The why and wherefore
The why and wherefore
Please, note although the layout is NOT a copy of Frauenwalde but the trains that ran have inspired Grafenwalde
Kleinbahn means a short line, in this case only 4.9 km (3 miles), it was a normal gauge line to Frauenwalde, it was served by tiny trains and lasted from 1912 to 1965. in the wooded hills of the Thüringer Wald and lasted from 1912 to 1965. The railway had to meet the transport needs of the predominantly rural structure of the area. The main transports were agricultural produce, livestock, fertilizers, coal and building materials.
The railcar shown below was employed until WW2, although a 0-4-0 tank loco with road number 5 plus passenger cars and goods cars was also employed. This loco was supplemented by one obtained from the Kleinbahn Neuhaldensleben–Weferlingen former roadbed is accessible today as a Wanderweg
The small farm comprises of 95,5 hectares of land, a low house and a small yard separated by a railway line.
After 1950, there was a dire need for housing throughout Germany, the detached house designed by the VEB district construction company Bau Meiningen goes back to the designs of the civil engineer Reinhard Blumenstein.
The outer mass of the single-family house amounts to about 8.84 m to 9.0 m, as a matter of expediency, prefabricated panels were often the preferred method of material which best suited a standardisded design – but there were regularly GDR-type deviations in the method of the construction, this house was planned according to variant for up to 4-6 people.
The
windows have been replaced by those from the Faller 130222, the outer
shell was repainted with Heki 6600 concrete textured paint, the roof
sprayed red oxide and carefully weathered with repated washes of Humbrol
acrylic dark earth. The last wash will be applied to match the dirst on
the prototype image. Finally, interior details will be applied
to complete the illusion of a family home.
On the layout there is a small house for the farmworker, it has a couple of fruit trees, vegetable garden and chicken coop.
Rural power supply
This was the attempt at depicting rural power on Grafenwalde in 2004
All the above are courtesy of Peco Publications