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In June a small detachment from out Model Railway Club, Gleng, went to a weekend-trip to Sweden when Helena & Roger invited fellow Garden Railway modellers to get-togheter in their lovely garden in Djura where they have built a most beautiful, scenic and very detailed Garden Railway with many cameos; Djurhedens Järnväg (Railway) with some 140 meter of mainline.
It was raining more or less through the our day out, but it didn't stop us from running trains. More than 20 people attended to this get-togheter. These trains or locomotives was 3D-printed:
It's a more than 400 km drive to get there and we were 4 members in our car, so it was limited how many trains we were able to bring. I brought my German military Heeresfeldbahn diesel to haul my Pioneer Ferry Load:
It looks like Pettson and Findus are discussing this military presence:
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Here are some other trains running this day:
When it started to rain even more heavily it was time for a break and Helena invited to cake, coffee and hotdog in their garden-tent:
The rainy weather made the look of running of live-steam engines even more spectacular due to more visible steam:
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.jpg "Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg, Djurhedens Garden Railway by Helena and Roger")
It's not that easy to notice but if you see inside one of my rubber dinghys you get an idea of how much (rain-) water it collected through this running session:
Here is a YouTube video of this great day out:
Djurhedens Järnväg is open for the public on specific dates during the summer and at Christmas, which are announced on Helena's and Roger's website; Djurhedens Järnväg. A visit to this beautiful Garden Railway and friendly people is highly recommended.
Thank you for your invitation and hospitality Helena and Roger!
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Another beautiful garden railway - well worth driving 400km
ReplyDeleteIndeed it was. A very enjoyable day out. And we did a small 'detour' on our way back which I'll cover in my next blogpost.
DeleteA grand day out despite the rain. What an amazing garden full of curious little details and figures.
ReplyDeleteThis garden railway was so lovely that we didn't actually mind the rain. I noticed even more of all those little details when looking through the photos in this post on a larger monitor. A great day indeed.
DeleteRoger,
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful garden railway ... and your Pioneer train looked magnificent!
All the best,
Bob
Thank you very much Bob. It was also very interesting to see all the rolling stock made or converted by Swedish garden railway modellers.
DeleteSå flott!
ReplyDeleteTusen takk Nils.
DeleteGreat photos of a lovely line and day out.Thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Thank you very much Alan.This layout was full of small scenes and cameos.
DeleteThe bridge over the pond looked very impressive. There seems to be a lot of garden railways in your part of the world.
ReplyDeleteIt was, and the bridge became a centerpiece and one of my photo spots along the line. All the bridges are welded and made by Helena's husband Roger. I don't think there were so many garden railways around here before, but they have gained popularity. It's very social to spend time and run trains together.
DeleteThe miniature "wonderland" really is wonderful Roger. I saw the video you uploaded to youtube too. Amazing. What's the story behind the elephant ?
ReplyDeleteThe garden railway get-together looks a nice social event to attend.
Thank you. The cameo with the elephant is from the Swedish comedy movie "The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared".
DeleteThis get-togheter was a really nice event, and in general I think garden railway has a very social approach to the hobby.