| Curiosities
From Private Workshops |
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As some kind of addition to the curious model
offered by the model train industry, this site shows some "creations"
done by private model railroaders.
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The DB class 194 didn't get the red design any more,
becuase it was taken out of service already in 1988. Howevery this "design
study", which shows like this loco would have been looking in the
current DB colours, is quite interesting... |
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A class 111 in DR colours. In fact, the DR planned to built units of
the DB-class 110 (of which the class 111 is a derivative). The DB, however
did not agree to this plans.
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The BR 120 with DB-Cargo lettering is, as well, a nice
design study - basing on a Fleischmann HO model... |
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Another "self-made" BR 120 version without any prototype is this one in the
DB "Toruristic Train" Design. |
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...or would you prefer this one - a V
200 with a pantograph? |
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| 44 + 81 = 85? No, that's not any
arithmetical
error in this case! It's a BR 85 steam
loco, assembled d out of parts of a BR 81 and a BR 44, both Märklin. Not a
curiosity like the other ones shown in this gallery, because it features a
loco which has existed as a prototype; but curious as well, because there
are several details not matching with the prototype which are clearly
visible- regard especially the too short water spaces. |
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| Another model from Ebay:
offered as a construction of Kleinbahn and Roco parts. The
chassis is an fact a part of a cheap Kleinbahn loco. The shell however, is a
Liliput part, not Roco. Regard especially the front sides of this "model"!
The pictures show the DB version... |
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| ....but there's also an ÖBB
version! |
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One more interesting object is this BR 89 with a seperate
tender! |
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| Obviously, others had the
same idea... |
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| An old Märklin TM 800. But
what has happened to the smoke stack? Right, it has been replaced by a
higher one... |
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The old Trix tin-plate model of a Touropa car. However, these cars were
never equiped with pantographs! |
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| What we are seeing here was originally a
ÖBB Bo'Bo electric enginge class 1042 from Liliput. The model has been "shortened",
the "shortened" shell has been fixed on the driven bogie. |
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| A BR 01 with oil firing has never existed.
This one, Fleischmann model, was offered on Ebay. Locomotive and tender,
however, weren't coupled. The tender type was used for The BR 41 with oil
firing. The tender is a Roco part. |
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| Because model train
manufacturers didn't care so much about steam railcars, hobbyists tried to
build such models themselves. This one is, however, a more or less curious
phantasy model, the result of the combination of two Märklin models: a #3000
(BR 89) tank loco and a #4040 passanger car. |
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Long before Liliput brought their BR 62 model, model railroaders tried to
build models of that class themselves. This one, however, is more or less
curious, because its creator didn't care so much about the prototype - the
result was that phantasy model. . |
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At first glance, a quiet normal mail car, like Märklin offered it as model
#4047... |
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...but a closer view shows the secrets of that car: it has been motorized,
using motor parts of a Märklin ETA 515 railcar!
Although the work is of quite good quality, the remaining question is why
someone is doing such a convesion. Even the author of this page hasn't found
an answer yet...nn.... |
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Everybody knows Märklin's covered freight cars. But what
to do if the cloth is damaged or dirty? Here we see a very outragous example
for a possible repair.... |
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A BR 232 has never existed as an SNCF engine. However, this shell offered
its buyer a way to "convert" his old Piko model.
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| This BR 81 looks like hauling a jubilee
train, or opening a line. It has been offered as a "jubilee locomotive". The
garlands are really glued (!) on the model. The only way to restore the
model is to remove the old varnish and a complete new paintwork. And, of
course, replacing the missing replacing the missing valve gear rods. |
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