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Eurospoor 2007 (1) (2)

In October 2007 the Dutch HRCA returned to the annual Eurospoor event, an international 3-day model railway event held in Utrecht each year. To bring something new to the public, we decided to add a 3-rail Hornby Dublo layout to our usual 0-gauge layout. This was the first time a working Dublo layout was to be seen on a large model railway event in the Netherlands.

Our usual 0-gauge construction team was again formed by Niek van Ees and Peter Zwakhals, while Rob van Teylingen did the Dublo layout. During the days Hans van Dissel , Piet Scholten, Henk Brouwer, Piet Buis, Hendrik van der Wal, Hans Kusters and Paul van Hooft each took their turn to help as steward during the opening days.

We made a special welcome to quite some visitors from the United Kingdom, whom we all invited to have a closer look at both layouts. One UK visitor got hold of the controls running a 0-gauge Lizzie: an old dream come true for him

As usual we made up a track plan for the 0-gauge layout on the day. We ended up with a 4-track layout. Each track had its own sidings and all tracks were interconnected.

Setting up took us the Thursday before the event, and was completed during Friday morning.

Left: the completed 0-gauge layout just before opening time.

Below: Henk Brouwer brought some of his rare export items including double heading No. 3 PLM Locomotives, No. 2 Special Golden Arrow Coach and No. 2 Special EST Composite.

Rob van Teylingen put up the Hornby Dublo 3-rail layout. During setting up the major benefit of a smaller gauge was soon to be seen. Rob had already built up the complete layout before the actual event, and made some digital photos as a guide. The Dublo layout was already nearly complete, before the 0-gauge team had finished the first outside loop.

Rob at the controls of the finished Dublo layout.

A picture taken at track level with some other spectators having the same idea.

Since Eurospoor is an event for realistic railway modelling, we try to add as much scenery as we can to the 0-gauge layout.

The station area on one side of the 0-gauge layout. The station was made from 2 Windsor No. 2 Stations, with 2 Windsor Island Platforms and 8 Passenger Platforms, all from the 1929-1933 period.

A Princess Elizabeth is waiting at the station with a train of LMS Corridor Coaches. On the next track a E320 Flying Scotsman with No. 2 Special Pullman Coaches.

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