Today, Spur 1 Austria will open its online store for the Prussian P 8, which later became the class 38^10-40 and 038. Foreign versions will also be available. spur1info already has the details. A surprise is part of it, too.

Aujourd'hui, Spur 1 Austria ouvre sa boutique en ligne pour la locomotive prussienne P 8, qui deviendra plus tard les séries 3810-40 et 038. Des versions étrangères seront également disponibles. spur1info donne déjà tous les détails. La surprise fait aussi partie du jeu.

Short is king. Time to look forward to it.

La brièveté est reine. Il est temps de s'en réjouir.

Stadler's KISS multiple units are changing hands for the second time. 20 pictures and some more recent history.

The simple covered freight cars of the Bremen type built from 1943 are now being delivered as gauge 1 models by Spur 1 Austria. The inexpensive brass models have a few amazing details. A review with 35 photos.

Horst Göhr has brought the drive of the Gravita from Gauge 1 Austria up to date and patinated the model. 18 photos.

Many water reservoirs for steam locomotives were hidden in more or less inconspicuous buildings, partly because of the risk of frost. For example, the water station in Vöcklabruck, which has now been created as a 1:32 scale model.

From China, Fine Models sent photos of all versions of Henschel's rotary snow plough for 1 gauge.

In the popular epoch IV, short express trains were observed as well, for example between Zurich and Stuttgart. Pictures from my archive with interesting train consists from 1970 to today.

In Speyer, the hand sample of the 310 will be displayed by Spur 1 Austria for the first time. spur1info readers can see the model in advance on 64 photos, complete and with all details that are not visible to the naked eye.

Sometimes you have to make do with what's available on the gauge 1 market - until you come across better alternatives. Now the German roundhouse has been replaced by a ring-shaped locomotive shed based on an Austrian prototype.

A modeler has built an Austrian-style locomotive shed for a gauge 1 layout. Of course with interior equipment. 33 photos.

Models of certain variants of the class 44 are also offered by Spur 1 Austria in small editions for our neighboring countries.

Spur 1 Austria propose également des modèles de certaines variantes de la série 44 en petite édition pour nos pays voisins.

Since February 10, RailAdventure has been operating the Siemens EuroRunner 20 diesel-electric locomotive, which has been available as a gauge 1 model before.

Spur 1 Austria provided some photos of the ÖBB frame cars that will be delivered soon.

There was a lot on display at the large Spur 1 Austria booth.

The Internet is an inexhaustible source of information when it comes to the history and condition of locomotives and other rail vehicles. But you can't do without books, because reaching for the shelf sometimes provides faster orientation than confusing Wikipedia articles. Transpress has recently published inexpensive German language books on ÖBB and SBB locomotives and railcars that provide an up-to-date overview.

And again there are more 1 gauge novelties.

Photos come in from Austria of models of the ÖBB class 52 from Spur 1 Austria, which have arrived at a customer.

In the summer of 2017, I portrayed an exceptional gauge 1 layout in Austria. Now a photographically very talented student provides us with atmospheric photos of the further built layout.

A bundle of novelties for the gauge 1 market in Austria and other European countries has been announced by Spur 1 Austria today. Among them are three electric locomotives and two steam locomotives that already existed as gauge 1 models. You can see the prototypes in numerous photos and operations.

ÖBB and Siemens Mobility today presented the first new Nightjet car. This provides interesting insights into the production.

In December 2020, Gauge 1 Austria just announced, the ÖBB class 93 will finally be delivered.

Spur 1 Austria made test runs with the model of the 93 and published a short report and photos.

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