August 2023

A special offer for collectors of gauge 1 models.

In the model railroad eras III and IVa, in which most of the Köf IIs from Steiner Modellwerke are running in gauge 1, their operation on the left track is unfortunately not possible with the correct signal at the train head. This can be set up with a little fine tuning on the installed locomotive sound decoder 5L from ESU, as well as a general reorganization of the locomotive operation towards more prototypical and better overview for the model railroader.

It took a little while. But now Schuco can deliver an attractive set with GDR tractor Fortschritt ZT 323-A.

Hans and Walter Ziegler have taken track parts and scrap from prototype photos to further complete their Bw Fützen.

In the current newsletter, Spur 1 Austria announces the 44 460 from Bw Rottweil, which was taken out of service in Crailsheim in 1973.

The second batch of Köf II is delivered by Steiner Modellwerke. A few impressions of the well-done locomotive.

MRCE sells its locomotives, the brand will disappear from the tracks.

Märklin's new delivery schedule lists a postponed project.

I photographed a hard-working class 50, a 044, an 038, and more at Aldingen in October 1970. The first of the two freight trains contained a surprise.

Proform has completed a small batch of Rhaetian Railway's Ge 2/4 electric locomotive. The model for gauge 1 is Swiss made and runs on meter gauge tracks.

Because of the almost sensational demand for gauge 1 models of the class 44 or 043 and 044, I looked into my archive. The tremendous steam development of this heavy three-cylinder freight locomotive made for spectacular pictures.

At the open-air museum in Neuhausen ob Eck, model builders who value detail and village interiors will find inspiration to recreate.