ONE Week - TWO Garden Railway running sessions

This Tuesday Heine suggested that we held our weekly Model Railway Club meeting in his garden insted as the weather was really warm and beautiful. Instead of the 'club kiosk' we could have a BBQ and his wife, Astrid had made a 'billion waffles'....
- It was just to get ready for another (great) day out:

It looks like Tyra think it was a little too hot this day...

I brought my German Military Heeresfeldbahn largely made up by rollingstock by LGB. It was running a 'motor transport' this day, which is probably not very prototypic for this narrow gauge.

The shortest train of the day

On this photo there is not "a billion waffles" left anymore...
-Thank you Astrid!!

While running trains in Heine's and Astrid's garden, another invitation to another Garden Railway running session only 2 days later was posted on Facebook by fellow railway Modeller Thomas. Thomas is the Director General of Pletten Railway, which is located at his cottage and was officially opened last year. Just about time to charge the batteries for my battery operated Heeresfeldbahn diesel, and go to the grocery to buy some more to put on the grill...

Here are some impressions of our day out at Pletten Railway yesterday:

Märklin Gauge 1

3D-printed 

Märklin Gauge 1

And here is a video from our running session at Pletten Railway:

Thank you Astrid & Heine and Thomas and Elaine for your invitations and warm hospitality!

Visiting Djurhedens Järnväg - Djurheden Garden Railway

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:

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: 

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!