Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen
Passenger carriages
HISTORISCHER EISENBAHNVEREIN SCHWABEN
Introduction
Rolling-stock
AVAILABLE 0e MODELS
Fleischmann Magic Train
Märklin Minex
Fama / Roco
CONVERSIONS
Märklin Minex passenger carriages Updated
Fleischmann box van #1
Fleischmann box van #2
Re-gauging the Fama Tm 2/2
Introduction
The Historischer Eisenbahnverein Schwaben is (will be) a model of a totally fictitious preserved railway in southern Germany.
Being a preserved railway I have an excuse to run a more varied collection of locomotives and rolling-stock than I would if I was modelling one specific railway. My inspiration is the 750mm gauge Öchsle Schmalspurbahn e.V. in Germany and the 2'6" (760mm) gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Railway in Wales, both of which run stock from other countries. In the case of the Welshpool and Llanfair this includes: Austria, Hungary, Romania, Finland, Antigua, Taiwan and Sierra Leone. There has also been quite a lot of "shuffling" of equipment between lines in Europe, especially since the demise of communism, so there is a precedent for running a mixture of stock from all over Europe and not just from 750/760mm gauge lines.
I haven't actually built anything yet, but I am spending a lot of time planning. In order to establish a convincing framework for the layout, I asked a friend in Bavaria to come up with some fictitious but genuine-sounding names for my future layout. This is what he came up with:
Niederlechfeld |
There are several Lechfeld s, but not a Nieder' |
Oberbachtal |
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Westerstädten am Mühlberg |
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Illerbergen |
There's an Illerbeuren, not 'bergen |
Staudenberg a. d. Schmutter |
The Staudenbahn is not far from Augsburg |
Pfarrhofen |
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Kirchhofen-Pfaffenheim |
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Markt Felding |
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Oberfahlheim i. Schwaben |
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Großkirchheim |
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Kleinkleckersdorf |
Not sure about this one, it sounds a bit juvenile |
Bad Wörishausen |
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Weitingen |
'ingen is a typical ending for a Schwabian town name |
Mittelkötz |
At least when I do get to build my line I have lots of potential names to choose from.
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