Sparkel

Sparkel - HO Gauge

  • K.Bay.sts Mallet locomotive shunts wagons into the brewery siding

    Bavarian splendour in the snow

    Sparkel depicts a small terminus station in Bavaria (southern Germany), around 1910.

    A private siding serves a local brewery. The station is approached over the river by a coverd bridge.

    Photography by Jonathan Newton. Copyright 2025 Hornby Magazine/Key Model World

  • Bavarian Glaskasten departs the station with the local stopping passenger train.

    Layout Information

    Layout Size - 10’ by 1’ 6”

    Gauge/Scale - H0 gauge / 1:87th

    Control - DC (Wireless)

    Features -

    Flickering fire, Smoking brewery chimney, Hand painted back scene, Kadee Couplers, Heinrich the hare makes an occasional appearance.

    Publications -

    Continental Modeller (September 2007)

    Awards -

    Holmfirth 2008 - Best Layout

    Loughborough - Best Scenics

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