The 100th Exhibition of Model Railways of the MEC Pirna in Metz from 17 to 18 March 2007.
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In March 2007 our club celebrated the 100th exhibition of model railways.
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For the very first time we have been guests to an exhibition in our neighboring country France .
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Jaques, a French friend of model railways, who we got to know at the „Eurospoor“ in Utrecht in 2006, invited us in a very friendly way to the „EXPOMODEL“ 2007 in Metz and we happily agreed.
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On the 15th March 2007 at 4a.m. 6 of our club members started their trip to Metz .
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After a trip without any problems we arrived Metz at about 3p.m.
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After we had been successful with finding our accommodation, had had a break and some refreshments we went on an excursion to the newly built TGV trail Paris – Strasbourg.
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With more than 400km/h the TGV train rushed past us. For Claus, our club member this was absolute craziness. And this was live! |
Some days later, on 3 April the TGV-POS No.4402 broke the world record of track vehicles at a speed of 574.8 km/h.
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Even in Pirna, there is a TGV- model train on our TT-model. This train has been built in uncountable hours by our Wolfgang Eckert himself. Of course the German twin model train ICE runs on our large scale model as well.
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While our elderly members enjoy the beautiful evening our youngest member Daniel (on the left) is taking a nap. :-) |
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