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Modelling the railways of Romania in N scale
I’ve written about 1:160 N scale model railways here before, this time I’m going deeper down the rabbit hole of obscure prototypes and looking at the railways of Romania and state operator Căile Ferate Române. Ready to run These models […]
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Tagged Căile Ferate Române, hobbies, model railways, railfans, Romania, scale models
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Modelling the railways of Russia in N scale
One of my hobbies is model railways, with 1:160 N scale being my chosen scale. Unfortunately the number of people who model the railways of Russia is difficult, let alone any N scale model of Russian trains, but there are […]
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Tagged hobbies, model railways, railfans, Russia, Russian Railways, scale models
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Russian language railfan magazines
If you only speak English then the language barrier gets in the way of exploring the wide world of railways – railfans usually stick to their own language when discussing their hobby! The railfans of Russia are no different, with […]
Why did the train stop to close the bridge?
On Facebook I recently came across a video of a train coming to a halt, so that a man could swing a piece of track into place before it could then proceed. So what is the story behind it? The […]
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Tagged heritage railways, museum, mystery, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Netherlands, railfans, railways, viral photos
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German railfans exploring the world of rail
For many railfans their interest in railways ends at the border of their own country, with little interest in the trains found elsewhere in the world. But it seems that German railfans are an exception to this, being happy to […]
Stumbling upon a heritage train in Hungary
I spent a couple of days in Budapest on my trip across Europe, and on one of them I was lucky to stumble upon a heritage train parked at Budapest Keleti railway station.
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Tagged Budapest, heritage railways, Hungary, MÁV, railfans, railways
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