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The Gauge 0 Team Ruhr-Lenne is known in the model building scene for its model railway systems and modular systems. Accordingly, the model railway enthusiasts were also represented at the Buseck Gauge 0 Days in April 2014 with their modular system from Neuenrade station. Christian Heine and Norbert Kicker also showed up with their modular system from Lippstadt Nord station, so that a very large and very beautiful Gauge 0 model railway was on display. The Neuenrade model station was built in 2007 and is still the central station of the club system of the Gauge O Team Ruhr-Lenne. The model station is based on the original track plan of the terminus station of the small Sauerland town of the same name near Altena/Werdohl. The model was originally designed as a through station. The station was built using self-made switches from the Hassler company, with the relatively slim switches being operated by servos. The Gauge O Team Ruhr-Lenne was founded in Hagen in 2007. The team currently consists of around 20 Gauge 0 enthusiasts aged between 20 and 70, who come from the northern Sauerland and the eastern Ruhr area. On an area of just under 400 square meters, the Gauge O team Ruhr-Lenne operates its own Gauge 0 modular system with a total length of more than 100 meters, which is operated digitally using the DCC protocol. The modular system from Lippstadt Nord station, which was presented by Christian Heine and Norbert Kicker, shows in detail the station of the same name, which was originally the most important station on the main line between Warstein and Beckum of the Westphalian State Railway (WLE) for decades. In the 1950s, more than ten people worked in office service in Lippstadt Nord, and just as many employees worked in the signal box, freight yard and barrier service. But in 1975 the last scheduled passenger trains ran through Lippstadt Nord station, which was finally closed completely in 1986. The tracks were dismantled and the signal box was shut down, leaving only a through track. The construction of the model station and the associated modular system took Christian Heine and Norbert Kicker more than two years. The modular system consists of a total of ten modules with a length of around 12 meters and a depth of around 60 cm, on which two level crossings with barriers, buildings and a deceptively realistic-looking track system can be seen. Further information can be found at http://www.pennula.de.