Katzhagen - News
Spring and summer 2026
Again every year. The garden railway season begins with rising temperatures and consistently better weather - along with the replacement of the desiccant in the controller boxes along the tracks before the system can be put back into operation after the winter break. Also mandatory is the functional test of the switch and signal drives, some of which had to be cleaned or replaced.
Particularly stubborn ants had nested under one of the switches and ensured that the drive had to be dismantled and cleaned at the beginning of virtually every operating day for months. The tormentors appeared to be completely unimpressed by powdered countermeasures.
After the first train rolled, it was time to work on the cosmetics - repairing the winter damage to the equipment details. Spring, summer and business took its course...
Enough with the prose, roll the film...
And now it's hoping for autumn to be garden railroad friendly...
October 2025 | Archive "Current Affairs"
