Uli

@Georgeconna - I think Krakow station from Auhagen would be a very good fit for the layout you have in mind. If that is too big, then maybe "Neukloster" https://www.besserepreise.com/index.php?page=productDetails&productNo=15106-auh&search=doofinder (a kit I got myself, but have not yet assembeled) - the number "99" of German (pre 1945 and DR / DB) locos is actually the classification of any narrow gauge locomotives in general - so always a good start. But at the moment, apart from Bemo, I think there is hardly anything available new. Roco had some Rügen Locos that are great, but currently not in stock. You might get these though used at Ebay & Co. Modellbau Veit also has/had locos that are just perfect, but also rather pricy ... and hard to say when available (again). Tillig has some locos and railcars for DR - but also rather limited current availability. So really for DR in H0e, it looks a bit bleak at the moment. For H0 normal gauge it should be easier to find something suitable. @DJ Dangerous - thank you very much for your comment.

@All: Thank you all very much for your very kind feedback. I am delighted that you enjoyed the pictures. @derek: Trees bushes and shrubs are from MBR. The shrubs are not flowering though – it is rather the reflection oof the lights. That said, MBR also have flowering shrubs/ bushes. https://en.mbrmodel.eu/product-category/high-bushes/ @Georgeconna: “those 99 locos are bloody lovely, except for the asking price!” Certainly true – but considering I model H0e over 25 years now, I could spread the purchases out over the years and avoid the filing of divorce papers by the misses (.. if she knew...). “That station building is that Laser cut?” Is there a Website for same, Looking for a branch line Prussian one myself but the plastic kits options are not that great.” That station building is indeed a laser cut model from Noch. They have some buildings, but nothing really Prussian to my knowledge. Being from Bavaria, “Prussia” (which describes pretty much the rest of Germany in a rather disrespectful meaning from a Bavarian pov ), is not what I am too familiar with. But in fact, because Prussia was so large, there is not really one Prussian looking style, but still depending on the region. I think the following are though good general examples: - Auhagen: Krakow (https://www.auhagen-shop.de/en/Krakow-station/11381?srsltid=AU7gw4VaK5eBaRKj1hfwxh-_yRkQGVhVud0mRJO7TflvTfT_q9-sK0lw) is to my understanding a very typical Prussian station building (eastern Germn regions, north of Berlin). Not laser-cut, but a very good kit. There are also some variations of this station available. - MBZ has nice laser cut models – mainly southern German, but this was in Prussia https://www.mbz-modellbahnzubehoer.de/shop/Bahnhof%20Syke%20ohne%20G%C3%BCterschuppen - Modellbahn Union have some stations that look suitable: o https://www.modellbahnunion.com/Spur-H0/H0-Bahnhof-Wulfen.htm?a=article&ProdNr=MU-H0-B00098&p=802&srsltid=AU7gw4V_5oXopliY2LlRMeHLgfo-LCWWoFcPDpVxiHsFVhCmMJIQpaLj o https://www.modellbahnunion.com/Spur-H0/H0-Bahnhof-Tecklenburg.htm?a=article&ProdNr=MU-H0-B00038&p=802&srsltid=AU7gw4WTVnpN-FGDdm_GbaunoncLSQkvgoNP_ZrfICSmryNPUdi_uozJ - Real Modell: o https://www.real-modell.de/gebaeudetechnik/deutsche-gebaeude-h0/bahnhof-und-gueterschuppen.html?type=N o https://www.real-modell.de/gebaeudetechnik/deutsche-gebaeude-h0/bausatz-bahnhof-hohn-h0-ungefarbt.html Any chance of a few Videos of the action I can offer these two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_l7tguRbk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcIOdsoFKlg. I shot these several years ago. Apart from the main H0/H0e station, the modules have been fully refurbished and I also changed the background scenery. So they look quite different now. @jhb171achill I read that you modelled H0e some time ago - such a pity you changed direction... but there are just so many originals that are tempting to be modelled. If I could not constrain myself, I probably would fall next for Welsh or French narrow gauge ... well ... Cheers Uli

Hi George, This is a really great layout! You included remarkable attention to detail - such as the Austrian Weichengrenzzeichen (isn't German just fantastic ... at least for playing scrabble) = "fouling point markers". Any plans to exhibit it any time soon again (and if so when /where) ? And I am absolutely delighted to learn that there are others in Ireland who model H0e Austrian. Cheers Uli

Hi folks, Just discovered this forum recently and would like to introduce mayself and say hello. I am German, but live in Ireland for almost 20 years (same old story: met a girl, my English was better than her German and so I ended up in county Kildare... now also being married to her). I developed the interest in trains and models thereof at an age of about four years - and I was from the start mainly interested in narrow gauge. At first, I focused on Swiss (especially Rhaetian Railways), later on German and Austrian and other European regions. After a LGB loop in the garden as a child, a first small H0m RhB-themed layout in the early 90s, I started building H0e dioramas and then joined FREMO in Germany around 2000, where I built several H0e modules. After I decided to hop over the channel to Ireland, I sold the FREMO modules to other members – where they are in use to this day. Now when I moved here, I had no permanent job, money was tight and I was not sure if it that trip would really work out after all. But I had a good bit of spare time for the first months. So I started to build a few new H0e modules/ segments, including a small station. Because space was limited and to keep the investment lean, I kept these segments as small as possible, measuring 90x26cm each, and used stuff I already owned. So fast forward to 2026, that small layout has slightly grown to about 14 segments, in a G-form, approximately 4.5 x 3 meters including another station where narrow and normal gauge lines meet. That station is permanently set up – the rest of segments are only added from time to time. I do not intend to replicate any actual original line, but rather want to catch the impression of these narrow gauge railways. The original set up is for German (west) DB railways – but I change to operate German DR (east), Austrian ÖBB or undefined “Private Enterprise” stock. I attach the track-plan at its current maximum set up and a few pictures of the H0-H0e station. I hope you enjoy. Cheers Uli