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Ian Morrison introduces his computer-controlled Alpine HOe exhibition layout, the portable part of a larger permanent home project.
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The (rail) way to a Japanese layout: Mike Keeble explains how the search for better N gauge mechanisms eventually took him to Japan.
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A Bavarian terminus in Detsche Bundesbahn days: David Cox describes his rural branch line layout, carefully observed and meticulously modelled in HO. 
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Des Browne describes his large American HO loft layout, set in California in c.1953, which enables him to run long trains behind large locos, both steam and diesel.
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CHEAKAMUS CANYON
On the British Columbia Railway (BCR): Scott Fitzgerald describes the dramatic Canadian HO layout he built with Dave Standen and Roger Cole. 
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A small German scene modelled in HOe: Andrew Knights has a new layout. Or is it? An excellent examples of recycling.
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MARANIQUE
The place is northern France, the time early summer 1918 - Peter Gray of the Waveney Valley MRC describes his First World War OO9 narrow gauge layout. 
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Peter Marriott observes this busy junction on the Bern Lötschberg Simplon system as a prelude to modelling part of it. 
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HORSETHIEF BRIDGE
Anthony Quinlan describes his American N layout, set on the Columbia River in the pacific north-west - a superb setting for watching long trains roll by. 
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Maurice Hopper developed an ingenious circular design using lightweight and easily portable baseboards for his second essay in modelling German railways in N. 
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GOLLWALD
A narrow gauge terminus in Austria modelled in HOe: Peter Hoffmann has created a fictitious but plausible line with careful consideration of the historical background, geographical settings, and operating requirements.  
Keith White reports on the extensive HO exhibition layout of the BÉZIER model railway club in the south of France which depicts local scenes from the 1970s and 1980s.  
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LAUWERSMEER
As might be expected of a professional railwayman, Robbert Jan De Vries has created an authentically detailed Netherlands HO layout in an area of just 240cm x 60cm.
East Prussia, July 1914: Jim Trotman built a new HO layout exploring an older period which was new to him.
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DREI SPURENHOF
Graham Lightfoot has a new German layout with standard HO, narrow HOe and Feldbahn HOf tracks with a relatively compact - and thus portable - space.
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Meandering through the Rockies: Stefan Boerma relates how he created a novel Nn3 micro layout in a small case
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LICHENHAIN
A challenge from Thüringia: Ton Janssen has modelled in HO part of the Oberweißbacher Bergbahn, an unusual funicular and the electrified line it serves. (The prototype was featured in our February 2020 issue.)
OSTERBURKEN
Paul Peeters has extended his German N layout, previously featured in our May and June 2020 editions, taking over a storage area to make a new station. And this in turn has prompted another extension!
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SIGNEN
Iain Baxter designed his German N layout to achieve maximum operation in a reasonable space.
DIE KLEINE ROTE – 3
‘The Little Red One’ – Henk Scherpenzeel rounds off (for now) his report on a large Swiss metre gauge layout which recreates scenes on the Rhätische Bahn in HOm. This time: Serneus and Wiesen stations, plus the impressive bridges at Brombänz and Bärentritt.
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NEBENSTRAD
To accommodate a varied collection of stock, Neville White has modelled a German town, rebuilding his former HO exhibition layout
DIE KLEINE ROTE – 2: FILISUR
‘The Little Red One’ – Henk Scherpenzeel reports on an ambitious Swiss metre gauge layout which recreates scenes on the Rhätische Bahn in HOm.
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Brought to you by the experts at Continental Modeller magazine, this new publication is packed with inspiring layouts and informative articles about modelling the wide variety of railways found in the Netherlands.
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DIE KLEINE ROTE
‘The Little Red One’ – Henk Scherpenzeel reports on an ambitious Swiss metre gauge layout which recreates scenes on the Rhätische Bahn in HOm.
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HUA HIN
Bill Johnston visited a country station in Thailand with an unusual feature – a royal waiting room.
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PONTEMPEYRAT
Michel Gachet describes his French HO exhibition layout set on a cross-country line high in the Haute-Loire – beautifully simple, and simply beautiful.
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ST.PANKRAZ IM STEIERMARK
Michael Kelleher was able to create his dream HO layout, a multi-level alpine setting with many personal touches. After building a large exhibition layout, Michael Upton wanted his new Austrian HO project to be more portable.
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SANKT JOSEPH
An idealised scene with standard and narrow gauge lines depicting Austrian rural railways in the 1960s reproduced in a compact HO/HOe layout by Davide Raseni.
