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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, March 12, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Creating a railway Berlin s Gorlitz station rises again byjoe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau the name Wurlitzer Bohnhof still graces a downtown West Berlin subway Slop. But the 19th re Lury train station torn flown in 1961, is being resurrected in another underground room just n few Miltus away. Although the Gorlitz train station under construction beneath Tempelhof Central Airport lacks the or incl dimensions of ils predecessor the ils  is there Model Railroad buffs who meet weekly beneath the Airport purchased Archil Clural  for lilt Fornier Berlin station and scaled i to dimensions Lawn to Nuddie their Ho-g3ukinkins. What train station architect August Orch needed a Stonemason in do in Lufi the Model railroaders of Tempelhof accomplished Wilh i to help of ,1 dental technician who cast pieces to the station in plastic and Pfoser. The problem of re creating the intricate Stone portals that allowed steam to escape from the station roof was solved by setting nine 3/32-Inch brass pipes inside a .1/4-Inch pipe. Sawed matter sgt. Pant a Flat left ind Masler sgt Don Brown run trains to the Model of the stir litter b Jhn hot. Repi Ledly Llu pipes within i pipe yielded round  wafers  were set Inlo 1l Ruof i , nut exactly according to  i. In. Almilli d i Lull president and Tea Bowling enter manager Ruberl . Rut dose detail in the layout extends to careful pm ing of  to reflect i age and peeled pm Isler.  in Chr in i thl Yard Are built to look like they Are Crim Blini with w. The Coal tars Are loaded Wilh what elst1, awl. Scaled. At Tempelhof arc Model railroader in a big Way. 1 he train Lalion is nnc1 of two in a layout by Kiin in tin1 Laic 1 97 1s i Hill fills much if the 2-by-2ll-Fin l rur inv Alii nil $ 1 0,00 1  Licon inv Stull in he porn decl hot i to mcn1 estimated is several years away from cuni�c1ii in Eil h tuesday evening club Meiners jail tunic her to Linker Wilh the layout. Aerial and ground photographs Weru used to fill in prior lims til the1 my thai ik1 along the tracks that fwd to Tarry  Between Ihu ii rail Irnen Slation in it is Filin Nul the East Lertin Siatti n Al a him i inic Ruvon Trimins  the Model layout in Ulni Mink i s. When they reach then of the layout o a i tiding Carousel takes them Down to a seconal layer whirl Thi trains Are Shull re into a holding area. If you  i  same loto Moulvi Iwuc Cercre said of est Lual  to endow inc Lucr level from View you have to nil about Twu  but using ii layout often plays second fiddle in the constant tinkering club members Iii of. Cululi Sivc allows members to concentrate on i he things Lwy in bust for one Pawson in Milf he be painting Wpm by. 1  signal and soldering them into realistic signals with nol very reliable electronics. Together the group can do thin Ihal in individual would t have the Lime or  in do said club member Don Brown an air Force master sergeant with the 7.150th air Basu croup. Brown Gol interested in Model railroads  hi1 Grandfather a former machinist who built s ale models of learn Fng int a from scratch. Paul Yelk another in to St r ski Jet int Wilh tin ii Idelli Sta Lurl his first train layout in i in. In intr air Force since i06h, Yelk wid his Tonapi Lri of assignment Marker the first  his in to  had a Mii Clel Railroad club. Yak ind bar ten  l u frer Jui no Nam Asunci filed with service life in.ikt1 in diff built in haul around  train Layouts. Muriel railroaders Sariin Iralu r huli Liv Hauvn said. Thoy just sit around and  in inc  they re iiin1 j  nut ill Lemp Thrif. Yolk prefers in uni i  in tasks that involve in title Ork while or own with is nil  , i Tvr Wundt Riih  sir ii . A it urn Rei ent tul silly inn Juyin a  Tir -m.ulr.  to la Tenbury  Ini licit Otist inti .1  i opt ill tlu1  train engine  Slin in .11 Hini train the ii Tun Luik to tin left. 1 lie work requires pm Theiu i Zirul j  of Tavui i is. When it own my add Umic Thi in  with lil  ii by Othir Rair Fuff Hiraku a j to Jov Juiel evening tinkering Willi Eli a to i  when Hie  is Tini Siml a Siwwi r. Nne major t ily  wiil he Anishin. The . "tli.it1. The ii Lect  of the Luigi he or own . You i ,11 few l ii us n  mirth ii 1987 Tripti mjg Atio 11  
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