Some scratch building suggestions from Sylt

[Mallarddriver]

Hello,
I just found some interesting photos in an old Depesche

My favourite is the railcar.
Kind regards
Soeren

 

[mike]

the talent some folks have.. wonderful

 

[themole]

The lorry was a Borgward (remember them?) converted into a rail truck. Alyn

 

[trammayo]

Interesting photos - food for thought there

 

[Bram]

Brilliant piccies and some good ideas/food for thought

 

[Madman]

Borgward? The railcar looks good.
Nice cars as well. Who could forget the Isabella coupe.

It's a Kharman Ghia wanna-be

 

[pugwash]

Well for scratchbuilding we're off to a head start

I'm sure a tram trailer could be chopped for the carriage section

 

[Mallarddriver]

Hello,
here are some more pictures of the Railcar.

Kind regards
Soeren

 

[trammayo]

Nice pictures Soeren - looks like there are two Railcars (two fleet numbers) - a future project maybe

 

[switcher]

They had built 5 similar railcars of that type + matching coaches, of which only one survived (in a tram-museum in Northern Germany).
Coincidentally I came across this youtube link to a professional documentary on the former metre gauge network on the island of Sylt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjWk9EkSvY

The documentary was produced by a TV-channel in Winter 1971 short before closure of the line.

Best fast-forward through the interviews and other additional scenes, as there are quite a few interesting views of the rail cars in the landscape.

& here is another one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONA8riPjigw&feature=related

interesting detail - the triangular brushes to clean the track of sand...