Voie Libre international

The magazine for the narrow gauge railways enthusiast.

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Voie Libre International
PUBLISHER: Christian Fournereau - [email protected]/ EDITOR: François Fontana - [email protected] /Consultants to THE EDITORIAL TEAM: Éric Fresné ([email protected]), Jean-Paul Quatresous / With assistance from: Yann Baude (yannb@lrpresse
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Lematec : A Postal Van
Lematec has released the Z 33 lightweight postal van, reference 202/6A. This metal-bodied postal van was delivered in July 1971 by the MOB and the FFA using bogies from carriage A4 85. Very neatly reproduced and made, it’s an all-metal model which ru
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100 Issues And A Trip Round The World!
When celebrating the 100th issue of Voie Libre, rather than look back over the past, we have chosen to look forward… to admire what you, faithful readers, are busy creating. Quite simply, we invite you on a trip around the world. We have selected new
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Schmalspurbedarf : 4-wheeler Carriages
The German retailer Schmalspurbedarf, in cooperation with Lok-Schlosserei, has released carriages derived from MBxd2 railcars and aimed at modernizing the operation of Polish narrow and metre gauge lines. This work was carried out by the “23rd Agust
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Ree : Des Wagons Cfd, Une Locomotive Bb 400
It’s now certain, the REE company has taken an interest in our metre gauge secondary railways; this is great news for us! Following on from the A 80 D Billard railcar, but expected to be available before this item – one wonders why -, the winning tri
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Schmalspurbedarf : A Box Van
Schmalspurbedarf, in cooperation with PMT, has released a splendid 4-wheeler PKP box van of the K 20010 type, of Saxon origin. The prototype is tiny, closer to the 60cm loading gauge than the one customary for 75cm gauge. It is fitted with loop coupl
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Minitrains : The Famous Bogie Cattle Wagon
MinitrainS has released a new version of the famous Egger-Bahn bogie cattle wagon. This is a faithful copy, as Andreas Schönfeld, the creator of the company, owns the prototype of this delightful wagon created 50 years ago by Theodor Egger. MINITRAI
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TOMA : A READY-TO-RUN ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL 0-6-0 T
Well known for its H0 and 0 scale narrow gauge kits, the Japanese artisan Toma Model Works has released its first ready-to-run model. It reproduces a preserved engine from the 15km long, 762mm gauge line linking Kuroi to Uragawara, in the Niigata pre
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Minitrains : New Liveries For The Schneider And The Decauville
MinitrainS has re-surfaced after the storm! The H0-9 productions of this German manufacturer are available once again, and are even being released with new liveries. The French Army Schneider diesel locomotive is available in sand colour, the shade i
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Glaskasten : Modular Display Cases
The Glaskasten company can supply modellers with modular dispay cases for storing and presenting their favourite consists. The 1.2m cases are designed to be combined without intermediary partitions for accommodating longer trains. GLASKASTEN www.gla
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DVD
The “Archives” collection of Editions du Cabri is a treasure trove. Extremely rich, it helps us travel back in railway history, to discover forgotten facilities and stock. However, and this is not so frequent, the Chemins de Fer de Provence (CP) are
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News From Narrow Planet
Created 10 years ago to market etched metal builder’s and number plates in most usual scales, Narrow Planet very soon extended its scope to include selling scale models. Currently, no fewer than 12 brands are represented on their website for a signif
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Press Review
If you are looking for reading material to help you through the long winter evenings, this press review is just right for you, as our colleagues have been highly prolific over the last few months. Issue n° 396 of Chemins de Fer Régionaux et Tramways
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Meridian : A Pershing Tank Wagon
Here is a kit that will bring back memories to many! More than 20 years ago, the people in charge at Meridian were bold enough to produce rolling stock kits made out of injected plastic. The range featured Pershing military wagons in 00-9 that thrill
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Gatherings
JUNGLINSTER (LUXEMBOURG) 22 AND 23 FEBRUARY 2020 ■
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NEW CHALLENGE VOIE LIBRE Tell Us A Story!
Some images are documentary. And some images tell a story. The photograph we discovered in the Brittany Museum archive belongs to the second category. It shows enough to conjure up a fictitious railway company and a layout. So, for this hundredth iss
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Batzmättere Moos A Fine Story For Shunting Games
The layout, finished to a very high standard, is visible from all sides. It is based on a pretty story told by its builder. Thomas Schmid: Hello Andréas, could you describe your layout to us. Andréas Spahni: My small world is based on the Totemüge
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Railexpo A FEW ATTRACTIVE NEW MODELS
Many new releases for metre gauge fans. And what is more, in three different scales! Narrow gauge is alive and kicking, and so much the better. Here is a review of the models that caught our fancy. Apocopa () has released a Brissonneau &
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Magazine
Combining the features of a magazine through its format and its outlets, and of a book through its contents, the bookazine has become something trendy in the publishing world… So this is the format chosen by Kelsey Media to start publishing a series
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Re-motorizing With Tramfabriek
Under the Tramfabriek brand, Sven van der Hart sells several references aimed at re-motorizing models whose small 3- or 5-pole motors have largely lost their efficiency and which, in any case, operated somewhat erratically. I tested the reference des
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Document
The Association des Chemins de Fer des Côtes-du-Nord (ACFCdN) preservation society has published the full text of the CdN general operating rules, dated 1911, but amended and annotated by the owner of the documents during his career. The entire broc
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A Model Railway… Travels By Train !
