Ops meet at Leonberg 2026
It has become a tradition, the week after Easter we meet at Strohgäuhalle in Höfingen near Leonberg (Baden-Würtemberg).
We were able to put up a layout of some 70 m, with one subdivision.
Trains were classified in Chicago and then traveled on Schuyler Street, passed Neuman Bloxx (an industry producing cinder blocks) and Lapel with its two grain elevators and eventually arrived at Berlin Yard. Here the trains headed on to Lacolle in Canada or turned to the Green Subdivision, passing Elmsworth Grain Elevator and arriving at Green Hills and Green Hills Traction where several industries had to be switched.
A number of freight trains were to be manned (locals, turns, through-trains) and from 1986 on we also had a commuter service. Uli provided an F40 and a two-car train. Thanks!
We were able to fill seven sessions each with a dedicated date.
Sessions made accessible
| Session | Day | Date |
| 1 | Thursday | 29.08.1963 |
| 2 | Thursday | 05.09.1963 |
| 3 | Tuesday | 10.06.1986 |
| 4 | Wednesday | 18.06.1986 |
| 5 | Monday | 08.09.1997 |
| 6 | Tuesday | 16.09.1997 |
| 7 | Tuesday | 22.07.2003 |
What was new at this meet
A new development was the fast clock via JMRI, with a speed of 3:1. This left enough time for switching but was not overlong for traveling. In the end we were all using mobile phones for driving the locos as the fast clock was shown in Wi-Throttle and Engine Driver, making reading departure times really easy.
As usual we had switch lists. Some new FREMOdules were introduced and worked both fine and enabled interesting switching operations.
So, we are growing both in members and operations.
Cheers
Andreas
