Eurospoor 2011

I got on a real train shortly after 9:30 in the morning. I went to Eurospoor 2011 in Utrecht. The biggest model railroad fair in Europe. There are loads of displays and loads of shops, new and second hand. The latter being the most interesting.

And if you think model railroading is dead, think again. It was very busy. There were 5 line-ups to get in.

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Old Dutch rail stock.

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Fantasy yards.

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More old Dutch rail stock.

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Some displays are huge and need several people to be operated.

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Some people prefer to take photos of the scenery.

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Small train passing an old factory in another fantasy layout.

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Long cargo train passing.

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The scenery can get pretty realistic, even if it's 87 times smaller than real size (H0-scale).

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This display was fantastic. It was completely covered by snow, very sparkly, drawing a lot of attention.

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Close up from one end.

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Very old Hornby models.

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Beautiful old trains in a 50's setting.

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I couldn't leave empty handed of course. I was hoping to find this model and on all 20,000 square metres of shops there were only 2 models in 1 of the shops. They must be getting rare. Here's a wikipedia page on them (in Dutch): http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorpost.

I left soon after I made my purchase so that I wouldn't be completely broke when I got home ;-)

When I got back home I remembered I hadn't blogged my new key "hanger". It's actually magnetic, very handy.

I also hung up my Irish blessing. I'm still very happy with it :-)