I should be making KÖB Railcar 2.0 at the moment, but unfortunately the loft ladder is stopping me. You may recall that the loft in our new apartment now houses the model making desk, which is wonderful and I’m happily messing it up, but unfortunately the ladder to the loft (installed -at a guess- in the late 1970’s) squeaks and creaks like mad when opened so I’ll have to wait a bit until the boys are really sound asleep before attempting to open the thing. It’s a tough life.
So in the meantime I’ll blather on here. Assuming that I’m going to make ‘Spitzenwald’ like my mid 1990’s model of Aysgarth, I’ve a pretty clear idea what I need to run the it. I know British and European methods are different, but Aysgarth wasn’t remotely realistic anyway, and the KÖB will run how I think a railway ought to, which isn’t necessarily how German railways work either. I’m assuming that Spitzenwald will have a regular passenger service for schools and commuters, which will be early because schools start at 0745 in Germany. I reckon a railcar will be the minimum for this. Later, I’d expect a half-hourly passenger service, which I expect to use Railcar 2.0 for, probably attached to a coach, so I’ll need to use a shunter to release it so looks like I’ll be making Westerooge diesel 2.0 as well, unless I make a driving trailer. Whatever passengers travel in, it’ll probably also have the odd wagon on the back so the shunter will be kept busy.
Unless I assume a larger sawmill or similar nearby, that could be it, with a few wagons alongside. Of course I am assuming a larger sawmill, and probably a container unloading terminal -neither of which are far fetched in Germany- so eventually there will have to be a few more wood and container wagons, and a couple of bigger diesels to get them up the horrendous gradients. The diesels will naturally lay over in the siding at the back, although they will have to move off by evening because I expect the railcar will be stabled there overnight.
TIme to get looking at suitable prototypes- except that I’ve not heard anything from the boys room in ages, sl I think I’ll risk opening the loft.
