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Despite the size of the Dortmund show, my eye was predictably caught by some smaller layouts.   Here’s a lovely little cameo branch line terminal, with a turntable at the end of the line, just like Bembridge IOW.

And a slightly larger branch, with some fine woodland scenery and a stream.

Another little cameo, with lots to look at…

And an industrial shunting layout – a sugar refinery by the name?

And of course, the inevitable layout in a something-or-another!

Finally in the ‘small’ department a rather larger single track line….

Now for the large.  This station and overall roof is a lovely bit of modelling.

And larger still, G scale, I think.

Next time some of the other layouts, N and HO.

Today’s selection shows the NCI modular layout.  This was a German-Italian cooperation, with our friends from Stuttgart providing the German section.  Some of the modules look familiar from Stuttgart!

The fiddle yard for the system.

The usual suspects!

And on to the Italian contribution….

More next time….

And on to Dortmund.  I’ve got many, many, photos from Allan, so there will be a good number of posts.  It looks an excellent show, and enormous, spread over 6 (?) NEC sized halls.  I’m really sorry I couldn’t go, but we are invited back next year…..

We’ll start with the non-railway photos.  It is a hoppy show, with cars, boats and planes as well as trains.  These pictures remind one of the Stuttgart meet as it used to be….

And to start the trains off, some American desert scenery – HO scale.

And a large NCI junction….

Next time I’ll post some pictures of the NCI exhibit.