An exact scale model of a branch line booking hall.
The prototype stood on the Spree Forest Railway, a metre-gauge line built between 1898 and 1904.
The little train, as it was known, symbolized technical progress.
Eventually, it too fell victim to the lure of the automobiles mobility, and the last stretch of track was closed in 1970.
The fascinating story of the Spree Forest Railway is told in Die Spreewaldbahn , published in German by Transpress-Verlag . Without platform.
When using track with built-in trackbed, compensate for the extra height with the base.