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Pool Model Railroad

Pool model railroad


  • Layout name: Pool Model Railroad
  • Built by: Andi, Dirk and Peter
  • Type: Tabletop layout
  • Dimensions: 63 x 114 in (160 x 290 cm)
  • Scale: HO
  • Epoch: Present time, V/VI
  • Rolling stock: ESU, Roco

Pool model railroad

Hi! Tell us about yourself and how you got into model trains

We are Andi (48), Dirk (48) & me, Peter (53).

In 2019 Corona has prevented the exercise of the actual jobs. So Christmas 2019 we came up with the idea to get the Old Railroad from the attic, which we got for Christmas in 1979 and then was not used for 40 years and since we had nowhere to put it, we came up with the idea to build it under the pool table.

In normal life we do normal work. Andi is an airbrusher and tattoo artist (https://www.tattooline.de/), Dirk is an IT consultant (http://www.muensterlandstudios.de/) and me (Peter) is a service technician at https://tmtkom.de/ working for https://www.telekom.de/.

We are all 3 married with children. We all live in Sendenhorst in the Münsterland region.

So we brought our model railroad from 1979 back to life and let our creativity run wild. Under our billiard table we built up an impressive model landscape in a few months.

Now that we have less time again and can only work on the layout in the evenings and on weekends, so things are slowing down a bit.

You can follow our layout on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube and our website https://www.poolmodelrailroad.com/.

We also have our store https://schrumpfmich.de/ where we offer custom figures. At the moment, however, we have so many orders in our store that we had to temporarily close the order desk. Everyone wants to have personalized figures for their railroad layout and we can’t keep up with the production.

Pool model railroad

Please describe your layout

We have a fantasy layout on which we can ride on 3 circles. The theme is present time, epoch V/VI. The scale is H0 and the dimensions are 160 x 290 cm.

We have worked on the layout for 2 years and it’s our first layout.

If we could start over, we would change everything. We started as complete newbies and we would do everything differently today. But that’s how it is, later you are always smarter.

We are currently working on a clip-on board for the layout and on several small dioramas for our figure customers.

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

The layout can be dismantled very easily, there are 2 parts that I can pull off to the right and left. Only the billiard table is not so easy to dismantle and assemble. Also, it costs about 1500 euros.

Pool model railroad

How did you plan your layout?

We didn’t do any planning beforehand. We simply brought the rails, started building and got inspiration from videos like this one.

If we could start over, we would also use scale N to get room for more track under the pool table.

We choose scale H0 because we already had that.

Pool model railroad

Describe your rolling stock

Our rolling stock is from Roco and ESU. For landscaping we have used Noch and Modell Natur. Buildings from Viessmann, Kibri and Vollmer.

Favorite model is the ESU 31082 V200 green diesel locomotive. Super quality and many functions.

In the future, we plan to add more from ESU and Roco + Fleischmann wagons.

We control our trains with the Z21 from Roco digital.

Pool model railroad

Advice for other people in the model railroad world.

Make a plan and don’t just build away like we did 🙂

Remember that you can’t do anything wrong. The only difference with everything is that it’s a matter of taste.

The best 100 dollars we have spent on model trains is the ESU V200, but you wouldn’t get far with 100 dollars.

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

Pool model railroad

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