A busy moment at the goods depot, with ACE LNER No. 2 Tank just about to pass Windsor Signal Cabin. In the back a pair of No. 2 Goods Platforms can be seen, as well as the smaller No 1A Engine Shed, where Tank locos found a place.
Dutch National O-Gauge Days 2004 (2)
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A busy moment at the goods depot, with ACE LNER No. 2 Tank just about to pass Windsor Signal Cabin. In the back a pair of No. 2 Goods Platforms can be seen, as well as the smaller No 1A Engine Shed, where Tank locos found a place. |
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New member Willem Boot brought along his ACE A4 - a first time for the Netherlands to see this new and very impressive ACE product. The A4 is seen here with the ACE Trains Canopy, hand-painted by Niek van Ees in the old type of green used for mainline stations in Holland. |
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Niek van Ees concentrating on running his trains. In the back, fellow-member Derk de Vries studies a rake of early green and cream No. 2 Pullmans. |
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A detail on one of the fine scale layouts. Built by Rob Kievit, this scenic layout in 7mm/ft scale (1:43.5) is based on the actual narrow-gauge tramway on the Isle of Man. There are differences, though: the model is situated on the fictional island of Waan in the North Sea, allowing the builder to include some non-Manx elements. Such as right-hand running, a couple of Dutch tramcars, and the use of pantographs rather than trolley poles. The trams collect power from the overhead, with both rails acting as return, just like the real thing. The Manx railway never got around to actually ordering the PCC cars that had been designed as part of an abortive modernisation drive in the seventies. But the management of Waan's tramway acted differently. The PCC is a Corgi Classic model; the other trams seen here are re-gauged and rebuilt Bachmann 0n30 vehicles. This seaside scene was inspired by the electric tramway terminus on the Promenade in the Manx capital, Douglas. |
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Based on the Lower Sheds at Douglas, the tram depot provides a static display of some trailers and wagons. The two blind tracks in the depot are awaiting completion, which involves the building of two more turnouts. All track, to 22.5mm gauge, is hand-made, using h0 rail profile on copperclad sleepers. And just to prove that fine scale does not need to involve high costs: The trailer on the central track was concocted out of three Gnomy toy trams, the one next to that is a model of Manx Electric trailer no. 57, scratch built mainly out of cardboard. |
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