News from your model shop - modelling with level crossings

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Railway song of the week

This week, we would like to share a great song from the posthumous album of American singer Jim Croce, released a couple of years after his untimely death in a place crash. The song title is "Railroad Song" and it was written by him and his wife, Ingrid. The video is a continuous shot of an American steam train. It is a bit blurry but quite exciting. So feast your ears and eyes by clicking on the picture:

There are a few items that make the perfect train layout: a level crossing is one of them. There are numerous items available in OO and N gauge and they are very easy to install. The Peco system in OO gauge gives you the ultimate flexibility by allowing you to add as many add-ons as required to make the crossing as wide as needed.

 

They exist in N gauge as well:

 

They are also available in curved versions from first radius to fourth radius, in OO gauge, so your crossing can be anywhere.

 

If you want a bit of variety or if you prefer to build your crossing, various types of gates and barriers can be obtained in OO gauge:

 

 

And a few of them are also available in N gauge:

 

 

 

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