03-04-2009, 10:02 PM
Matt, this is great stuff. I had the pleasure of a Eurorail pass and a couple weeks a few years back. It was great fun. Comparing notes with my father, we are convinced that the train interest pecking order is:
Americans<Brits<Germans<Japanese. While I'm not a big fan of Japanese trains, I can understand the Brits and Germans...many fine railroads.
I picked up a Bachmann 2-10-2 in Austria...only to discover after the fact that it was a tender drive locomotive
At least it looks great. I should have nabbed an HOe 0-6-2t instead...it would look better with a short train. I had the sense in Britain 2yrs ago to purchase a small engine and a short string of cars.
I would suggest that when you go back, check out Austria and Switzerland. I found Austria...especially Vienna, to blow the rest of Europe away. Some decent steam museums there as well. Innsbruck is close to the Zillertalbahn and there are a couple others as well. Most of the well known LGB prototypes were Austrian or Swiss (the Stainz is Austrian...the 0-6-2t is Zillertalbahn). Zillertalbahn ist sehr gut: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqLDEV_p7rc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqLDEV_p7rc</a><!-- m -->
Michael
Americans<Brits<Germans<Japanese. While I'm not a big fan of Japanese trains, I can understand the Brits and Germans...many fine railroads.
I picked up a Bachmann 2-10-2 in Austria...only to discover after the fact that it was a tender drive locomotive
At least it looks great. I should have nabbed an HOe 0-6-2t instead...it would look better with a short train. I had the sense in Britain 2yrs ago to purchase a small engine and a short string of cars.
I would suggest that when you go back, check out Austria and Switzerland. I found Austria...especially Vienna, to blow the rest of Europe away. Some decent steam museums there as well. Innsbruck is close to the Zillertalbahn and there are a couple others as well. Most of the well known LGB prototypes were Austrian or Swiss (the Stainz is Austrian...the 0-6-2t is Zillertalbahn). Zillertalbahn ist sehr gut: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqLDEV_p7rc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqLDEV_p7rc</a><!-- m -->
Michael
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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