Beside the points
Switzerland’s 87 model railway clubs cater for 4,000 multi-track minds.
This content was published on March 9, 2011
Public railways have existed since 1825 and operational models of them for roughly just as long. Train sets can be found in attics, air raid shelters, former swimming pools or purpose-built clubs. The recent digitalisation of tracks has rejuvenated the model train scene. Photographer Roger Wehrli visited three clubs in Aargau and Solothurn.
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