Minimum Gauge

[daddyharry]

Hi to all,

just a few words to introduce myself.
Born in Berlin (Germany), I was very early infected with the (model)railway-virus. My first oval with a clockwork-loco (H0) I got with about four years. Later on, I was allowed to play on dads 2 m² Märklin end-to-end layout. (Yes, we had - he still has - a railway-cellar!)
I got distracted by plastic kits, but never lost my connection to railways, especially the narrow-gauge. (We still have some Minex, converted to DC that is about to be reactivated. It is 0n30/016.5/0e - depending on where you are from.)
In 1989, after finishing school, my parents and I travelled to England to visit friends (in Kent) and to visit the hospital in Wakefield, where my mother worked as a physio in 1960/61. (I wouldn´t wander, if someone remembers a "Miss Birdman".)
My "Uncle" took dad and me to the RHDR, where the 15in-virus came...
So I now visit the Parkeisenbahn Dresden, when I have to work there and time allows. (sadly no customers in Leipzig or Stuttgart)
When my then fiancée (now SWMBO - first thing I learned here) showed interest in N-gauge with drawing an nice but crowded layout, the virus broke out and I made a layout myself in 09, with a background story I still have to translate, a terrain and proper rolling stock to build.

I have been visiting this forum for about half a year now and hope to contribute something to this valuable heap of information!

Greetings
Harald

[Geno6309]

Welcome to the festival!
There's always something happening here.
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"I'm not building a model of a railroad. I'm building a caricature of one." Bill Livingston, Venango Valley RR, RMC 1971
Words to live by.
Gene Walker

[Bilco]

Hi Harald - welcome to the Gnuthouse As you'll have seen, there is lots of useful information and inspiration here. Don't hesitate to post pictures of your 09 layout!
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Bill

If at first you don't succeed, cheat

[Chris Stockdale]

[daddyharry]

This is what it looked like a year ago...

150 x 62 cm or Gnear 59" x 24"
The middle loop is raised
GnothinG Gnew, exept that it moved to a Gnew location.
I had some test runs with different locos, my kids (3 and 2) loved to see that. The Kato N Bogie chassis managed the 5" s-curve without problems.

I`ll start a layout thread when the terrain forming is complete, but I still hesitate to sign the contract with Weyland-Yutani!

Harald

[Moronguhl]

Good to see another O-9er onboard Harald, looking forward to seeing what you do with that board!
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Christian Summers

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