One of the nearly realistic French model railway layouts - HO scale model trains of SNCF in France

Model railroading, railway modelling or rail transport modeling is of course also a very popular hobby in France. And when real artists, such as Thomas Gallé, start constructing model train layouts, they create truly brilliant model railroad layouts. It is a nearly realistic model railway layout because Thomas Gallé builds absolutely realistically and true to the original. The miniature world, which was presented at the model train show called “On traXS 2024” depicts a section of the most important railway connections in Europe, namely the “Maurienne Valley”, one of the great transverse valleys of the Alps. Part of the main rail route between Lyon (France) and Turin (Italy) runs through the valley. This magnificent HO scale train layout represents the Orelle-Prémont sector, namely a piece of the electrified line in the mountainous region located between the railway station of “St. Jean de Maurienne” and the border railway station with Italy “Modane”. This site is characterized by