Dear All,
At all the model railway exhibitions I have seen in Vienna, the modern image layouts have overhead and don't seem to have too many problems, but I have not seen them setting up, so this may be an illusion. No doubt they have to take care in transporting these models, but they must have a solution that works.
It's just not an option to leave out the overhead when modelling the modern scene on the Continent, so why is is an issue for UK modellers? I think that as someone has already pointed out, this is the way forward and these polluting diesels will be replaced by nice clean electrics. We may even find branch line trains operated by battery locos that charge up in each terminus for the next run, as diesel becomes outlawed in the next few decades.
At all the model railway exhibitions I have seen in Vienna, the modern image layouts have overhead and don't seem to have too many problems, but I have not seen them setting up, so this may be an illusion. No doubt they have to take care in transporting these models, but they must have a solution that works.
It's just not an option to leave out the overhead when modelling the modern scene on the Continent, so why is is an issue for UK modellers? I think that as someone has already pointed out, this is the way forward and these polluting diesels will be replaced by nice clean electrics. We may even find branch line trains operated by battery locos that charge up in each terminus for the next run, as diesel becomes outlawed in the next few decades.