François Fontana: Hello Nobuo, you model railways in 0 scale narrow gauge. Nobuo Koizumi: I create imaginary layouts where I mix Japanese, American and European atmospheres. I use rolling stock from all over the place, as often, the locomotives fou
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CHEMINS DE FER ÉLECTRIQUES VEVEYSANS The Saint-Légier - Châtel-Saint-Denis branch
The network consisted of three lines serving the Vevey and Montreux hinterland. The first, opened on 1st October 1902, and 8.67km long, connected Vevey to Saint-Légier, Blonay and Chamby, with a connection to the MOB network in the latter station. Th
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Rusinowo Uncompromising
François Fontana: Hello Sebastian, tells us about your new layout, Rusinowo Waskotorowe station. Sebastian Marszal: the small station at Rusinowo Waskotorowe is the terminus of a branch on a 53km long 750mm gauge railway, which used to cross the Vist
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Oahu Railway A Round-the-room Slice Of History
The layout is located in the basement of the house, and runs round the walls of a dedicated room. It evokes a troubled period of history: after the attack on Pearl Harbour, the Hawaiian sugar cane railway is being partially used by the military for c
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Supplies
- Evergreen: “board & batten” sheet ref. 4544, flat strip ref. 8203, I strip ref. 272, L strip ref. 291, round strip ref. 220 - Peco: couplings ref. GR-102 and pockets ref. GR-103 - Maquette Création: axle supports (see issue 77 of Voie Libre) - Mic
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Gilbert’s Very Own Recipes!
François Fontana: Hello Gilbert, tell us a bit about how this diorama came to be. Gilbert Gribi: It was love at first sight! We took a trip to Alsace, where we visited the sawmill at La Hallière and the Abreschviller forestry railway. We discovered
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Falcon Rock No Whisky On The Rock
The purpose of this oval is to test 00-9 locomotives, and after a few hours of planning, it became an attractive animated diorama. We asked Bob Telford to tell us how it happened. François Fontana: Hello Bob, how did you get the idea for Falcon Rock
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Tales Of Railway Modelling The Dwarfs’ Mine
David is far from being a model railway specialist. His hobby is actually figures. So, when he decided to take the plunge and model a railway, he decided to create a fantasy scene. Let’s hear what he has to say about building the dwarfs’ mine. David
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A Refrigerated Box Van In HO-9 HERE COMES THE FLYING KIPPER!
1 The parts are cut out as per the dimensions provided. You will have: two end panels, two identical side panels, the floor, two brackets for the nameboard, one intermediary roof truss. 2 Assemble the Maquette Création axle supports. It’s simple an
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THE VAIRET-BAUDOT BRICKWORKS AT LES TOUILLARDS and its Bondy locomotive
Whereas the first factory was built in1863, the request for installing a 60cm gauge railway between the Terres Blanches quarry and the brickworks was submitted only in 1909. After some initial delays caused by the line running through a wood owned by
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The Bondy “clog” DID YOU SAY WEIRD?
1 A wheelbase of exactly 2cm! This is really small, even in 0 scale. The supplies have been arranged on a 1/43.5 scale drawing: 0.5 module gear and worm wheel, recycled Escap driving mechanism. 2 The Brother cutter. Note that the adhesive support i
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Alexander At Lilliput A Minimal Mining Facility
The small battery-operated locomotive, hauling three empty skips, emerges from the building before disappearing underground towards the mining galleries. Intrigued, the viewer walks round the layout and on the other three sides, discovers typical sce
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Micro-layouts BD’s Tiny Trains
These are tiny layouts where the trains are nothing more than an alibi. Here, everything prompts dreaming, and everything provides a creative opportunity. François Fontana: Bernard, your approach is micro-layouts; how were all these little models b
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Signs Made Easy
The sign on the wagon is very easily made using word-processing software: a white rectangle edged with blue. Select the font you fancy most for the company name. Add logos or images (which I found on the Web). Adjust, centre, this is important for th
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A BOG For Your Layout
One of the main advantages of modelling over the real thing is that the landscape can be made into whatever you like, rather than having to live with it when laying the track. When I felt like running my track over a small wooden trestle bridge, typi
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Trombroekstraat A Historical Investigation
Tombrouck (or Tombroek) is a small town located on the linguistic border between the French and Flemish-speaking areas of Belgium, somewhere along the old metre gauge vicinal tram line linking Kortrijk and Mouscron. Tombroek also happens to be Gérard
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Supplies
Redutex brick sheets in 1/43 scale Zapf-Modell windows and doors ref. F99037 (x 10), ref. F45007 (x 2), ref. F45007 Maquette Création tools and step-ladder. 3mm thick foam board 2mm and 0.5mm thick card 3mm thick balsa wood Samba wood: 1mm thick she
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The Seventh (breton) Company Has Been Found Again*
The CLM (Compagnie de chemin de fer de Loire Morbihan) was created in 1885 and consisted of two lines running respectively westwards from Vannes to Le Bono and eastwards to Arzal, plus a few minor branches. Total length was 56km. Between 1903 and 190
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A Fine Engine Shed For Good-looking Locomotives
This project was an old dream of mine! So I took a lot of trouble building and detailing this engine shed to ensure the highest possible degree of accuracy. The techniques used are nevertheless very simple and accessible to all. The architecture is c
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FLB A Tram Depot Through The Ages
It is customary for secondary railway enthusiasts to be keen on urban and rural trams. Their collections and productions often cover a long period. Rather than let them gather dust on a shelf, Enrico decided to offer them a proper showcase: the insid
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Nixnie Or The Art Of Playing On A Small Surface
Ted Polet has become a well-known modeller thanks to his large 00-9 layout, the Craigcorrie & Dunalistair, a layout offering a wide variety of viewing points and scenery. But he also practices the art of the micro-layout, which consists in evoking a

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