Impressive Model Train Layout In Turkey

December 1, 2005

Take a visit to Derya Ferendeci’s model train layout and you’ll be transported through a miniature world of trains, towns and villages, prairies and mountains across North-Western Turkey in the mid-1970’s, at a time when steam was king.

Several classes of steam locomotive which served on the Turkish State Railways are represented on Derya’s Model Train Layout.

They include classes 44.0 (German BR55), 45.0, 55.0 (German BR57), 56.0, 56.1, as well as the 56.5 (the class 52 German war locomotives), the class 56.7 (Ex German class 44uk – ex-SNCF) and the class 37 (Prussian T18/BR78) and class 57 tank engines (BR85).

The above photo shows the main control panel at Kemalpasa.

Kemalpasa is an important division point on this part of the TCDD (Turkish State Railways) as it is a base for several dozen big steam locomotives.

These photos show a step-by-step illustration of the scenery for the new extention on Derya Ferendeci’s model train layout.

If you are not planning a visit to Turkey, then visiting Derya Ferendeci’s model railroad site is the next best option http://www.ferendeci.com/trains/