"S-Bahn Stations?" Topic

I just picked up Andy Turlington's WWII Eastern Front Scenarios ( lulu.com/content/2388687 ) and there's a cool-looking Berlin fight over a train station filled with refugees--I'd love to model the thing correctly!

So, does anyone have leads on images of Berlin S-bahn stations in 1945? What did they look like ( before they were turned into rubble, that is! ) ?

Oh, and to be clear--we're talking about the *above-ground* portion of the stations here…Tempelhoff/Neukolln, to be specific.

actually, many survived. Back in the good old days of the cold war, recall one had cares pulled into it, and they used it as a flea market with people renting out space in the cars.

I'm planning on picking this up at H-Con.

Try this site for some ideas.
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On this page about half way down is the Anhalter Bahnhof (train station)

shirosan,

Shoot me an e-mail address, and I can show you a pic from the game I ran play testing that scenario. I did not build a specific station, but I think it looks OK.

Actually, hang on; I may be able to upload something here that I can link to…

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I also wrote an article on the Bahn system in Berlin for WSS, but no word yet on when, or if, it will published…

Andy

Brilliant! Thanks so much Andy! And congrats on a great book. :)

Theres a long scene in "the Great Escape" that takes place in a train station. You might get a copy from your local library.
be sure to post pics when you are finished so we can all ooh and ahh and steal your idea =)

OK, I've been doing some deep Googling and I've come up with some images, which I'll link to here for the curious.

Here's an old image--it's small, and a bit far off, but it's "in period":

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The station, as jgawne predicted, seems to have survived intact. These recent pics show the old building on the left; looks like that over pass is a recent addition:

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I also found a picture of an old U-Bahn entrance. Can't wait to model this one!

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I'm thinking for the S-Bahn station I'll just pick up a station house, like this one from Superquick:

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Close enough!

I also picked up some subway cars from World Works--they're scaled to 28mm, which will make it easy to scale down to 1/72.

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I'll be sure to post pics once I get everything finalized!

N.B. It appears that the real-life S-bahn line is elevated, which is not reflected in the scenario setup, nor do I want to try and duplicate it. Things can get complicated enough without trying to model an embankment running across the length of the table! Still, it would make a pretty cool set-up for a custom tournament table… ;P

Shiro,

I wasn't sure of how the embankment should be. I read that the tracks around the city were indeed on raised embankments, but I couldn't find anything one way or another on the tracks at the stations. Looking back at movies from the 40's, the trains in the US were on flat tracks at stations, and people would step up into the train car, nowadays, there is usually a platform that allows you to step right into the car, rather than up. Anyway, I decided there was enough cover available that the tracks really didn't need to be raised, but you certainly could model them that way. I would consider the cover gained to be something equivalent to prepared works, depending on your rules, I would think something equivalent to a slit trench…

Looking forward to seeing pictures of what you end up doing, glad to see someone is actually using the scenarios.

Andy