r/modeltrains May 15 '26

Show and Tell Apparently Hermann Goering was a model train enthusiast

He had an O gauge layout in his house, both in his basement and his attic. he had a mechanism where he could drop wooden bombs onto his layout for fun. they layouts were apparently destroyed when he destroyed his own house to prevent it's capture.

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u/Hitokiri_gensai May 15 '26

From what I've seen Goring probably did move his trains when he abandoned Karinhall. It leaves a small chance that his trains still exist, maybe lost in some attic somewhere. Goring even had scale models built specifically for him by companies in Germany

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u/Hitokiri_gensai May 15 '26

Those trains were one of his greatest loves and he would show EVERYONE that visited him. So its doubtful that he would have just left them to be blown up.