September 20, 2007

Little City

A few weeks ago I was in Fortaleza, and I was able to go see a model train setup that I had been hearing about for months. Below are a few pictures. More on my photo page.

Welcome to Little City. The sign is in English, and many of the construction kits are from the US, but the builders are Brazilian. This makes for some interesting mixtures of Brazilian and American culture.

Suburbia...

...in the shadow of a medieval castle. Doesn't get much better than that.

What is the "Prairie Star Milling Company" doing in Fortaleza, Brazil?

Downtown.

Traffic was terrific.

This is the most impressive skyline I have ever seen in a train layout.

One of several soccer courts that dot the landscape. Definitely Brazilian.

What would a train layout be without a tunnel. Or two. Or ten.

Even in an HO scale layout the Catholic Church dominates.

A more modest Protestant church.

The Coca Cola train!

Posted by Andrew on September 20, 2007 4:20 PM.