October 2024 Newsletter

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The photos below were taken at the RhB (Rhaetian Bahn) maintenance facility in Landquart. The restoration on #11 "Heidi" was completed by a collaboration of the Swiss Society of Volunteers (know as Club 1889) and DLM which created a new boiler.   You may recognize this locomotive as LGB 20271. Club 1889 has restored quite a number of traditional coaches which were also modeled by LGB.   Rhb Landquart also has the Engiadina No. 108. Whereas Heidi was converted to burning Oil, Engiadina still burns coal.   Note the clever way to determine the water level in the tender. There are a series of valves that can be opened.  If you get water at a particular level, then there is at least that much water.       At Landquart RhB still has a roundhouse. If fact this is protected as a National Landmark, so they have to keep it and maintain it. I never thought about how they would do the cantenary system at a turntable. It makes quite a mass of overhead wires. Most of the current locomotives are too long for the roundhouse but Inside there are a few classics, like this "Crockodile". It runs but upon inspection it was found to have some cracks in one of the axles. Actually there is another one as well with the same problem.   See LGB model no. 23407