Welcome to this blog. It will inform you about the progress of designing and building live steam model locomotives. The blog contains the description of a model Würrtembergische T3 on 7¼" gauge (constructed between 2006 and 2017), the wagons for this loco (built between 2018 and 2022), and the current project a 5" gauge model of a Great Eastern Railway Y14 class loco (started in 2020)
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Enjoy this site. Erik-Jan Stroetinga. The Netherlands. Europe.
Sunday, 27 June 2021
"The Märklin start set" in the hills of Limburg
Today we had the first invitation for a steam meeting in this Corona year. The Netherlands is easing a bit on the Covid-19 lockdown rules.
Not a real steam event as normal at Stoomgroep Limburg, but a small-scale version of the event. Some people were invited to come and run their locomotives. The atmosphere was as usual very friendly and the weather was lovely.
We visited this track many times before, with my 3½" 'Mona' and 5" 'Didcot', this was the first time with T3 alias Märklin start set 😊
2013 2017
The beer wagon for the first time in use as intended. All the stuff for a day at the track could be nicely stored. Even our home packed lunch and a few cans of cooled beer found space in the wagon.
The complete train set is too long to stand in one of the steaming bays.
At the station some interest in the black stuff: Coal. The track of Stoomgroep Limburg in Brunssum is situated in the former mining area of Limburg, and a lot members of the public know their history or are former mine workers themselves.
Ready for the first lap.
It's a lovey track with some steep gradients....
.... and even a real tunnel.
Click here for a video at the bridge (By Boudewijn Dingemans)
Even for 5" locos this is a very fine track.
27th June 2021 the real Württembergische T3 made its first appearance in the new black-grey livery.
In Germany (Münsingen) the locomotive is now painted in the same RAL 7021 Schwartz-Grau colour as my model.
