Dutch Model Train Blog
Dutch Model Trains
Nederlandse Model Spoorwegen
Hi and welcome to my website about Dutch model trains, previously NLMS, Nederlandse Model Spoorwegen.
Here I post the progress of my current hO scale model train layout, which I started in October 2024. I created this website sometime back in the early 2000’s, before I started my previous layout, and after moving into my new home. Most of my model trains are from the 1980’s while I was living in the Netherlands. In 1988 all of my model trains, scenery and accessories were packed up in moving boxes, waiting for the moment that, once again, has now come. Between 2012 and 2024 my hobby and this website was on a temporary hold.
Curved wall
In the left corner of my layout, I build a curved corner with a 33-centimeter (12 inch) radius. By doing this, I create a way to prevent seeing a harsh 90-degree corner, which is more pleasing to the eye and will create better pictures from the layout, once finished. I use basic materials from left over plywood, 4-ply matboard and …
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New trains 2025, Valleilijn Connexxion GTW
Before my vacation to the Netherlands, in the first two weeks of January 2025, I learned that Piko made a model train of the Connexxion GTW (GelenkTriebwagen) which is an electric multiple unit from Stadler Rail. This is one of the trains that run on the line between Amersfoort-Barneveld-Ede vv. Since I am modeling a diorama based on the trains …
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