Chesapeake Bay in 9 Modules, all in 1:220 // NEW MODULE

While we are waiting that Dirk returns to work, there is some exciting news coming from Karl Sinn`s Z-Spur Atelier.
He is building a modular layout which first module is supposed to be ready by end of October!

I could convince Karl to allow us a little preview. The topic is hot for our fans of Western Pacific - it is a fully functional car float named Niles Junction. Here is a drawing of module one (done by Dirk Kuhlmann):

For all of us, who are at the same stage of building their layouts, have a look here - that`s how the pro is playing it:

And he is moving quickly:








More to come during the week!


Best,
Sven

Karl builds this layout with Märklin track material. However, the switches from Märklin are not reliable enough, therefore he is using custom made ones from a track building expert named Weichen Walter (Link: www.weichen-walter.de ).
Best,
Sven

The work on the layout by Karl Sinn is progressing nicely. Jens Wimmel, who runs the ZettZeit Webpage  www.zettzeit.ch/aktuell.html , put one of the pictures by Karl Sinn up as the picture of the month:



In addition, the layout will be presented in October to the public the first time at a very special exhibition in Bauma, Switzerland, which has a very high reputation at European Model Railroaders ( .



Here are a few more pictures to give you a better feeling for the layout:




Question now to you - What kind of WP rolling stock would you suggest/recommend to put on the layout ??



Thank you!
Best, Sven

... I'm very interrested to see some weed within the track. Myself I'm planning that for the future..

Is there any drawback with locomotive's mecanism? Any need to protect gearings from underneath?

Dom

Yes, Dom, you have to be very carefully with this.
You have to make sure that even driving over it does not create loose parts which subsequently end up inside your locos.
In our case the grass was planted in small bushels which then have been fixed three times and then cut to the right length (which means out of reach for wheels or cars) with a small nail scissor. Here is a zoom of the area. Since this is extremely time consuming I would not recommend it for a complete layout  ;

If you cannot build it that way protection is absolutely necessary.
Best, Sven

Here are some first pictures of the Gas Station.
Are we missing something?

WM had gp7/9, gp35, gp38-2 and you could use a sd40-2 even though they used sd40s. WM has quite a few geeps, some were repainted to chessie system after the merger. I would go with a gp9 or gp35 for a short consist because of the broad range of years you can cover.