March 2025

Märklin is offering a Silberling cab car designed by graffiti artists with a fence cut through it.

Another G-1 project list is due at the end of the quarter. In addition to a few deliveries and changed delivery dates, it contains the new announcements and one cancellation.

Model builders had traveled from Poland to show their PKP 1 Gauge models in operation in Giessen.

The smallest gauge 1 layout at the International Gauge 0+1 Days in Giessen was easy to miss and the stand was only one meter wide. Kim Marsh from Australia presented a very compact scene from his homeland – with an operational field railway!

When it thunders over the 1 Gauge, it is not necessarily impending or coming insolvencies and bankruptcies. It could also be a diorama with bad weather, for example from the Belgian 1 Gauge friends from Leuven.

They could be seen all over Europe – and perhaps soon on some 1 Gauge layouts too: the Italian Tipo 1937 express train cars. Pesolilo presented two samples in Gießen. 26 large-format photos and a description.

MiRiRail showed in Gießen loads for gauge 1 cars and other accessories such as train drivers that change direction.

Kiss Modellbahnen Switzerland is in provisional bankruptcy.

The Bw Meinstadt is a six-meter-long diorama with two switches that functions as a workshop and supply station for steam and diesel locomotives at the end of the steam locomotive era. 43 pictures of the very well thought-out and highly detailed layout, which allows for a wide variety of operations.

The International Gauge 0+1 Days in Giessen are characterized by excellent dioramas and layouts in both scales. The Duinger Sandbahn from Stadtoldendorf is one of the best layouts in gauge 0, as a light railway with a transhipment function.

At the Austrian Spur 1 Modellbahnen GmbH stand, which was constantly surrounded by people, steam and whistles sounded to the delight of the trade fair visitors. A handcrafted model of the 86 series could be admired from close up.

The prototype of the E 63 from Wunder für die Spur 1 made a good impression in Giessen right from the start. Some photos and information.

In Giessen, the SBB Red Arrow was in the Märklin display case - and then on my photo table.

The International Spur 0+1 Tage have finally established themselves as the top trade fair for the large scales.

Huge crowds made it difficult to get through, especially in Hall 1. A few snapshots.

The 1 Gauge model of the four-part IC train of the first 403 series has made it to the fair as a Wunder model. First photos.

Yesterday afternoon, I had the hand-made samples of the two Breuer tractors from Fine Models on the photo table. They are beautiful, space-saving gauge 1 models.

Dingler is always good for a surprise. That is why the company is now launching unique locomotive models that are very well suited to the current 1 Gauge market and do not overburden customers either in terms of space or finances. Detailed information and photos of the two hand samples that will be exhibited at the International Gauge 0+1 Days in Giessen at the weekend.

The model builders at Spur1-igArtig are known for their precise architectural models in the 1:32 gauge 1 scale. Their latest building is the Magdalenakirche in Bad Schallerbach, Upper Austria.

A whole range of freight cars are still waiting to be realized as a gauge 1 model. Special cars are particularly interesting.

While some Gauge 1 players are wasting their energy building castles in the air, other providers are quietly allowing ideas and projects to take shape. An exclusive example with never-before-seen hand samples.

A few short news items from the world of gauge 1.

The International 0+1 Gauge Days in Giessen have become a mega-event for the large model railroad gauges 0 and 1. A preview of the show, which takes place in just over two weeks.

The hand scraper is a long-forgotten tool for loading sand, stone and rubble.

The Weinert kit for gauge 1 is not very demanding. Hans Ziegler has made a few minor improvements to it and put it together. spur1info then went looking for it – and found it.