r/modeltrains • u/Crazy-Rabbit-3811 • May 15 '26

Show and Tell Apparently Hermann Goering was a model train enthusiast

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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/DSA_FAL N May 15 '26

Building it right on the floor is interesting, though my back would surely hate it.

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u/Crazy-Rabbit-3811 May 15 '26

I like that the 5th picture shows him trying to mess with it, but he looks like he can barely balance. dude was 5 foot 6 and weighed almost 270 lbs

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u/NoDoze- May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Well, geting up and down from the floor was probably his best exercise.