Just realized I never posted this project of mine on this forum. Bahnbetriebswerk Neukirche a 3 year long, layout project.
A couple of pictures showing the Bahnbetriebswerk Neukirche in action at LegoWorld 2019. It was really busy in at the Bahnbetriebswerk. A lot of quest locomotives and wagons including 3 TRAXX locomotives. by Enrico Lussi, on Flickr
A Bahnsbetriebswerk is the German equivalent of a railway depot. But since its German it’s bigger, and more efficient. A Bahnsbetriebswerk (Bhw for short) comes in different sizes and with different functions, but most of them have at least some type of turntable with an engine shed or roundhouse. Mostly they also house a few factories, the obvious storage and cranes for coal and of course water towers. So, in short, a Bhw houses everything a locomotive needs to be able to fully function as a main line steam engine.
A couple of pictures showing the Bahnbetriebswerk Neukirche in action at LegoWorld 2019. It was really busy in at the Bahnbetriebswerk. A lot of quest locomotives and wagons including 3 TRAXX locomotives. by Enrico Lussi, on Flickr
A couple of pictures showing the Bahnbetriebswerk Neukirche in action at LegoWorld 2019. It was really busy in at the Bahnbetriebswerk. A lot of quest locomotives and wagons including 3 TRAXX locomotives. by Enrico Lussi, on Flickr
I decided to first start working on a turntable that would get a prominent feature in my Bhw. In total I have built 5 versions with the first 2 being motorized. However, the biggest problem with motorizing the turntable was that I was still building in the MILS standard, and that my engines are so heavy that it would need a lot of power. After the first attempt I decided to give up the MILS standard and go for MILS+ 1 brick in height. After the second attempted left me with broken technic parts and a lot of frustration I decided to build a “dummy” version with the ability to motorize it sometime in the future.
A couple of pictures showing the Bahnbetriebswerk Neukirche in action at LegoWorld 2019. It was really busy in at the Bahnbetriebswerk. A lot of quest locomotives and wagons including 3 TRAXX locomotives. by Enrico Lussi, on Flickr
I have spent a total of 3 years on this project, and I did mutiple revisit's to this project. But now it's time to do a major revisit, so I dicided to break down the entire layout and start something new, more about that in the near future.
The End of Bahnbetriebswerk NeuKirche. by Enrico Lussi, on Flickr
For more behind the scene story check out the BMR article: https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/2019/06/06/the-design-of-bhw-neukirche-by-enrico-lussi/
For more pictures, showing the progress and the Bhw in action: