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Bregstadt

By

Les Richardson

Bregstadt is a fictional small town situated in a Black Forest valley somewhere East of Furtwangen and West of Vohrenbach. Up until 1976 there was a private railway, the Bregtalbahn, from Donaueschingen to Furtwangen. For the benefit of this layout the Bregtalbahn passed into new ownership in 1976 and survives on a hand-to-mouth basis with second-hand equipment and special steam trains run by the local Eisenbahnfreunde.

The layout is set in the early nineties, just after the time of reunification. Short goods trains are hauled by a variety of second-hand diesel locos, with a passenger service provided by 4-wheeled railbuses bought from the DB, and steam specials. Traffic to the yard at Bregstadt is shunted by diesel shunters including a class 08 bought cheaply from British Rail. On Sundays there is often a “Plandampf”, where restored steam locos take over some of the ordinary workings including freight which brings in much needed revenue! The vintage railbuses continue working alongside these.

The layout is on a kit-built baseboard with Peco track in the visible area and Hornby track in the fiddle yard. All pointwork is hand operated, out front by wire-in-tube.The layout is digitally controlled using the NCE Powercab system. The yard is signalled with colour signals on the through line and semaphores in the yard - Occasionally we even manage to get the aspects right……

  

Team of three operators (usually two working layout and one recovering). Layout based near Newark on Trent.Overnight accommodation please over 60 miles from base.    Layout travels by car (one car Fri/Sat, two on Sunday).

Technical details:

TT120, 12mm Gauge 1:120 scale

Layout size 8'x2' - footprint 11'x7' to include operating space.

Viewed from the front, has own trestles, lighting and RCD

The layout needes one 13 amp socket.

Contact owner Les Richardson 01636 706155. If no answer please leave message on answerphone.  

Email preferred: cirsel@btinternet.com

PLEASE NOTE, this layout will not be available together with Burch Green, Bregenbach im Schwarzwald or NO PLACE (shared operator team and transport)