October 2024

Spur 1 Austria, officially Spur 1 Modellbahnen GmbH, is exhibiting at the IMA in Friedrichshafen from November 1st to 3rd, 2024. Spur1info already knows the 2025/2026 new products program.

Horst Göhr, one of the most talented and quiet model builders in the gauge 1 scene, has passed away.

A railway line with a station and a large depot fills a room at Fine Models. 27 photos give an impression of the layout.

A compact road-rail shunting locomotive with right-hand drive? Yes, maybe. Subscribers can find out more in a moment.

Fine Models collects dioramas. Two dioramas that create a sense of atmosphere and action in the smallest of spaces.

Unfortunately, the model railroad industry largely ignores automobiles on tracks, even though they have been used everywhere for track inspection and maintenance for well over 100 years. 99 years ago, a film shows how, for lack of roads, a PR tour kept switching to tracks.

DB Cargo no longer has a class 151 locomotive. Märklin has issued two traffic red versions and other versions of this six-axle electric freight locomotive for Gauge 1. #151 035, item number 55256 was literally the model in the photo studio. A review with 63 photos in large format.

Station signs are a little-discussed topic. The following article, with original documents, describes how they were supposed to be since era III of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

It will take a few more months before delivery, but then a classic for the now popular epoch IV in gauge 1 will be available.

Here are now professional photos of what is probably the most attractive 1-gauge novelty at Bauma.

There are still many European locomotives that could make a career as gauge 1 models. Here is a high quality model of a locomotive with character from l'Italia bella. All the facts and 27 photos.

Spur1-igartig.de has masterfully built a substantial part of the Reutlingen South Station as a Gauge 1 model. The building is intended to be the impressive centerpiece of the diorama, with a highly interesting track plan.

MarGe Models has new products for modern truck transportation and agriculture.

Der Würfel mit den vier beleuchteten U-Buchstaben steht noch auf dem Turm am Dortmunder Hauptbahnhof. Auch wenn DUB jetzt DAB ist, eignete sich die Brauerei als Inspiration für ein Spur-1-Diorama. Und ganz in der Nähe herrscht Wiedersehensfreude.

Steiner Modellwerke will soon be introducing new state railway freight cars.