One of the most authentic model railroads of an East German chemical plant with industrial railways

Rail transport modelling or model railroading includes not only beautiful landscapes and historic steam trains, but also scale models of large factory sites and industrial railways. One the one hand, there are model railway enthusiasts who enjoy passenger trains travelling through a miniature world. But on the other hand, there are also railway modellers who enjoy pointing out the dirty and the grimy on their model train layouts.
Olaf Brabandt is a German model railroader who follows exactly this philosophy in model making. He builds run-down, abandoned and dirty industrial sites. He was inspired by huge factories which were built in Eastern Europe in the 1980’s, especially in East Germany, for example steelworks, coal plants, refineries and chemical plants. All these large factories had a railway connection to transport raw materials. There were long coal trains, goods trains and industrial railways. Finally, rail traffic was determined by shunting operations.
In the last seven years, he built a model railroad layout in HO scale representing a part of the typical large-scale industry of the former GDR. His model railway layout has a size of 7.0 x 0.5 meters and depicts an East German chemical plant. There are fuel depots, large silo plants, loading and unloading points, pipe bridges and warehouses. It is an industrial yard built with a high level of detail: Patina, dirt, dust and grime are everywhere. Buildings, locomotives and freight cars are also carefully weathered.
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[@pilentum]

Some pictures and additional information on www.pilentum.org/model-railroad-east-german-chemical-plant-industrial-railway-layout

[@chorlton4]

Possibly one of the best HO German layouts that I have ever seen...the attention to every small detail is superb. Many thanks for sharing!!

[@pilentum]

Many thanks for watching!

[@marvwatkins7029]

The attention to detail, including dirt, rust, and oily surfaces so adds to the realism. Truly impressed. Thanks for the view.

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching!

[@andyfiala7500]

So realistic! Great experience! Well thank you!🚉🚅👍👏

[@user-ux8rc7rq6u]

🎉 все увиденное шикарно красиво и интересно,я восхищаюсь талантом людей которые это сделали.

[@stevenkarnisky411]

Realistic model railway! Attention to detail is excellent. Nicely weathered! Sounds add to realism. Camera work also excellent!

[@pilentum]

Thanks, Steven!

[@shielder4k779]

This is an incredible industrial layout. A job well done.

[@pilentum]

Thanks!

[@Romin.777]

My favorite subject. Industrie. Bicycled thousands of kilometers through the Ruhr. :)

[@US_Joe]

The detail with weathering is unbelievable! Amazing - thank you. 👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@PatDY-oh1sp]

C'est superbe de réalisme ! Non seulement les décors et paysages mais aussi les patines sur le matériel roulant ! Très pro et très inspirant ! Merci ! Patrick (Le Normand)

[@pilentum]

Merci, Patrick!

[@Cleveland.Ironman]

Absolutely fantastic! The realistic detailing is amazing!

[@pilentum]

Yeah, I like the dirt on locomotives and buildings.

[@Lakeside1943]

Great Structures, great detail, great weathering and perfect speed. What more can you wish for ?

[@Bruno.Trains]

Exceptionnel et toujours la poésie du rail... Que du bonheur !

[@jhhenio]

Kolej w nieco innej odsłonie. Wreszcie coś innego - kolej przemysłowa. Super! Kolej przemysłowa to też pociągi - lokomotywy, wagony, rozjazdy, zwrotnice. Wszystko odbywa się jak na prawdziwej kolei, lecz zamiast zielonego, jest trochę inny - roboczy szlak. Brawo dla pomysłodawcy, autora i budowniczego makiety, a także Pilentum za tak wspaniały film. 👍 (h).

[@Demun1649]

I napisałam w pięknym języku, którego się teraz uczę. Wesołych Świąt. Będę słuchał Golec uOrkiestra.

[@user-ec9gg9zb1n]

Олаф,какой ты молодец!Бесподобный макет!👍

[@valentinsn-ostalgiemodellbahn]

Wonderful layout, very atmospheric and realistic!

