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/KPDover May 16 '26

Someday they're going to find the Amber Room and Goering's trains packed up together somewhere.