June 2023

The 205-item project list did not have much to offer in terms of deliveries in the first half of the year. The delivery dates in the second half of 2023 and 2024/2025 are correspondingly numerous.

The modular layout of Dr. Thomas Pauli from Öhringen was exhibited for the first time and had an effect on the visitors of the Liller Halle by something that is rarely found in gauge 1: real operation. "Playing with meaning" was the name given to it once a long time ago by a railroad magazine.

The Mistral is a cold wind that blows from northern parts of France to the south of France. It was once followed by a TEE with luxurious cars, which are not for everyone, as well in 1 gauge.

At the new booth, Spur 01 Modellbahnen showed a hand sample of the DB class 66.

There were no new products at Märklin in Speyer, but there was good news and impetus.

On the joint stand of Dingler and Lokladen were some hand samples on display. Still a handful of the beautiful Ge 6/6 I of the Rhaetian Railway are available.

In addition to the SNCF steam locomotive 231.G/K, Wunder showed other hand samples of Bavarian locomotives and a four-axle conversion car in Speyer.

Premiere hatte in Speyer auf dem Stand von Fine Models ein Handmuster der Baureihe 95 und die bayerische AA1.

For the first time, Wunder presented the long-awaited 231 G and K of the SNCF as a hand sample in Speyer.

Das Bild, heute bei Wunder und Fine Models aufgenommen, symbolisiert eine Seite des Internationalen Spur-1-Treffens.

Midsummer is traditionally Gauge 1 model railroad time. And so the Gauge 1 friends leave the attic and basement and travel to Speyer to see the latest handbuilt models.

Among others, the DB class 043 and the still unpainted samples of the Austrian baggage car and the "Bremen" are on display at Spur 1 Austria. First photos.

Steiner Modellwerke has provided spur1info with photos of the hand samples of the announced stock car and boxcar. The models will not be on display in Speyer.

Dingler has had its hand sample of the class 87 reworked. Here are new pictures of the model, which will be exhibited this weekend in Speyer at International Gauge 1 Meeting.

In Speyer, the hand sample of the 310 will be displayed by Spur 1 Austria for the first time. spur1info readers can see the model in advance on 64 photos, complete and with all details that are not visible to the naked eye.

Scanning old negatives is time-consuming and puzzling. But a special train in Singen in 1975 could be dated. A few days later, an unusual work train passed by that could almost be recreated on 1 gauge.

For a long time there were hardly any novelties at Schuco, because the company structure has changed. Now some vehicle models were announced again, which fit to the gauge 1.

The forum of Spur 01 Modellbahnen, which was shut down two weeks ago, has returned.

There is an interesting film about the DB class 181² in H0 at Märklin-TV.

Diverse traction current systems in Europe were an obstacle to cross-border trains in the 1960s. A publication just released by EK-Verlag memorializes DB's multi-system locomotives, some of which are still in service.

The Müngsten Bridge, opened in 1897, is 107 meters high and crosses the Wupper near Solingen with two tracks in a spectacular way. A remarkably good film about Germany's highest railroad bridge is available at public service TV WDR.

Stuttgart's main station was a well-functioning terminus with interesting rolling stock in the 1970s. A look back to epoch IV. Later, Märklin also advertised model trains here.

When the Deutsche Bundesbahn was still run by experienced railroaders, every depot had an emergency train ready to provide rapid assistance in the event of a derailment. Of course, locomotives and personnel were also kept on hand for this purpose. So they were quickly on the spot.

Meet the Rottweil emergency train on standby and on the way is shown in ten pictures that I took about 50 years ago.

Thomas Zeitz presents here for beginners his method how he paints figures for gauge 1. It should give courage to just start.

This morning it was still there, now it is deleted: the forum of Spur 01 Modellbahnen.