David on August 29th, 2009

Want to try hand-laying O14 track? Newly introduced Track Sample Kits from KBscale offer a low cost introduction to pleasure of laying your own track. The basic kit has all the parts needed to lay two scale 18ft lengths of portable-type track and includes rail, sleepers, spikes and cosmetic fishplates. Other kits also include a O14 [...]

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JohnC on August 27th, 2009

Le P’tit train de la Haute Somme is a preserved 60cm gauge sugar beet line (with WW1 military origins) in the Somme area of France. As well as steam and diesel stock it has an extensive museum with plenty of interesting 60cm/2ft locos and rolling stock (and some O14 models). A trip on the line [...]

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JohnC on August 27th, 2009

Railway museum with an extensive collection of 600 mm narrow gauge passenger railcars. Ö.Sl.J. operates traffic on two different lines:

Traffic with steam on the 600 mm narrow-gauge line with locomotives and carriages dating from the period 1890-1925 between Mariefred and Läggesta junction, circa 4 km.
Traffic between Läggesta and Taxinge-Näsby, circa 7 km, currently suspended.

Wikipedia page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostra_Sodermanlands_Jarnvag
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