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Old 10-12-2008, 01:41 PM
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"AmericaN" N-scale FREEMO Module group

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Check out an N-Scale German club that operates American prototype fine-scale modules built to the FREEMON (N-scale FREEMO) standards. Pretty amazing modeling. One feature you notice right away is point-to-point from staging with prototype-based track arrangements and usually single-track main with DCC.

Here are some of their modules...
http://www.america-n.de/module.htm

Go to their home link for the standards if you want to see them.

They had a show recently, "20 years of N scale modular railroading at the FREMO". Here is a link. Most text is in German, but you can get the gist of it.

http://www.america-n.de/Activities/...aumburg2008.htm

They were in the last issue of N-Scale Railroading, showing how they dispatch their layouts from miles away using special radios connected to the Internet.

One of their members contacted me and asked if anybody I know might be interested in dispatching some during their next show via their system as they operate in Germany!

Anybody that wants more info, e-mail me and I'll put you in touch with him.

They are wanting to operate in English to be more prototypical!

The world is getting smaller all the time...

Hope you enjoy,

-Phil
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Old 10-12-2008, 09:37 PM
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Re: "AmericaN" N-scale FREEMO Module group

One thing I can say is I havn't spent any time trying to read German since high school.

Eine beer bitte.
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Old 10-13-2008, 06:43 PM
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Re: "AmericaN" N-scale FREEMO Module group

Only German I know is..

Ist Der dachten octen bitta?
(Is your daughter eighteen?)
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Re: "AmericaN" N-scale FREEMO Module group

I'm liking this!

I see what you mean about the yard.
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