October 2025

The “Faszination Modellbau” trade fair will take place in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance over the coming long weekend. There will also be a live steam indoor exhibition and a Lego fan exhibition. All areas of model making will be represented.

New samples are awaiting visitors at the stands of the gauge 1 suppliers.

Just in time for the model making fair in Friedrichshafen, the prototype of the Bavarian workshop car in DB design has arrived at Steiner Modellwerke. Here are the first snapshots of the richly equipped 1-gauge model, which could trigger buying impulses.

Here are the first photos of the prototype of Wunder's DB class 1812 electric locomotive, which will be on display in Friedrichshafen this weekend. The elegant 1:1 scale model is impressive.

Epoch IV of the Deutsche Bundesbahn is still the most popular among gauge 1 model railroaders. But what did it actually look like at the beginning of this epoch? Memories have faded considerably.

Following Fulgurex's relocation and change of ownership, the Swiss model railway company is focusing on small gauges. However, gauge 1 models are also to be produced.

Großburgwedel is an unspectacular stop on the Hanover–Celle line with a high frequency of trains. Here, you can watch ICE trains pass by at speeds of up to 200 km/h and take photos.

The cover photo looks like a template for a gauge 1 diorama, especially since the railway line from Koblenz to Trier runs along the Moselle from time to time.

The grape harvest was earlier than ever this year, with grapes being picked as early as August. However, the vines still bear some of their foliage, which is colorful with autumn hues. And once again, a rack railway runs between them.

A spur1info subscriber living in Asia sent some pictures from Japan of a trip on the Shinkansen.

Steiner Modellwerke is producing a limited edition Stuttgart beer car.

Gauge 1 diesel locomotives from epochs V and VI with smoke generators? Most don't need one. For one simple reason.

Lematec has announced a new Swiss locomotive model for gauge 1.

The hand sample of the express freight car from Steiner Modellwerke for gauge 1 is here. Two photos.

The list of gauge 1 projects was only slowly worked through by suppliers this year. Now, some things have been postponed again. So it's time to adjust your budget planning for your model railway collection.

Following the cancellation of the 34th International Gauge 1 Meeting, we look back on the beginnings at the Technik Museum Sinsheim. And the end in Speyer.

The 1 Gauge Meeting in Speyer has been cancelled.

When push-pull trains and multiple units were largely used for local transport, Stuttgart Central Station was a hive of activity as passenger trains and mail cars were coupled and uncoupled to change locomotives. 34 historical photos document the new signal box, the last TEE trains, and the locomotives of the 1960s and 1970s.

Modelbex has received a sample of the SNCF BB MTE electric locomotive in gauge 1 and would now like to determine the quantities of the variants. The locomotive is a classic.

In 1967, we were still in the era of steam locomotives and the V 200¹. Fourteen images from a bygone era at the end of epoch III that can serve as inspiration.