Klein Arosa's Swansong - RhB layout

Got the mag in WHS this afternoon - what a difference to the CM I last read over 10 years ago - clean fresh design, quality content - and Klein Arosa - superb! Great to see G in a main stream magazine

Thanks for the tip off!

Well KA will be at Warley NEC in a few weeks to show I do finally finish these projects here's the final installed point indicators on Klein Arosa. 

Straight


Diverging


And a video of it in action, would be even better with a slow action point motor. 
http://www.youtube.com/wa...e=youtube_gdata_player

And the unit removed, two magnets hold it in place so it takes literally a second to fit and can be safely stored for transport. 


And a video of removing it, really exciting I know!
http://www.youtube.com/wa...e=youtube_gdata_player

Great indicators and so simple to build too. Many thanks for the post.
JonD

Last weekend at Warley was the last ever show for Klein Arosa as it turns out. Neil has decided to recycle it to reuse the parts on his home layout, so in a couple of weeks engineering trains will be run to remove the catenary and track and the Arosa branch will terminate at Arosa once more
Pics from the last day of operation.

 

 
Ge4/4 II emerges from the station

 
view from the tunnel

 
Heidi on the special

 
Gm4/4 shunting

 
Arosa blue set

 
Heidi crosses with the red set

 
removing ther tank from the back of the train

 

 

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Oh G#### what are they doing?

 
Heidi shunting the tourist set

 
last loads of goods

 
the Blue set makes the final arrival.

 

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That's a real shame as this layout, despite being fairly modest in scenery shows that with a consistent palette of colours and attention to detail you can build a lovely G-scale layout. At least the materials will be re-used though

What an absolute shame to see such a superb layout retired.
 
Glad to here that there will be some recycling though.

What a shame, and a shock, to see this layout disappear....

Point indicator mechanism - what a great idea. Useful for us US modellers, too. Many thanks for posting the details.
 
 

Glad the indicators have another use the crank is 5.5mm between centres to make a 90 degree throw, KA did what Neil set out to do and my own Camberwick was very quick to build following the ideas worked out on it. Unfortunately at 24 ft long and already having two layouts I couldn't justify taking it over as storage isn't infinite. It's a lot of effort setting it all up with removable catenary but it was fun to operate.
The problem with layouts is selling them on is difficult, what the recycled parts are worth is often more than the layout, so if you have another use for them then it makes sense as some expect it to be given away at a very low price. Pretty much everything apart from the cardboard platforms and boards is going to be reused by either Neil or me in our other layouts. Camberwick acquired a lighting rig!

Yes looks neat, crisp and proffesional....
I cant get Continental Moddler here, cant even see Antipodean Moddler....

Hi
 
Great layout glad I caught it at Warley it looked great.
Sad to think won't see it again but it has provide some great ideas for my garden railway.
 
Thanks
 
Mark