August 28 Follow up on Miniatur Wunderland

 Today is a travel day. We are taking the ICE train from Hamburg to Zurich. As usual DB seems to be able to lose time easily but they have a good system to tell travelers which connections they have missed and the time of the next one. Our train lost time continually and was eventually cancelled at Basel Bad. We were forced to take a local train to the SBB station in Basel and then a very crowded TGV to Zurich

Larry asked a question about the taxi rank at the MW airport. It is a static display and there is no movement similar to that which can be found on the tarmac. A great number of brake lights have been installed and there is a feeling of hurry up.

Patagonia

I have shown a few pictures in an earlier blog but I should also mention a small operation at one end where there is a wye. This is used continually by a small train but one leg of the wye is obstructed by sheep grazing on the line. As the train approaches this section the sheep move out of the way.

AS the train is approaching the sheep are over the line

The sheep get out of the way as the train approaches


Rio de Janeiro

This relatively new part has a great deal of action but the modellers have paid attention to the details of the favelas. The dwellings are small and ill kept. An interesting detail is the number of wires that are strung across the streets in a haphazard fashion.



Operation

The operation of a large model such as this requires a great deal of organization. Here are a few pictures of the operations centre and the workshops.





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