13.08.07 at 15:03 hrs

Weekly Report No 354, CW 32

In every corner of the Swiss section the building progress is under way. Even in the narrowest corner of the Engadin, the work nears completion. Almost directly under the ceiling we built a ski-slope which is a remarkable accomplishment, considering that the width between ceiling and layout is less than 50 cm.

Other parts of the Engadin were also worked on. Here, a river with typical bridges will be created.

Where trains and mountains meet, you often find many tunnels. In addition, one has to protect the tunnel portals from avalanches. The snowshed in the picture was erected using massive brass profiles and could withstand an avalanche without any problem. :)

Of course, a cog-railway is a „must have“ in Switzerland. Here in the Engadin we have a terminus and various stations.

On Friday, it was time to set up the summit-cross on the Matterhorn during a small ceremony.

After an ehausting climb, Freddy had the honor to place the summit-cross on top of the Matterhorn.

Gaston used the last week to complete further details on the „Landwasser“-Viaduct, like – for example – the stone framing.

We didn’t want to detain this nice view of „Brichur“. An idyllic small river, framed by many trees, snakes through this small town. Just the right place to relax a bit…

How did knights climb onto their horses? This was also a question at our Medieval Games at the fortress we showed you last week. Here we have an idea: They used a historic crane! :)

Switzerland is well known for its superb chocolate products and this is why a chocolate plant was an absolute „must-have“ in this part of our layout. What you see here, is a complete production row of such a plant. If, however, real chocolate is turned out from this plant, will be revealed next week.

Thursday, the complete underground and S-Bahn traffic in the Hamburg part came to a complete stop due to a strike. So far, nobody could tell why the associates of the MIWULA traffic authorities went off work. :)

The underground was also on strike. Here too, everybody was confused for the reasons of the strike. We assume, however, that there might have been a link to the prototype…