[reddo]

Tough charges to absorb Adrian but I am a great believer in fate and it's likely a better deal is just around the corner. When I used to live in Sydney, I once went into a model rail shop and fairly grimaced at the price of standard Hornby locos.

Meanwhile, this arrived yesterday, very nice artwork. As more and more locos seem to be turning to Plux decoders, I am building up a list for a bulk purchase

Roco 71942 - German Electric locomotive 193 717-6 of the MRCE

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I did buy that Roco 73987 back in April 2021 Adrian

I also bought this one in May as it featured Munich

Roco 73979 - Electric locomotive 193 640, MRCE

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and this one to commemorate the Berlin Wall Anniversary

Trix 22094 - Electric Locomotive Class 193 Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (DCC Sound Decoder)

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I am a sucker for these graphics and the Vectron and have just seen on a YT video that there is now a Vectron version of the Railpool locos based out of Munich

 

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Agree Adrian,

I have been pretty ill these past 15 months so getting back into my Continental stuff has been a key distraction to keep me going.

Just on the hiatus, I spent 3 months at my older brother's before he passed away and when I got home, I spent a month photoing my collection. A windows error pfft69 saw all that work lost and I just gave up. However, a minor re-shuffle in the house, may see some action returning. I'm only just seeing the real impact of the isolated environment that I am currently residing in and I haven't really acknowledged that life's been a bit dire for the past year. Parcels can be anti-depressants!

 

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I ordered that last week Babz in N Scale to add a bit of a backdrop to my N gauge Berliner dio...

Good Morning Everyone Just received this this Morning Vollmer 43502 one thing after looking in the box the roof pitches are all one piece Great no Gluing and 4 piko Expert Silberlinge Coaches with driving trailer just to compliment the Brawa coaches. Babs

 

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Latest purchases (not at prices shown though)

HJ4155 CIWL, 2-unit set of coaches, including 1 x

HJ4155, CIWL, 2-unit set of coaches, including 1 x

uk.jouef.com

HJ4156 CIWL, 3-unit set of coaches, including 1 x

HJ4156, CIWL, 3-unit set of coaches, including 1 x

uk.jouef.com

On close reading, these all come with pre-fitted interior illumination which looks pretty classy

and

Jouef HJ4133 - 2pc set DEV AO, A4c4/B5c5 + B10c10 “Encadré” logo and “Corail” class indicators

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Full CIWL inventory to date (Era IV-VI)

HJ4155​	1 Set​	"Côte d'Azur" bar coach n° 4148​	CIWL - Pullman Blue / Cream​	V-VI​	Pullman Orient Express​
​	​	"Train Bleu" Lounge Bar salon coach n° 4160​	CIWL - Pullman Blue / Cream​	​	​
HJ4156​	1 Set​	"Riviera" coach n° 2979​	CIWL - Pullman Blue​	V-VI​	​
​	​	"Anatolie" coach n° 2869​	CIWL - Pullman Blue​	​	​
​	​	"Flèche d'Or" coach n° 4159​	CIWL - Pullman Blue / Cream​	​	​
HR4319​	1​	“Venice Simplon Orient Express” dining car No 3674​	CIWL - Pullman Blue / Cream​	IV-V​	​
HR4320​	1​	“Venice Simplon Orient Express” service car No 4013​	CIWL - Pullman Blue / Cream​	V​	​
HR4321​	1​	“Venice Simplon Orient Express” sleeping car No 3473​	CIWL - Pullman Blue​	IV-V​	​
​	​	“Venice Simplon Orient Express” sleeping car No 3525​	CIWL - Pullman Blue​	​	​
HR4322​	1​	“Venice Simplon Orient Express” dining car No 4141​	CIWL - Pullman Blue / Cream​	V​	​
​	​	“Venice Simplon Orient Express” dining car No 4110​	CIWL - Pullman Blue / Cream​	​	​

 

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Hi Reddo,
That's really interesting that you have the highly prized Liliput set 350031.
350031 is the stock of the 'Henschel-Wegmann Gegenzug'.
So the Blauer Enzian train running between Hamburg and Munich was really an icon of Epoche 3a.
The original Henschel-Wegmann train was refurbished and assigned to the Blauer Enzian in 1953, but of course there had to be an equivalent train running in the opposite direction on each day too. So they put together the 'Gegenzug' - of which you have the model. This included the salonwagen from Goering's train and an observation car which was converted from a Gr 39 wagon (I think)
Lucky guy...
6991

PS Trix did a version of the 'Blauer Enzian' Henschel-Wegmann Zug recently (23373), while I think it was Lima which did the previous (better ?) version in the 1980s.
The train was electric hauled between Munich and Treuchtlingen, then an 01 to Bebra, an 01.10 to Hannover, then the Altona-based 03 to Hamburg.
By 1956/7 some of the Gegenzug stock was not running so well and the 26.4m wagons came in to use on the train.

While rummaging through MRF I came across this old thread and noted your comment re Trix 23373; I did a check and I also did purchase that set in 2016. I keep telling my wife that when the Grim Reaper comes, to make sure she keeps a copy of my excel spreadsheet to hand when the whole lot has to be sold; the incentive will be that she will then be able to buy a great big red tractor for the farm

 

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Now...the reason I was on here - does anyone know if there is/will be a model of the Class 66 in Crossrail livery eg by Bachmann. I see Mehano have done one but in HO it looks a bit small

 

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PS Tell your wife to send that spreadsheet to me !!!

Actually thats not a bad idea...