Your Most Unusual Train?

[HellsGuardian316]

Here's my contribution, its not very authentic considering Some of its British, others American and even some German too. But I got the last piece of this custom set today (the missile on flatbed) and just wanted to show off this little gem. Sorry for pic heavy, will remove a few if needed.


























The Loco is a Merchant Navy class, the coaches are German from Roco, the Flatbeds, crane, missile and proberly even the Army box vans are American, the BP tanker is British, I assume the tanks and vehicles are also American as these were bought in the same job lot as the boxed vans.

Like i said, it isn't authentic for a British layout but I just wanted a Army train 

[Tank]

Very nice mate.   Always good to see an army train, no matter what it's made up of. 

[Newportnobby]

The next train to arrive at Red Square is....................

[EtchedPixels]

The next train to arrive at Red Square is....................

You can actually do Moscow by sleeper from Paris .. all one train ! Some day I may have to try it

[Marc]

Well done Dave it looks a mighty impressive train.

Now build a layout to run it on.

[HellsGuardian316]

Cheers Marc, I'm keeping my eye out for more Depressed Flat beds and Army boxed vans to increase the size and the construction of the layout is due to start in 2 months time if all goes well 

[Marc]

Good luck to you have you got a line diagram yet.

I was talking to someone the other day who has designed an automatic route setter for his layout. The thing just runs itself.

Layout in the garden has a fully working signal box.

[OwL]

The next train to arrive at Red Square is....................

You can actually do Moscow by sleeper from Paris .. all one train ! Some day I may have to try it

How does that work with Russian guage being different to western European guage? Surely its two different trains where the gauges of Russia meet the standard gauge of Europe

[EtchedPixels]

I don't actually know. It's one "train" for ticketing purposes and signage but I don't know if they change the coach, the bogies or it's got those magic regaugable wheels ?

[RichardBattersby]

I don't have any unusual train.  :'(

[weave]

The next train to arrive at Red Square is....................

You can actually do Moscow by sleeper from Paris .. all one train ! Some day I may have to try it

How does that work with Russian guage being different to western European guage? Surely its two different trains where the gauges of Russia meet the standard gauge of Europe

Bogies were changed in Poland. I understand that coaches with variable gauge bogies are either now in use or on order.

Changing bogies of passenger cars european-to-russian gauge.

[Zaonite]

My most unusual train that I have knocking about is a modern Dutch Railways 1600 Serie mainline loco sitting alongside 1930s LMS.

I've even got the coaches shown in the pic below.

http://www.nsfsc.com/_fileupload/Image/E-loc_1600-1800_79124360.jpg


An old holdover from living and modelling overseas! It's got fantastic pulling power too.

[Railwaygun]

Don't forget the Military rail thread on this board

its where the rivet counters salute each other!

Nick R

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/railwaygun/

[Delfin]

My most unusual train conveys a troop of yeomanry cavalry to their summer exercises in the pre-grouping period on a very minor railway.  It consists of:-

Locomotive
1 1st class six wheel carriage (officers)
2 3rd class four wheel carriages (other ranks)
2 horse boxes (officers' chargers)
4 cattle wagons (other ranks' horses)
1 sheeted open (fodder)
1 carriage truck with horse drawn wagon
1 van (ammunition)
1 four wheel full brake

Needless to say it runs as a special. 

Delfin

[Newportnobby]

Interesting train, Delfin.
What loco(s) do you haul it with please?