Visit to Railz Miniworld, Rotterdam. December 14, 2007
What is Railz Miniworld? Railz Miniworld is a tourist attraction in the centre of Rotterdam. It’s the largest indoor model railroad layout of The Netherlands.
1 Overview over de harbor
2 The rural area
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4 A shot from a very impressive separate diorama
5 Mat 54
6 Mat64 III, diesel train in its original colors
7 Plane crash
8 Standers by, police and...
9 ...fir brigade coming to the rescue
10 Of course the mills had to be modeled as well.
11 Steam railway museum
12 Occasionally evrything went dark
13 which produced a fairy tale like atmosphere
14 A 3500 series steam engine. The only steam engine running on the layout. Originally A3/5 of the SBB (Swiss Federal Railways). Running in the Netherlands from 1646 to 1953. None of them survived.
15 Again the Mat 64 III
16 A series 1000 e-loco. One of only two locomotive types to be especially designed for the Dutch Railways. The 1200 series was the otheer special design. All other types were derivatives from existing designs.