The why and wherefore
Maybe a few words about the why rather than the wherefore, the truth is simple, I prefer small scenes with tiny trains. Grafenwalde is merely another generic BLT trackplan slotted into the 4,8 x .75 m space in the workshop, nothing special.
This is merely a modest collection of DR locos, rolling stock
and some buildings on a 4,8m modular layout, whilst the backstory is based on a subtle mix of minor railways of Southern Thuringia that have become Grafenwalde.
The supposed location is a terminus at the end of a short 4,5 spur from Gehren towards Königsee that only reached as far as Grafenwalde due to the topography and funding. Mostly flat to gently rolling slopes, rarely exceeding moderate inclines of 3% to 5% on local connector roads or standard cycle tracks. The trains and services were inspired by Die Laura which ran from Rennsteig
to Frauenwalde.
The original Grafenwalde, Intermodellbau, Dortmund 2008
The line to Grafenwalde was classed as a Kleinbahn with an initial weight
limit of just 12t, which was upgraded in 1917 to 16,8t in order to
accommodate the T9.3 that supplemented the line's T3
which pulled a BCPwPosti that Lindner built in 1912 for the line's
owners. Link Saalfeld
Buildings
The
‘inspiration’ for the station is
built in the style of the SEG Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG, common enough in the local area, Arnstadt Ost. On such a small layout there are just a few complete structures, the station group and loco shed.
Archive - Grafenwalde Mk1 at Uckfield click here
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