Fintona sur les Alpes

[NIR]

An impressionist continental European micro layout (HO, 48 x 5 inches)

Single railcar arrives at the platform across the second set of points, passing wagons unloading along the loop.

Station and goods shed in a single range, weird looking hut, strange lamppost, puzzling signalling...

 

Based on Fintona, which had a surprisingly continental trackplan...

 

 

 

[jhb171achill]

Superb concept.

Perfect for a place (e.g. small apartment) where a full-size layout is impractical, but could also allow for large scale modelling in a reasonably sized room - you could do a thing like that in Gauge 1 - think of the scenic detail possibilities on that!

[jhb171achill]

 

Fintona = "Fionntamhnach", meaning 'bright clearing'.....

"Fintona-sur-la-Mer" might, in French, be roughly "zone lumineuse près de la mer"! 

There's a station nameboard to rival "Llanfairpwgyllwllygghhwghwghgwhyywjhgwhjhwllwklwjhyyyyllllwwwwywywywywywhjgsfdcugywtfb$mdxbcjkghwsejhgrfkljasxcjkhqlwkjsilliogogogochgochgoch".

[Galteemore]

‘bright clearing’ - did the person who named Fintona ever actually visit it? 

[jhb171achill]

In Irish, “poll na coise tinne” means “rainy hole”……

 

[jhb171achill]

Anglicised as "Pollnacostin", perhaps?

[NIR]

Fintona analogues.

GFM Broc, Suisse

BAM Ballens, Suisse

Edited August 5, 2021 by NIR

[NIR]

I'm really tempted to model this, with railcar operated freight and some brutish mineral wagons laid up, maybe a strange-looking industrial shunter pottering about. Does this sound at all familiar?

Edited August 5, 2021 by NIR

[2996 Victor]

On 13/7/2021 at 5:09 PM, jhb171achill said:

"Llanfairpwgyllwllygghhwghwghgwhyywjhgwhjhwllwklwjhyyyyllllwwwwywywywywywhjgsfdcugywtfb$mdxbcjkghwsejhgrfkljasxcjkhqlwkjsilliogogogochgochgoch".