[@pilentum]

Danke, Valentin!

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

The Sound effects and Musical interloude is Epic! It makes the fine scenery and realistic operation superior too!

[@pilentum]

Thanks, William!

[@Janenel]

Great sound too!

[@bobegunsgaming]

Wow! Awesome!

[@davidrogers3016]

What a wonderful layout and the detail is fantastic. Thanks for sharing!🌴😎

[@survivingworldsteam]

It's not just the details, the weathering, and the modeling, it is also the lighting and the videography. I worked around power plants for five years, and in a petrochemical plant for six years. This video captures well the atmosphere around the interior of these plants, with darkness interspersed with pipe racks, walkways, and support columns; the darkness recedes as you enter, and your eyes get used to the available lighting inside. Most of these facilities are many decades old now, and have random piles of stuff like those boxes lying here and there. It really brought me back to my days of working in them. And I can't always tell on Pilentum videos if the soundtrack is from the layout or was dubbed in later; but it is also very good. It really draws you into the atmosphere of one of these facilities.

[@pilentum]

Thank you for this comment. I was very pleased to read your words.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Excellent work!

[@richardmartinez5941]

Nice detail with sound 👍

[@Demun1649]

Great to see a driver in the shunter's cab. So few modellers ever bother about that. I do T-Gauge, and all locos have a drive, the steam engines have a driver and a fireman, my little cars, buses and lorries have drivers in, when they have clear window. And I fit brass-etched passengers in the railway carriages. Yes, you are so right. I am a total loony. But, very cute, and radiant, and handsome, and deluded! 😜😜😜🙄🙄😃😃

[@pilentum]

The next video on Pilentum Television will also feature a model railway in T-Gauge. Stay tuned!

[@Demun1649]

@@pilentum have moved the fridge and the kettle next to my chair! I'll stay in front of the computer, so as not to be late! 😎😎😜😜 Looking forward to it. Thank you so much. I'll tell the FB page.

[@karlbauer9734]

Wunderschön in Szene gesetzt, mit einigen Kuriositäten, z.B. ein Sattelschlepper von Mercedes Benz im VEB Chemiekombinat Halle, 11:20.

[@jeannot46]

Magnifique, l'ambiance du site est minutieusement rendue.

[@cireperso]

Bravo à Olaf Brabandt pour son travail très plaisant à voir ! Merci pour cette belle vidéo et sa sonorité qui donne une bonne ambiance.

[@pilentum]

Merci!

[@frankkie3849]

Nicely done, thanks for sharing…..

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching!

[@kenamosjr.bo_51]

Superbly done, thanks for sharing.

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching!

[@nikospapageorgiou57]

Great Video!! Slag cars from Steel factories are my favorite!

[@pilentum]

Thanks! There are several wagons (cars) in the video: tank wagons, goods wagons, etc.

[@RedPillRealist]

I spy with my little eye... An OSHA violation. This is hands down a brilliant layout thank you for sharing.

[@mikeseba7817]

👌👍👍👍

[@user-mi2xu4qw6m]

Super model! Mersi Pilentum!!🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿

[@jimp7181]

The camera work is amazing. How did you get such a shallow depth of field with a small camera?

[@pilentum]

This is my profession :-)

[@StarWarsJay]

I used to live in Köpenick, Berlin for a few years until 10 years ago. This layout reminds me of an industrial area a couple of miles away next to the river Spree. Very impressive. Thanks for a great channel and sorry I didn’t comment in German. My German is terrible 😂

[@paxtonfettel7268]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@Humungus16000]

Schöne Anlage, sieht aus wie bei mir auf Arbeit, die Schienenstöße müssen nur noch genauer bearbeitet werden, die Entgleisung an der Weiche hat doch etwas weh getan, wobei das ja in so einem Werk auch vorkommt, je nach Tonnage wird das dann richtig interessant beim aufgleisen.

[@pilentum]

Alles richtig! Gut beobachtet.

[@matteffm2090]

🥰

[@LPAs-Modeljernbane]

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