FREMO
activity
The FREMO , tendered friends European model railroaders eV, a German organization that was founded 1981st It has around 2000 members in 15 European countries. In its statutes it stipulates:
"The purpose of the association is to promote the model railroading hobby, in particular its creativity and activity-related aspects, as well as personal contact among model railroaders on a national and international level."
The main focus is on the construction and standardization of model railroad modules as well as the organization of meetings at which the individual modules are put together into modular arrangements that have been planned in advance . This means that vehicles, buildings and technical facilities that match each other in time are only shown and used in reality. On this arrangement, the railway operations are carried out according to the timetable . Every train has a train driver who usually also takes on the role of the train driver , and many operating points have a dispatcher . Therefore, modular arrangements are operated by several people. In some cases, train control is used so that a train conductor is necessary.
Other focal points are the development of a digital control system known as Fremo- DCC , the implementation of construction methods that are as true to scale as possible and the publication of the Hp1 Modellbahn magazine .
Module (FreModule)
In order to be able to combine the modules of the individual members at the foreign meetings, appropriate standards have been created. The modular systems are named according to their size and, if necessary, according to a topic. The most important systems are: 0, 0m, 0e, H0-Europa, H0-Hauptbahn, H0-Privatbahn, H0-fine, FREMO: 87, H0-USA, 00Fremo, H0m, H0m-Rhätische Bahn, H0e, H0f, fi N escale and various N groups that focus on individual topics.
The main requirement is a defined mechanical and electrical transition between the individual modules in order to be able to connect the respective continuous tracks with one another.
Another aspect (in addition to the era and model region) is also the track material used: the geometry of tracks from mass production differs significantly from the model; often the height of the rail profile of the model tracks is also greater than an exact scale conversion shows. The geometry of the vehicle wheels is based on the track material. The implementation of a wheel-rail system that is as prototypical as possible is one of the most important topics of FREMO.
In addition to the standardized module transition, the module systems do not specify any further module dimensions. The module systems H0-Europa and N have single and double-track module transitions, all other systems have a single-track interface.
FreModule distinguishes between line and operating point modules. Line modules do not contain any turnouts and can be simply designed electrically; they are passed through by the trains between the operating points. In addition to stations , the operating station modules also include the railway system on the free route , such as junctions , junctions , block points and stops .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Friends of European Model Railroaders. In: Annual Directory Through Press and Advertising. , Stamm Verlag GMBH, 1985, p. 35.
- ↑ Friends of European Model Railroaders. In: Markus Lenz: Modellisenbahn und Modellbahn Filmography by Pennula. , Publisher Smashwords, 2019.
- ↑ Friends of European Model Railroaders. In: GP Magazin. , IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik, 1993, p. 405.