In Denmark we've had almost three weeks with snow on the ground in January. Several trains have been run in the snow covered landscape. A train of skips went to pick up a load of small stones for a project in HVB's large shed at the Hedehusgaard station. Not too often one gets to take a train of skips through a snow covered landscape in Denmark.
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On our way to Brandhøj station to pick up a load of small stones. We are pushing the skips - here on a piece of the line that had new sleepers fitted in the autumn. |
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Stone loading in progress. One of the younger members has become quite good with the excavator. M 12 was built in Denmark in 1943 and is still going strong. |
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Skips filled, we make our way back - here going down hill from Sølund station. |
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In the head shunt ready to take the stone load into the shed. The setting sun is barely visible above the last skip. |
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Not all locos have stood the test of Danish weather too well. Here is what happens when you leave a steam loco in a park for more than 30 years. This engine is now going into storage. The train is moving slowly pulled by M 12 which has the lowest gearing while M 24 provides braking. Photo: Peter Hansen. |
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A lot of stuff had to be moved to allow steam loco No 3 to be positioned in the rear of the shed. Four diesel locos and an excavator was running when I took the photo. |
Running narrow gauge trains in full scale surely gives you a better
sense of the practical workings of the prototype for your model railway. If you
have a heritage railway in your vicinity consider volunteering and take part in
the work there. You will no doubt be welcomed and you will ‘cash in’ on three ‘key
performance indicators’: help run a real railway, pick up good ideas for your
model railway and enjoy the good company of fellow railway men and women (probably
mostly men…).
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