This is a replica of the old train station that we used to have in Valkenswaard, which is the town where I live in. It was demolished in 1962, so finding reference material was not easy. After having searched in every corner of the internet unsuccessfully, I eventually went to a meeting of a local model railroad club. I knew beforehand that they had built a miniature model of the station at some point. I was actually using pictures they had posted online of their model as my main reference material. Luckily, they were very helpful and provided me with the building’s design drawings or blueprints. With these drawings, I was able to easily conjure up this scene in Blender.

In case this video does not work for you for some reason, you can try either the or the ones.

Here are some low-res pictures that I found on the internet. Before I obtained the blueprints, this was all the reference material I had. At the bottom of the page you can find the blueprints if you are interested.

Real Station Valkenswaard

This is the station on the platform side, with equipment to operate the tracks switches.

The street in front of the station was called the Stationsstraat. Now it's called Frans van Beststraat.

This beauty of a diesel train was called by its nickname: De Blauwe Engel, which translates to The Blue Angel.

The train station has probably seen more steam trains than it has seen diesels during its lifetime.

The building was left like this several years before they finally demolished it in 1962.

The train schedule

I scanned the images below from the original a3 paper, and stitched them together afterwards. It’s barely noticeable. Many thanks to Hans, who is a member of ModelSpoorGroep Valkenswaard, for allowing me to take these drawings home to copy and use them.

Here’s a short clip from a video that was produced in 1985 by the city of Eindhoven, showing some footage related to the train-tracks.