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Here’s an interesting real-World track layout for you…
It’s in the grounds of the massive Aurubis copper production and recycling facility in east Hamburg. It’s a sprawling site but this section of track in particular caught my eye because it’s similar to the track plan of a significant number of model railways…
Continue reading “Rail Served Industries In Europe #3: Aurubis, Hamburg, Germany”This will be a quick post because I can’t find out much about this building, for the simple reason it’s not there any more:
However this is an almost perfect ‘ready-made’ cameo or micro shunting-module.
And yes, there are tracks there, honest…
Continue reading “Rail Served Industries In Europe #2: A Ghost In Hamburg”I was taking a virtual tour around the railways in Hamburg via Google Maps today and spotted this interesting looking building at the end of a seemingly abandoned line in an industrial area:
From what I can glean web searching and Google translating, this is part of the Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlhandel facility that manufactures and sells a range of steel products, some of which, despite the state of the track in places, still appear to arrive or depart by train. A potential shelf layout here I think…
Continue reading “Rail Served Industries In Europe #1: Salzgitter Mannesmann Stahlhandel, Hamburg, Germany”