November 2024

It will take some time, but if there is sufficient customer demand, a gauge 1 model of the SNCF and CFL “flat-iron” will be available.

Railroad turnouts are often custom-made for a specific situation. Hartmut Schöntag had a unilateral double switch built that has a prototype.

A 3D print was also shown at the Spur 1 meeting in Speyer. However, the development of the Wismar railcar from Märklin is already further advanced.

The families with children were particularly pleased with the 1 Gauge layout, on which old Märklin models did their laps.

The Prussian EG 539 was the centerpiece of the Fine Models stand at the 1:32 scale model train meet in Speyer.

The SBB light signals were a chance find at the 1 Gauge meeting in Speyer.

Kiss Modellbahn Service exhibited a large number of passenger and freight cars for gauge 1 in Speyer.

Märklin presented itself at the Gauge 1 meeting in Speyer with a new operating diorama and some proven models.

At the gauge 1 meeting in Speyer, Steiner Modellwerke showed two samples of the recently announced Länderbahn stake cars and freight cars, some of which are still available in small numbers.

The hand sample of the Prussian T 14¹ from Wunder creates anticipation for an attractive model.

Fine Models is delivering the international wine barrel cars at the trade fair in Speyer.

The symbolic picture from Speyer with the ravens on the jumbo jet means nothing. But with visitor numbers falling, what is the future of the Spur 1 Meeting?

Wunder's Eurofima car had its premiere at the 1 Gauge meet in Speyer. The hand-built sample of the class 218 has also turned out well.

The preparations for the 1 gauge meeting in Speyer are still underway. However, some are already finished, a few snapshots of which are shown below.

Unusual track layouts and sophisticated shunting options in a confined space are particularly appealing to model railroaders, especially in gauge 1. This article, with 38 photos and a plan, describes and shows in detail how switches, crossings and a narrow track curve are combined in a prototype.

Weinert supplies a brass model of a hand scraper, also known as a power shovel, for gauge 1.

In these gloomy November days, it is good to relive the last days of October in sunshine. I took the 40 pictures along the overgrown freight bypass near Hannover.

The International Gauge 1 Meeting will take place at the Technik Museum in Speyer on November 16 and 17, 2024. What will be on display?

The Fine Models collection includes an excellently made diorama with a motif from the period after the Second World War.

The last project list of gauge 1 models appeared two months ago. Time for an update.