This model railway video by Pennula deals with a Fleischmann model railway, which was originally designed and built as a large-scale H0 gauge system for a model railway exhibition by Bernhard Stein. Many model railway enthusiasts are of course familiar with the name Bernhard Stein or his book entitled "Bernhard Stein's most beautiful model railway systems and dioramas". Bernhard Stein was a German model railway builder who died on September 5, 2002. In addition to his original profession as a church painter and restorer, he also worked as a journalist and photographer. But he seems to have found his true calling as a model railway builder, because his much-acclaimed model railway systems and dioramas were definitely style-defining. His specialist knowledge - combined with a keen eye for the original and his extremely skilled craftsmanship - made him an expert in the construction of model railways. While we experience some beautiful scenes from this exhibition system in the video, we will learn something about the background and history of this H0 gauge system in the spoken commentary. The railway layout was often the subject of many magazine articles, for example in an article by Horst Meier in the magazine "MIBA - Eisenbahn im Modell", March 2003 issue. Back in the old millennium, in the late 1990s, a model railway exhibition was to be set up in Mühlheim am Main under the company name "Rhein-Main-Modellbahn-Zentrum GmbH", so Bernhard Stein was commissioned to plan and build a large model railway layout. The permanent exhibition with Bernhard Stein's model railway layout at the centre was very well received by visitors. But later on, supervisory authorities restricted the exhibition operations and, to make matters worse, the operator of the model railway exhibition went bankrupt, so that the model railway layout had to be sold as part of the insolvency. Roman Hahn, who had already run a model railway shop under the name "Modellbahn-Paradies" in Mühlheim am Main for many years, was able to buy Bernhard Stein's large layout at auction. Finally, with the support of his model railway colleagues, he set to work and improved the appearance of the model layout by adding many more details. In addition to optimizing the landscape, for example, many hundreds of Preiser model figures, vehicles and the Faller Car system were added. The model system was also converted for night-time operation, for which all buildings were equipped with lamps and well over 140 street lamps were installed. The rolling stock was also revised and subsequently fitted with interior lighting so that illuminated railway carriages could also be seen in realistic night-time operation. Since late summer 2002, model railway enthusiasts have once again been able to enjoy one of the largest display systems in the Rhine-Main area in the so-called "model railway paradise". The system has all the classic elements that make a model railway enthusiast's heart beat faster because master model maker Bernhard Stein had thought of everything: long, curved parade routes, a large station with a railway depot, a branch line and lovingly arranged landscapes. Bernhard Stein managed to fit a total track length of almost 360 meters in 1/87 scale into a total of 14 segments. The segments, which are arranged in an L shape and take up a footprint of 4 x 11 x 11 meters, enable model operation with prototypically long trains. Realistically long model trains feel particularly at home at the main station, a six-track station with track lengths of almost five meters. The trains are driven using the digital model railway control "Soft-Lok", with the railway operation being monitored via a central control panel on the screen. Along the main and parade routes, the model railway system is equipped with a delicate overhead line from Sommerfeldt. While only steam and diesel are used on the branch line, all types of trains run on the main routes, so that overall there is a railway operation spanning all eras. In the "model railway paradise", all decades of the German railways have been represented in models. All of this happened more than 20 years ago and a lot has changed: The "model railway paradise" in Mühlheim am Main is now called "Märklin Store" and has been relocated to Offenbach-Rumpenheim. Bernhard Stein's magnificent display system was in operation until the turn of the year 2016/2017, but was then sold. Today it is in unknown private ownership. Books by Bernhard Stein on Amazon https://amzn.to/3Rz2lDa Books by Bernhard Stein on eBay https://ebay.us/xV1Nhp Model railway paradise https://www.maerklinstore-muehlheim.de Pennula https://www.pennula.com