Voie Libre international

Discover every three months in this international issue of Voie Libre in english, new products reviews, layout descriptions, model building, historical information on secondary lines and prototypes...

Voie Libre international

BEMO A NEW LIVERY FOR THE ALLEGRA UNIT

BEMO TWO VI K 0-10-0 TANK ENGINES

BEMO STAHLBAUART HEAVY CARRIAGES

BEMO RHB HAIK-V 5113 AND 5109 WAGONS

TRAINS DE RÊVE MINE SKIPS

Book

GATHERINGS

PITHIVIERS: BLANC-MISSERON 3-5 LOCOMOTIVE RETURNS TO SERVICE

PRESS REVIEW

2026, a good vintage? • During the autumn shows, Aurélien Prévôt observed a wealth of new releases in the narrow gauge field, both from industrial manufacturers and from artisans. He provides us with a full review.

Voie Libre challenge at Le Cendre Everything we love in America • Indians, cowboys, lawmen, scoundrels of all types, miners, gold diggers, coyotes and a road runner! All this can be found in Deux Pieds au Colorado!

The Baldwin 0-6-0 saddle tank engines UGLY DUCKLINGS OF THE ARTILLERY • Bought “pig in a poke” by the French Army in the emergency of the first months of warfare, the Baldwin 6-12 type saddle tank 0-6-0 sugar mill locomotives did eventually manage to morph into proper warriors, after various teething problems.

THE GAUGEMASTER INFINITY CONTROLLER • This is a fine new release we review here, a wireless controller, analogue or digital: the Gaugemaster Infinity.

Les Trois Mages* in H0-9 • We were so impressed by Cédric Schirra’s Gare-Six-Maure project, for its qualities in terms of staging, fun and operational potential, that we asked him to draw us an H0-9 version. Narrow gauge fans, grab your tools!

Épinac to Pont d'Ouche The first railway in Burgundy • The very first railway line in Burgundy, which was also the fourth in France, was opened 191 years ago, in 1835. It linked Épinac-les-Mines, in Saôneet-Loire, to Pont d’Ouche in Côte-d’Or. Voie Libre tells us the story.

HOOKING UP! • Gilbert regularly displays his creations in 0 scale in many shows. For a long time, he has focused on the tricky question of the various connections between modules, or with the backscene panels. He shares his experience.

A CITROËN MOTOR-TROLLEY IN H0-9 • At the Tacot des Lacs preservation society, at Grez-sur-Loing in Seineet-Marne, a Citroën van converted into a motor-trolley is displayed on the platform. This was enough to prompt Raymond Duton to create a model in H0-9, using a Citroën U23 type vehicle as a base.

In your workshop A SIDE-TIPPER WAGON in 1/35 scale! • Gérard Finet shows us how he built a side-tipper wagon in 1/35 scale. A construction project for which he used as many recycled materials as possible.

MICRO LAYOUTS macro pleasure! • Micro-layout building covers many fields: a simple fun creation born from an idea, or a more complex project resulting from much thought! Two layouts, two designs, two outcomes… But one same and single motivation, pleasure!

The Flemish School Bouy-à-Bèze • When discussing a painting, one talks of composition, rythm, touch, artist’s hand, of opposing or complementary colours. For a sculpture, it is more a matter of space between the volumes, texture, light, material. By and large, the same vocabulary can be applied to this very fine layout.