Photo Set: On TraXS 2015

The Vaser Valley Railway, known locally as the “Mocanita”

I returned once again to the Dutch Railway Museum for the 2015 edition of On TraXS. This year 27 exhibition style layouts were set up throughout the museum. While the number of layouts was down slightly from last year, the number of vendors in attendance was up significantly.

Once again, there were some very well-done layouts on display. I especially liked:

  • Pit Karges, First Snow on the high line, HOn3
  • Collectief Chemin de Fer Forestier, Mocanita, Oe (it’s based on a real railway)
  • Halleluja Players, Orange River & Pacific, Fn3
  • Thomas Schmid, Île VaOù, Oe
  • Arcamodellismo Torino, Vallescura, HO
  • S&G hardrock mining, Leo Bettonviel, HOn3

It was interesting that HOn3 was so popular this year; in 2014, On30 was the preferred narrow gauge scale. And while it is not a traditional model railway, the execution of Peter Dillen’s IJsselstein module, with its use of perspective, was stunning to see in person:

IJsselstein by Peter Dillen
IJsselstein by Peter Dillen

As always, I’ve made a photo set available on Flickr.