinrich”, as it ran between Emden and the Ruhr area at the time, consisting of two steam locomotives and 50 bulk goods wagons. There are two railroad stations on the branch line, one of which is designed as a reversing station. Another group of modules on the main line shows a small district with an adjacent funfair. Trucks and buses run in the town using a digital car system. The funfair consists of a marquee, Ferris wheel, various stalls, bumper cars and a Ferris wheel with corresponding background noise and lighting effects.
Vehicles in two-wire (Fleischmann, Roco, Trix) and three-wire technology (Märklin) run simultaneously on the entire layout, which is unlikely to be found in this form on any other model railroad layout. All rail vehicles are controlled manually on the layout using digital technology.
Operator: Bergische Eisenbahn-Freunde, 51688 Wipperfürth
System size: 22 x 10 meters
H0 gauge: Landscaping in Era IV to VI
The layout consists of around 55 modules on which Märklin C-track with a track spacing of 77.5 mm has been installed. All tracks are additionally ballasted.
Landscaping is kept in the seasons of spring / summer.
No model has been deliberately assigned in order to give free rein to the imagination. Several module blocks are assigned to individual topics. Worth mentioning would be the four-track through station, our Faller Car System, a fairground, a wooded area with bridge, and an open staging yard.
In addition to digital driving on the layout, computer-controlled automatic operation with WIN DIGIPET 2021 “Premium” takes place at the exhibitions. This allows for a lively train operation with 8 trains.
A special feature is the integration of the stabling station into the program, which allows trains to be changed during operation.
Operator: IG Modellgruppe Märklin Insider Stammtisch Hildesheim, 31787 Hameln
Plant size: 11 x 6 m
H0 gauge: The Lauterthal Railway 1924 – LANZ connection
The Lauterthalbahn represents a single-track branch line of Era II in 1924 in Upper Bavaria, which is designed as a point-to-point layout with the operating points Rotwangen (Berg) (Fiddleyard) – LANZ connection – Lauterthal (Wald) (Fiddleyard). The central element of the system is the LANZ agricultural machinery factory siding. The track system of the factory premises is designed according to the time-saver principle and thus guarantees diverse and intensive shunting operations.
In addition to the extensive freight operations at the agricultural machinery factory junction, the line also offers a wide variety of services. Passenger trains run regularly between Rotwangen (Berg) and Lauterthal (Wald), connecting travelers from remote Lauterthal to the big wide world. The rural region benefits from the rail connection, particularly through freight traffic. Agricultural and forestry products are loaded onto the railroad along the entire Lauterthal Railway and transported to the major cities. Above all, the transport of timber with the imposing-looking spruce trunks on the turntable wagons typical of this era is a common sight.
The freight and passenger trains are assembled in the two fiddle yards and sent out onto the line from there. As with the prototype, freight is transported using wagon cards and freight requests that show the destination of the respective wagon.
Operator: Epoche II Halb Null Sebastian Litters, 68623 Lampertheim
System size: 16.4 x 4 m
H0 gauge. De Provins a Villiers-Saint-Georges
The operators of the model railroad layout from France will present a digital model railroad layout in HO scale measuring 9.1 x 3 meters, which can be viewed from all four sides and offers visitors a comprehensive experience.
The layout is a faithful and historical replica of the line that connected Longueville with Villiers-Saint-Georges as it existed in the 1960s and 1970s. It was a typical branch line that ran through the French countryside and was still used for both passenger and freight traffic at that time.
Each element – buildings, bridges, landscapes, vegetation – was handcrafted and customized based on archival documents, field studies and historical photographs.
The landscape is characterized by several special features: Authentic rural landscapes of the Brie region with open fields and charming villages. A faithfully recreated railroad station with passenger station, goods station and sidings. Typical engineering structures such as small bridges and level crossings.
Realistic operation with alternating passenger trains and freight trains that reflect the timetables and rolling stock of the time. The layout is operated with digital control (DCC), which guarantees smooth and dynamic operation.
Visitors can enjoy a historic and immersive journey and discover the atmosphere of a real French regional train brought to life in miniature.
Operator: Club de Modelisme Ferroviaire de Provins, F – 77160 Provins
System size: 16.4 x 4 m
Track H0: Module assembly Limitless
Markus Horn came up with the idea of a module assembly group at a Märklin Insider regulars’ table, where we wanted to offer the members free development of their modules. The only requirement was the size of the modules and that Märklin C-track should be used.
The rest is up to the builder’s imagination. This has resulted in modules that are pure madness.
From mountains and towns to Bran Castle. From the small idyll to the chemical plant and from the army barracks to the locomotive museum.
Normal commercial materials were used as well as parts created from garbage.
A double-track main line runs from a siding across all modules, with all trains and carriages from all eras. The whole thing is controlled by ESU Ecos. Many lights that work independently of the power circuit and also some pushbuttons for the spectators round off the whole picture.
Märklin MS2 also offers operation on branch lines, independently of the main line. Faller Carsystem as well as Viessmann Carmotion can be found on the modules.
There are many little things to discover, but also large masterpieces, such as a marketplace with 7000 stones and a cemetery wall with 3000 stones from Juweela were painstakingly built on the module by a builder.
Modulbaugruppe Grenzenlos, it’s called because we have 24 members from Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg, making us an international group of Märklin crazy model railroaders. Some YouTube stars from the model railroad scene are also part of it and can be met live and talk shop about their modules.
Operator: Modulbaugruppe Grenzenlos, Markus Horn, D-78073 Bad Dürrheim
Plant size: 12 x 6 m
