Kottavalasa Kirandul KK Line

Way back in March of 2004 , Bharat Vohra and I decided to visit the KK Line – Kotavalasa to Kirandul….. Even though we took the trip more than 9 years ago , the memories are etched firmly and it seems like yesterday …

modellbahn messe koln nov 2012

The 29th Modellbahn messe -Model train fair was held at the Koln Messe between the 22nd and 25th of November,2012 . I have been a regular visitor here and this was my fourth time to the Messe . Koln is a very tourist friendly city and besides the messe there is a lot of other […]

warley 2012 model railway exhibition

The Warley 2012 model railway show is an annual event and is held at the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham , UK . Located right next to Birmingham International Airport and having many hotels on site it is a easy venue to access. This year saw the 25th anniversary of the exhibition at the NEC. […]

points and tortoises install

My previous layout had about 80 points all fired by solenoids switch machines from Peco and Hornby. In retrospect they were quite difficult to install involving a lot of ugly cutting and jigsawing …….. Post installation they did not always operate reliably resulting in a lot of misfires. I was using a computer software – […]