Intro

 

Intro

The diorama is based on a coal merchant on a quiet corner of the former Oberschöneweide industrial railway in Berlin, 

The line began at the Niederschöneweide marshalling yard and served the industrial plants of Oberschöneweide, later, it was extended to the Rummelsburg marshalling yard.

By 1957, the railway was approximately 13 kilometers long and served 30 factory sidings, at its maximum capacity, the railway network had over 50 branch lines and connections.

In 1990, the line was transferred to VEB Binnenhafen, which discontinued electric operations on the line in 1995, the line was finally closed in 1996. In the following years, the track was largely dismantled or built over as part of road construction. However, remnants such as tracks on separate ballast or overhead power lines can still be seen in some places.

Links

The ‘quiet corner’ is a domestic coal yard just off Nalepastraße and Tabbertstrasse in Treptow.

Industriebahn

 Industriebahn - Links and Links and Links

 

Building the layout

Building the layout

It began when looking for something with more potential than a tuning fork or inglenook when I found David Mitchell’s excellent collection of micros. 

My only limitation was it must fit in a RUB storage box which kinda me pushed towards Justin’s range of ‘layouts in a box’, David’s Kidmore Halt is everything I want, two turnouts and potential movement. 

The scene will be a last domestic coal merchant, during the early ‘90s, in Treptow, Berlin somewhat similar to this scene.

This is another approach

Kohlenbachbrücke James Hilton

David’s Kidmore used a Scale Model Scenery BBO18 baseboard + 22ltr box and a separate fiddle stick……what if a BBO17 board was used, it is 372mm longer and fits in the 77ltr box? Rather than a fiddle stick there could be a hidden siding with the additional length used in the foreground as a long siding…or maybe flip the track plan as done by James Hilton with Kohlenbachbrücke

The same rules apply 

1. Only one locomotive
2. Only four freight cars
3. Magnetic hands free uncoupling
4. DCC turnouts*

*DCC concepts now offer an adaptor to allow their DCC-fitted turnout motors to be fitted on their side, this reduces the clearance needed under the baseboard to just under 40mm, perfect for SMS baseboards which are just 47mm deep.

Potential stock 

V15, three small wagons wagons

Berlin backstreets 

Berlin street scenes

Small details

One notable feature of Berlin is the buildings, rather than modern industrial structures, Treptow, had some fine 19th century streets. 

Backscene building facades

Some small details 

Gaugemaster GM448 Fordhampton Oil Pipeline & Filling Plant Kit

Briquettes, 6” mixture of intact briquettes and half briquettes

Load for coal truck

 

A wheeled loader Weimar T170 from Auhagen, the bucket is not shown, maybe too large?

Hopper, conveyors from Kibri

 

A neglected yard office from Busch

The ‘new’ Imbisswagen

City buildings https://youtu.be/jcGc6GFSN3A