May 2012 Volume 34 Number 5

Contents

282 PIEDMONT LINES – RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

John D.Medley describes his American O layout, representing part of the Southern, which has been developed over some years to its present extensive state.

292 PRESSNITZTALBAHN

Eric Gates visited a successful preserved narrow gauge line deep in south-east Germany, close to the Czech border, which is home to some iconic Saxon locomotives.

298 ROCKFORD BAY DEPOT – SCALE DRAWINGS

Garth Ponsonby explains how he designed and scratch-built the substantial depot building for his new US On30 layout, the Coeur d’Alene Railway, featured last month.

304 MAREDVAL

Tom de Decker describes his modular HOm layout, which began as a small diorama, and is based on a Belgian Vicinal prototype in the wooded Ardennes.

310 ENODEN

Gordon Davis offers some vintage 1950s photographs of this electrified interurban route in Japan as a contrast to the present situation as modelled by Doug Coster.

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