December 2024

Sluggish demand in gauge 1 has hardly slowed down production, with almost 50 model families delivered. Delivery times still vary from a few months to more than 11 years, even though fewer and fewer customers want to pre-order. The current project list provides information on fast and slow gauge 1 suppliers in 2024.

A Christmas village designed by Circus Roncalli will be located in front of Hanover Central Station until December 30, 2024.

The holidays are coming, time for a Christmas greeting!

Kiss Modellbahnen Deutschland has delivered the 1 gauge class 95⁰ production models, the former Prussian T 20. A review with 68 photos in large format.

A few preview pictures of the DR's Blankenburg 95 023 as a gauge 1 model from Kiss Modellbahnen.

28 photos document parts of the Fine Models collection. This time a spectacular four-track bridge, some architectural models, a sign of the Reichsbahn and a Belgian Dutch gauge 1 diorama.

A reference to the interruption of access lasting a few hours.

Horst Göhr was a master of model making and weathering. A pictorial retrospective.

Which locomotives bring the prestressed concrete sleepers to the track construction site? Variety is guaranteed.

After the concrete has hardened in the mold, the prestressed concrete sleeper is not yet finished. Part 2 of an exploration.

Without concrete ties, not much can be done on the railroad. But how are they made and what do they really look like? Part 1 of an exploration.

IG-DU issued an invitation - and many visitors came to view the large-scale Gauge 1 layout in the making and to talk shop.

The Museum of German Inland Shipping in Duisburg held a well-attended model railway exhibition over the weekend. The IG-DU was there again. 24 snapshots.