Victoria BC: PIKO G Scale Sonneberg Goods Depot - Build, Tips, Mods & Review (It’s Great! See Blurb)

This building is now the centrepiece of my small G scale switching railway.

I am going for plausibility with this tiny model train layout. (Well, tiny from a G scale railway perspective.) It has staging in the form of a barge that connects it to the rest of the world. It allows for realistic railcar movement and sorting. The LGB steeple cab electric locomotive runs from live overhead wire, which I installed.

I also run Aristo-craft, Accucraft and Mamod live steam engines on this layout and a mix of 1:24, 1:29 and 1:32 equipment on the layout that all seems to work well together. While I am generally going for “scale” I do have a Cobi bricks Sherman tank, Jeep and Mosquito fighter-bomber on the layout because I love them.

I enjoyed building this quality model depot and modifying the plan a bit. It does require you to build a floor for inside the building unless you plan to keep the doors closed. I describe my easy floor in the video.

You can have fun in G scale without a ton of space!

Happy railroading!
Terry