1:32-Modelleisenbahn als Hobby – Besuch bei Spur-1-Team Rumeltshausen Öffentlicher Fahrbetrieb Spur1

The model railroad in gauge 1 (scale 1to32 ) is also considered the “royal class” of the model railroad because of the richness of detail of the locomotive models. However, most lovers of this hobby do not really have space for a corresponding system in their home. Many gauge 1 railroaders therefore build a large modular system or club system together. They meet regularly for handicrafts or games, and work on their vehicles or beautify their model railroad landscape. This also applies to a group of ten model railroaders from the Dachau area (20 km northwest of Munich, Germany). In 2008 they founded the "Spur-1-Team Rumeltshausen" (gauge 1 team Rumeltshausen) and have been building a really great modular model railway system on a scale of 1to32 ever since. Every year they also look forward to the pre-Christmas season, because then they always put their system on display in the small town of Rumeltshausen near Dachau for a public exhibition. It can then always be viewed on a few November weekends on Saturdays and Sundays. The model railway days 2026 are on November 7, 8, 21 and 22, 2026, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Location as every year: Hotel Göttler in D 85247 Rumeltshausen. For this 30-minute YouTube report, I visited and interviewed the 1-gauge team Rumeltshausen at the end of October 2019. Its fascinating, modular 1-gauge model railroad layout on a scale of 1 to 32 occupies an area of ​​around 100 square meters. It consists of 420 meters of track and more than 100 switches. Roughly speaking, the facility has a through station with two platforms and a village, a parade route, a branch line mountain line, a ten-track terminus station, a through shadow station with storage space for six trains and, on a second level above, a depot with roundhouse, turntable and large coaling facility. Around 45 locomotives and 180 wagons are used on this layout. It is controlled via three Central Station 2 digital centers from Märklin and a tablet computer with connection via WLAN. Most of the buildings and the landscape were completely self-built. The following can be seen in my video report 00:00 Overview of gauge 1 system - through station 00:29 Terminal station, shadow station, coaling plant 00:49 Depot with roundhouse 01:52 Diesel filling station and water tower 02:14 Motorized gates of the roundhouse 02:53 A look into the roundhouse - work pits and ovens 03:29 V 60 with track change over turntable 05:00 Large coaling plant - built by Otto Höchtl 05:43 Hidden yard with through tracks in each direction 3 + 1 06:50 Tour of the V 200 in an express train carriage 07:35 Digital operation with three Central Stations from Märklin 08:42 Michael Kaufmann - gauge 1 as a hobby - interview 09:46 10-track terminus station, suspenders, track triangle 10:35 System radii - Interview with Walter Domaczyk 11:44 Crocodile Ce 6/8 III - rerailing without gloves 12:05 Statement by Walter Domaczyk on gloves 12:30 GmP - Mixed freight train with passenger transport 13:05 Compromise: 4.5 percent incline to the depot 13:40 Original J.A.Maffei locomotive nameplate from 1905 14:38 Cabriot locomotive from DH 360 - a bit of fun must be 15:18 BR 89 7325 with a local train carriage on a mountain route 16:54 mountain village Kraxelstein on a scale of 1 : 32 (gauge 1) 17:48 return trip of the 89 7325 series into the valley 19:07 locality "Rumeltshausen" with self-made buildings 19:55 Locomotive shed - self-made by Otto Höchtl 20:27 Car conversion from slide to ball bearings - Interview 21:32 Walter Domaczyk: Advantage of the car with ball bearings 22:46 End station + track triangele with reversing loop circuit 23:35 A factory locomotive DH 360 with smoke and sound 24:00 signal box Hbf Munich Hauptbahnhof in lane 1 25:31 TEE Trans-Europ-Express VT 11.5 "Saphir" track 1 25:45 Departure / round trip VT 11.5 TEE “Saphir” from KM1 27:23 Märklin-Hübner rail bus VT 98 with Zimo sound 29:51 Public driving day appointments in Rumeltshausen 30:12 Final impressions with steam locomotives and turntable