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Where the Bibertbahn lives on in miniature …

Picture book

History at Leonrod

Bavarian local railway steam locomotive with a green coach passing the ruins of Leonrod castle
The line runs very close past the mighty fortress …
View from above into the ruins of Leonrod castle with towers, remains of walls and trees in the courtyard
View into the interior of the castle ruins. In the 1960s – as in our model – not everything was as overgrown as it is today
Overgrown cutting of the former castle moat with a wooden footbridge, the track in front
The former castle moat can still be clearly traced in the model
Green local train with a small steam locomotive and three coaches, photographed through bushes
Our train of the former Royal Bavarian State Railways, hauled by the “Glaskasten” (glass box) locomotive, passes the castle ruins at a gentle pace. The photographer of all four pictures in this album hid here in the dense undergrowth of the model vegetation.
Many thanks to Laura Sofia Heimann for the lovely detail shots.