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HIMMELREICH
Michael Kelleher was able to create his dream HO layout, a multi-level alpine setting with many personal touches.
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MARINA LIGURE
A layout with a long history, still going strong: Denis V.Reidy describes an Italian HO exhibition layout, now retired, set in the Cinque Terre region of Liguria.
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THE ALBULA LINE
A classic section of the metre gauge Rhätische Bahn: Yann Monbaron reports on an extensive HOm layout built for Pierre Denis. Part 2 – the current layout.
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The Albula Line
A classic section of the metre gauge Rhätische Bahn: Yann Monbaron reports on an extensive HOm layout built for Pierre Denis. Part 1 – the background.
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's Gravenhage
The atmosphere of Dutch railways in the 1950s in HO: when a 5m x 2m room became available at home, Pim de Moed took the opportunity to create a new layout.
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Tasmanian Garratt K1 steams again
Graham Lightfoot reports on a remarkably fast overhaul of this historic locomotive currently at Statfold Barn.
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Langental
Paul Peeters started his fictional German N layout at a modest size but always intended to expand it – and eventually did so.
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Norge
Inspired by visits to the spectacular scenic Flåmsbana in Norway, Mike Carter was inspired to try and capture the essence in HO.
EXTRA PAGES – SPECIAL REPORT
Nürnberg 2020
The second part of our comprehensive coverage of the extensive model railway section of this international toy and hobby fair deals with N, Z, TT, O, 1, narrow gauge, and G, plus structures and scenics.
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Vals
Roger Epps and Nathan Bridge chose to model in HOm a station in the upper reaches of the Valser valley on a line proposed but never built by the Rhätische Bahn.
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Schweizer Kleinstadt
Chris Atkinson has built a new Z gauge exhibition layout, depicting a typical small town in Switzerland.
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Nürnberg 2020
The first part of our comprehensive coverage of the extensive model railway section of this international toy and hobby fair deals with HO. Next month – N, Z, TT, O, 1, narrow gauge, and G, plus structures and scenics.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Le Vicinal à Vresse
An evocation of SNCV/NMVB line 553 – Jan Martens has created a convincing HOm impression of a typical Belgian local metre gauge tramway.
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Cap Sacré
More Tramways de la Corrèze than Vivarais – Peter Dale has modelled in HOm a small town station on a French intérêt local metre gauge line.
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SNCF CC72000
To augment his feature in the recent CM French Special, Gordon Wiseman offers more illustrations of a widely used high power mixed traffic diesel
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Cambach v. d. Höhe
As the Spur O Freunde Worms, Klaus Fischer and Sascha Fliegner got together to build a sectional layout for exhibitions depicting a branch line in Hessen.
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The Bridge at Remagen
Al Turner was inspired to create an accurate 1:160 scale model of the Ludendorff Bridge across the Rhine, with an impressive collection of authentic train consists. The layout is due to be at Model Rail Scotland at the SEC Glasgow from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd February.
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BR52 Kriegslok
Uwe Lacina looks briefly at the origins of the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft BR52 2-10-0, an austerity measure for wartime mass production. With scale drawings by Benno Wiesmüller.
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Reckingen
A passing station on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp: Jean-Pierre Muratore replaced his previous Swiss layout with a new scene, designed for easier exhibiting.
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Zweifelsfall
A rural narrow gauge branch terminus – Lucien Eijdems has created an attractive HOe layout that is easy to transport and interesting to operate.
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Grand Street and Three Rivers City
Sir Rod Stewart has taken a long time to create an extensive and impressive American city scene in HO. We get a rare glimpse of this amazing achievement.
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Oberweißbacher Bergbahn
At the top of an incline from valley to plateau: the Rudolstadt model railway club in Thüringia model an unusual and distinctive local prototype in HO.
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Ammobaux
A First World War scene modelled in OO9: Richard Pike built a diorama to fit in a suitable box.
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Renon Construction
Alessandro Rusin recreated in 1:35 an evocative scene from the construction of the rack-fitted Rittnerbahn with a loco loaned from Trieste – Opicina tramway.
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Süd Harz Eisenbahn
Modern metre gauge might-have-been: Paul Steedman has created a modular HOm layout, imagining that a former part of the Harz network has been re-opened.
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Ulvaryd Strand
A Swedish odyssey: Charles Insley has created a layout in HOe that is easy to transport and a pleasure to exhibit. It will be at Expo Narrow Gauge on 26th October.
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Gare de Brindille
Chris Hopper has built a small layout in a large scale, depicting the War Department Light Railways in SM32 with an impressive level of carefully observed fine detail.
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