May 2023

RailAdventure has commissioned the second new locomotive. Against a suitable background.

Sometimes you have to make do with what's available on the gauge 1 market - until you come across better alternatives. Now the German roundhouse has been replaced by a ring-shaped locomotive shed based on an Austrian prototype.

After several announcements and postponements, it's time for a current project table of the gauge 1 models, some of which were announced more than nine years ago.

50 years ago, the steam locomotive era of the Deutsche Bundesbahn was almost over. Special trips with steam trains, circulations of the last steam locomotives and test runs with converted vehicles determined the picture. 18 photos from my archive that bring long-forgotten things back to light.

The exhibitors of the Gauge 1 Meeting in Speyer are now known.

The Deutsches Technikmuseum (German Museum of Technology) and the Technical University of Darmstadt have digitally recreated the Anhalter Bahnhof. It can now be entered virtually.

Evidence photos from the manufacturing plants in Asia are always confidence inspiring. Here are some that prove that the Gravita from Spur 1 Austria will soon be in completed production.

On May 8, the registration deadline for the International Gauge 1 Meeting in Speyer ended. A list of exhibitors is not yet available. Some exhibits can be expected.

Gauge 1 is ideally suited for prototypical patination, which should not stop at buildings. In addition to a keen sense of observation and a willingness to experiment, photos serve as a welcome stimulus.

Watch trains live and with sound and immerse yourself in faraway landscapes: a few tips.

The control gear of Märklin's S 2/6 and the movement of the fireman are interesting to watch in the video.

Gauge 1 locomotive collectors are getting new material. Märklin announces several model versions as summer novelties and tries something new with the prices.

Dingler has new photos of the hand sample of the class 87 announced over the weekend.

Dingler will be showing a hand sample of a new locomotive in Mainz today. Here are the details.

This weekend, the second Spur1 [&] Spur0 fair will take place in Mainz. Two hand samples will be on display for the first time, one already here at spur1info.

On Sunday the journey by car is a bit more complicated because of an event.

AMJL is delivering the second batch of French boxcars for 1 Gauge. A closer look at the Ghs with many photos.

May has come, dioramas are growing.

Micha Schmidt has packed a small scene in a cigar box.