NIR Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 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... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 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! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 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$mdxbcjkghwsejhgrfkljasxcjkhqlwkjsilliogogogochgochgoch". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 ‘bright clearing’ - did the person who named Fintona ever actually visit it? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 In Irish, “poll na coise tinne” means “rainy hole”…… 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Anglicised as "Pollnacostin", perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIR Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) Fintona analogues. GFM Broc, Suisse BAM Ballens, Suisse Edited August 5, 2021 by NIR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIR Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) I'm really tempted to model this, with railcar operated freight and some brutish mineral wagons laid up, maybe a strange-looking industrial shunter pottering about. Does this sound at all familiar? Edited August 5, 2021 by NIR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2996 Victor Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 On 13/7/2021 at 5:09 PM, jhb171achill said: "Llanfairpwgyllwllygghhwghwghgwhyywjhgwhjhwllwklwjhyyyyllllwwwwywywywywywhjgsfdcugywtfb$mdxbcjkghwsejhgrfkljasxcjkhqlwkjsilliogogogochgochgoch". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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