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As a frequent visitor of the German capital, I came up with the idea of making a small diorama of a typical Berlin railway scene as decoration for my bookshelf. In the meantime, I made even two dioramas. Both are set in the early 2000s, an interesting era in which many thing were in a state of change.
Diorama 1
This diorama was made in 2011 and completely reworked in 2019. The photos show the current state.
The scene on display has no specific prototype but resembles the area around the S-Bahn station Warschauer Strasse, which is a wellknown railfan spot. With a closed and boarded up signal tower of the typical Berlin architecture, elevated district heating pipes from the old East German times, and characteristical graffiti, the layout provides the typical Berlin railway athmosphere of the early 21th century on a footprint of just 30 x 15 cm (11.9 x 6.0 inches).
The picture below is linked with a Flickr album on this diorama.
Diorama 2
In 2024, Auhagen came up with a kit for the Berlin S-Bahn third rail and trip stop system. Together with the TT scale model of a class 481 S-Bahn train made by manufacturer Lemke, this offered the opportunity to make an S-Bahn related diorama. The scene is fictitios but resembles the typical appearance of the Stadtbahn line in the Western part of Berlin before the beginning of the construction works for the new Berlin Central station.
The picture below is linked with a Flickr album on this diorama.
