THE BEMO PAGE

This page is especially for those who, like me, are completely fascinated by the wonderful narrow gauge trains produced by this German firm. Between the years 1986-96 I built a Swiss metre-gauge prototype layout, based on the Rhätische Bahn, in HO scale using mainly the products of BEMO. This I called "The Scaletta Railway", and it was featured in "Continental Modeller" on a couple of occasions in recent years. I no longer own this layout, but my interest in the narrow gauge railways of Europe continues unabated. Plans are afoot for further layouts, and I have been building and collecting stock for that happy day. In the meantime, this picture from "Scaletta" (taken by Peter Webb) will help wet the appetite!

The main purpose of this page is to provide a forum of ideas and assistance to anyone using BEMO equipment. Contributions are welcome, whether ideas, helpful tips, reviews, your solutions to problems you have come across. Pictures are welcome, provided they are your own, or you have copyright permission to publish.

A friend is offering some good secondhand BEMO RhB equipment for sale. Follow this link to find details.

To begin with, I have recently completed building the kit for SWEG No. 24 0-6-0T (BEMO Catalogue No. 1005-900). The instructions for this kit are, of course, in German. With help from German Assistant for Windows I have translated these instructions into English, and am making them available for anyone who can use them. Follow the link below, and you will find the instructions in a new window. Simply click the PRINT button in your browser for a hard copy, then close the window to return to this page.

SWEG Loco Kit Instructions

Should you be considering building this kit (or any other BEMO steam loco kit for that matter) you will be rewarded with a superb little loco! The SWEG loco is for HOe only, and is not convertible to HOm. But, in spite of its very short, fixed wheelbase, it will run unfalteringly at an absolute crawl. It weighs a ton! And it is propelled by a neat little skewed armature 3-pole motor with flywheel. Mind you, some of the parts are very small, and assembling the valve gear requires near watch-repairing skills! But you can't fail to be impressed by its performance when finally you succeed.

A new project has been investigating the fitting of a Uhlenbrock Electronic Gearbox to one of my locomotives. This little unit is a small chip that fits in the loco (rather like a DCC chip, which it isn't) and is wired between the motor and the pickups. Designed exclusively for normal DC locos, it enables the running speed of a loco to be modified, and also for aceleration to be built in. Gone are jack-rabbit starts and excessive top speeds. These units come from Germany, and I have included a translation of the installation instructions. Just follow the link:

EGB Installation Instructions

Please feel free to contribute to this page, or just let me have your comments. Follow this link to send me a message.