Model federal railway
 View of the faithfully reproduced Ottbergen depot |
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(2005 to 2017) Bad Driburg (from 2018) Brakel |
| opening | October 15, 2005 |
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The model railway ( model railway show MO187 until May 2009 ) is a publicly accessible model railway system that can be viewed in Brakel . From its opening on October 14, 2005 to the end of November 2017, the model federal railway was exhibited in the former freight yard in the neighboring town of Bad Driburg . After the move and the completion of the new exhibition hall, she has been at home in Brakel since May 26, 2018.
The sponsor of the exhibition with an area of 675 m² and a track length of around 1,100 m is the Modellbahn Bw Ottbergen GmbH under the direction of Karl Fischer.
description
A detailed replica of the Ottbergen and Bad Driburg stations on a scale of 1:87 ( nominal size H0 ) is shown. The Ottbergen depot and the associated railway facilities are reproduced in " museum quality ". All buildings correspond to the model situation from the summer of 1975. The landscape and every single tree were made by hand. Five professional model builders and 15 volunteers were involved in the construction. The model railway is controlled completely digitally and automatically.
history
In the period from 2001 to 2003 historical photos, drawings, construction plans, track and land register plans were evaluated and contemporary witnesses were interviewed. This thorough preparation was necessary so that Gerhard Dauscher and his team could start in 2004 to implement the concrete model down to the last detail in miniature format. He was advised by the Swiss Ottbergen experts François and Bernard Huguenin. Between 1976 and 1984 François and Bernard Huguenin wrote the 384-page book “Bw Ottbergen” (Mainz 1984). The brothers were able to give valuable tips on how to implement the model as precisely as possible.
By the time it opened on October 15 and 16, 2005 with steam locomotives from DB Nostalgie Reisen, the team led by Gerhard Dauscher had invested around 20,000 working hours in the model railway show. With the first expansion under the direction of chief model maker Michael Butkay, a total of 35,000 working hours have gone into building the model federal railway.
On December 18, 2007, MO187 announced that it would continuously expand the facility. The first extension was built between January 2007 and May 2009 and shows typical Weser Uplands of the 1970s, in which only original buildings from East Westphalia-Lippe can be seen. The second extension has been under construction since 2018 and is expected to triple the plant area to around 300 m². It is to be built in three stages and show a Westphalian railway junction with steam, diesel and electric locomotive operations. The first stage comprises the Paderborn-Altenbeken line, with models of the small viaduct at Neuenbeken and the large viaduct (Beketal viaduct from Altenbeken). The second stage is Altenbeken station. All railway buildings and parts of the village are being reconstructed true to the original as they were in summer 1975. The third stage connects Altenbeken with Ottbergen / Bad Driburg and the typical Weserbergland.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal model railway opens for the last time in Bad Driburg . Neue Westfälische on November 23, 2017, accessed on December 1, 2017
- ↑ a b c Holger Kerkhof: Forays through the cultural region of Höxter. Series of publications District Höxter, Vol. 4. Höxter, 2007. ISBN 978-3-938013-03-8 . P. 18.
- ↑ Imprint on www.modellbundesbahn.de , accessed on December 1, 2017
- ^ Eisenbahn Journal: Modellbundesbahn - The DB in the 70s Super systems 2/2009. ISBN 978-3-89610-306-2
- ↑ Frank Lorentz: Infected with the railway virus . December 26, 2018 ( welt.de [accessed April 6, 2019]).
- ↑ Alexander Menden Brakel: Where the train always arrives on time . In: sueddeutsche.de . February 11, 2019, ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed April 6, 2019]).
Coordinates: 51 ° 42 '35.7 " N , 9 ° 10' 3.1" E