HO Eine Sekundärbahn

Roger Pound

Roger Pound

Western Thunderer
Just take it very steadily Tim. I know exactly what you are going through from personal experience. Look after yourself.

Cheers,

Roger :thumbs: .
 
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peterbkloss

New Member
Dear Tim, so sorry to hear of your health woes and please tell us that you are home safely! I have only recently joined WT and have just struck this amazing thread, if only because one of my cousins lives in Eckental-Eschenau (where as you know the old Sekuh joined it's still open later sibling, the branch from Nürnberg Ost to Gräfenau), he is a railway enthusaist and has helped restore the loco shed at Eckental station, which once upona time held a V100 diesel and more recently a London Routemaster, in which I had a rather scary ride! I've also walked the entire trackbed from the outskirts of Erlangen to Eckental one sunny day in May 2013 with my cousin and my brother, so the area and the line are of considerable interest to me and I have a book in my collection telling the history of the line picked up in the museum in one of the stations along the way (possibly in Dormitz?). I have also collected some Fleischmann locos suitable for a representation of the line, including a BR64 (thanks for the tip about the pony wheels) and a 0-8-0 tank of the kind that worked the line in its last years. So I am hopeful to build a small HO line with street running alongside my main Bristol area P4 UK themed layout!! Kindest of regards to you!
 
Roger Pound

Roger Pound

Western Thunderer
Beautiful pictures, Tim, showing many of the features which attract people to model the German scene. Pleased you are recovering - just don't rush things and you'll find patience pays handsome dividends.

All the best,

Roger
 
Wagonman

Wagonman

Western Thunderer
Tim Hale said:
Now waiting to self discharge tomorrow, I cannot afford to £2.5k a day bed and the angiogram is £15k, the bloods reveal a possible cardiac event but nothing more. Instead, a very slow drive taking three days and two over stops before hitting the Eurotunnel on Wednesday morning. Wish me luck.

Was it work the hassle………you gotta go some time?

Tim
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This is when we really miss the EHIC card! As someone who has been in and out of cardiac units for 20 years or more I do keep my fingers firmly crossed when visiting my wife's family in Germany! I hope you get well soon.
 
michael080

michael080

Western Thunderer
Tim,

I hope you feel better.

The "Andreaskruez" St. Andrews cross is used differently inside and outside of a locality. The horizontal version is used inside and the vertical version is used outside of a build-up area.

I agree, it's these little details that bring a scene to life.

If you need somebody to forward a parcel from the EU to the UK, I can help. I know it's a pain, because I face the same problem the other way around. As an example, Slaters only ships to the EU if the order exceeds 150GBP.

Michael
 
Joe's Garage

Joe's Garage

Western Thunderer
Hi Tim
It has been a while since I have written but the above has prompted me to give you encouragement as you have done me in the past. If it were not for your salutation I would not have got some of my US stuff out for an airing or perhaps starting again on the O gauge small layout.
Your words in this thread keep me (and I am sure many others) interested with such fascinating scenes from another country.
Just a thought on those lovely German wood stores....my wife and I cleared 29 fir trees from the Olive terraces in March/April that had invaded the neglected land and now we have much wood to last through to perhaps our grand children! I certainly won't be able to wield a chain saw in the future! The previous couple who owned our place in Spain had to leave it because it became too much at their time in life and we feel we have carried on their legacy....until our time comes.

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I do hope it does not come to that, that you cannot get to your workshop. Perhaps a smaller layout that you can have in the house, easier to operate etc.? No cold shed but a nice "shelf layout"?

Take care and all the best.

Best wishes
Julian
 
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