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TRAINMASTER
BY WERNER MEER US-RAILROAD-SHOP KILCHBERG |
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TRAINMASTER
BY WERNER MEER US-RAILROAD-SHOP KILCHBERG |
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added / updated: March 22, 2015
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Main Page 3/22/15 |
Old Layout 3/16/15 |
New Layout 3/22/15 |
Magazine Report 3/16/15 |
American Layouts 3/22/15 |
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HO
Scale Layout: Great Northern, Burlington Northern, BNSF built by Paul Kolb, Sirnach (Switzerland) |
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This site is in Memoriam devoted to our good
friend Paul Kolb who passed away in September 2014. He was a great mentor for every model railroader and had an excellent knowledge of Great Northern. |
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built 2 different layouts in his home. The first "old" layout had a long
circle on level and a mountain line and was built in the 80's. Room size was
9,2 x 5 m (30,5 x 16,5 feet). Great Northern was dominant but through the
mergers, Paul added lots of Burlington Northern models and even some BNSF. In the 90's, Paul rebuilt his layout and we call it the "new" layout. See more infos below (just scroll down). |
| Part 1 - Old Layout - These 5 photos show just a small part of this "old" layout. See all 56 photos - click here | ||
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| GN Diesel and Steam - 50 | BN Coal Trains - 38 | BNSF incl. AT&SF Warbonnet - 35 |
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| Great Northern and Northern Pacific Passenger Trains - 28 | Empire Builder long time before Amtrak - 60 |
| See all 56 photos of this "old" layout - click here | |
| Reportage dieser HO GN-Anlage in "Die Modell-Eisenbahn" 4/87 / Magazine Report (German) |
 
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Direktlink mit A4 grossen Seiten / direct
link with full size pages - click here Copyright by Martin von Meyenburg und Dr. Hansjörg Loretz "Die Modell-Eisenbahn" 4/87 |
| The new Layout was built in the 90's and was combined Great Northern, Burlington Northern and BNSF |
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The concept of the new layout was different. The
tracks were all on the same level (no more mountain line). In front Paul
scracht built the famous Izzak Walton Inn Hotel as it is located in Essex,
MT and at the rear he built the huge "Sheep Creek" trestle along the wall. Martin Kolb (Paul's Son) is a Santa Fe Modeller and from time to time there were AT&SF models on his layout. |
| Part 2 - New Layout - Photos 939 & 937 show the layout in 2014. See all 86 photos - click here | |
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| The Izaak Walton Inn with the GN F45 as a guest house - 939 | right side of the layout with snow sheds going to the rear - 937 |
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| The tall Sheep Creek Trestle was scracht built - 102 | The Izaak Walton Inn Hotel was scratch built as well - 101 |
| Direct Link to the Izaak Walton Inn Hotel in Essex, MT - http://www.izaakwaltoninn.com/ | |
Copyright by Paul Kolb and Martin Kolb
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