Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This beautiful model railroad layout was built by model railroader Fredy Coenen and the members of the model railroad club “Modelspoorvereniging Midden-Limburg” (Netherlands). The On30 gauge layout is called “Stirmouth & Southern Railroad Company.” The model railway layout and its fictional landscape depicts the atmosphere of American narrow-gauge railways in the Rocky Mountains in the 1930s. At that time, narrow-gauge railways were often used in mountainous landscapes with steep gradients and tight curves for mining and the timber industry.
This extremely detailed miniature world, measuring approximately 3.5 x 7.5 meters, features a copper mine with corresponding buildings. The focus is, of course, on the railroad, which has a small train station, a locomotive shed with a turntable, and a workshop. In addition to the copper mine, there is also a sawmill. All the houses, sheds, bridges, and even the turntable were built by hand.
In addition to steam trains and steam locomotives, there is also a rail vehicle with a combustion engine, namely a so-called “Galloping Goose” made by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. This rail bus was a combination of a rail vehicle and a car. The rail bus was developed to enable smaller transports to be carried out more cost-effectively than with traditional steam locomotives. The nickname “Galloping Goose” came about because of the rail bus's wobbly movement on the tracks.
*Modelspoorvereniging Midden-Limburg*
https://www.msm-modelspoor.nl
*Pilentum Television*
pilentum.org
This beautiful model railroad layout was built by model railroader Fredy Coenen and the members of the model railroad club “Modelspoorvereniging Midden-Limburg” (Netherlands). The On30 gauge layout is called “Stirmouth & Southern Railroad Company.” The model railway layout and its fictional landscape depicts the atmosphere of American narrow-gauge railways in the Rocky Mountains in the 1930s. At that time, narrow-gauge railways were often used in mountainous landscapes with steep gradients and tight curves for mining and the timber industry.
This extremely detailed miniature world, measuring approximately 3.5 x 7.5 meters, features a copper mine with corresponding buildings. The focus is, of course, on the railroad, which has a small train station, a locomotive shed with a turntable, and a workshop. In addition to the copper mine, there is also a sawmill. All the houses, sheds, bridges, and even the turntable were built by hand.
In addition to steam trains and steam locomotives, there is also a rail vehicle with a combustion engine, namely a so-called “Galloping Goose” made by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. This rail bus was a combination of a rail vehicle and a car. The rail bus was developed to enable smaller transports to be carried out more cost-effectively than with traditional steam locomotives. The nickname “Galloping Goose” came about because of the rail bus's wobbly movement on the tracks.
*Modelspoorvereniging Midden-Limburg*
https://www.msm-modelspoor.nl
*Pilentum Television*
pilentum.org
