Weekend craft project: a simple buffer stop

by Friedhelm Weidelich

In the popular epoch IV, after 1968, many buffers had already been decommissioned. With the simplest of means, you can create a model railway monument to them.

Dans la célèbre époque IV, après 1968, de nombreux butoirs avaient déjà été mis hors service. Avec les moyens les plus simples, vous pouvez créer un monument ferroviaire miniature à leur effigie.

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Fifty Year old Images of Stuttgart Hbf

by Friedhelm Weidelich

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.

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Narrow gauge in Saxony-Anhalt

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Back in 2018, I reported on a 750 mm museum railway that I discovered by chance while taking a detour. A lot has happened since then. In two weeks, there will be interesting events featuring a steam train.

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Mont-Blanc-Express (3)

by Friedhelm Weidelich

On the return journey from Martigny to Chamonix, the Mont Blanc Express offers more spectacular views. And a small station building is particularly charming. 36 photos.

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DB Station Signs of Epoch III

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Station signs are a little-discussed topic. The following article, with original documents, describes how they were supposed to be since era III of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

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Reutlingen Sued Station

by Gastautor

Spur1-igartig.de has masterfully built a substantial part of the Reutlingen South Station as a Gauge 1 model. The building is intended to be the impressive centerpiece of the diorama, with a highly interesting track plan.

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At the Swabian Alb and in Constance

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Im Teil 2 des Reiseberichts treffen wir Altes und Neues. An einem Haltepunkt sind die Epochen I und VI vereint.

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Hamburg Dammtor Station as 1 Gauge Model

by Friedhelm Weidelich

A very special giant model railway station in 1:32 scale is on display at Fine Models – Hamburg Dammtor. 39 large-format photos.

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Subway Station for Gauge 1

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Sometimes you can't do without stations underground. A model for gauge 1 offers completely new perspectives.

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Country Station with Potential - Part II

by Friedhelm Weidelich

The rural station in Baden-Württemberg is structurally compact and operationally productive. Inspiring historic photos and a continuing chance find that demonstrates the potential of a gauge 1 layout.

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Country Station with Potential - in Reality and in Gauge 1

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Sometimes it's the small stations that have a lot to offer, especially for freight traffic, and that don't require complicated track plans. If they can be used for several epochs, they are perfect for gauge 1. I found such a station in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Stuttgart Hbf around 1971

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Stuttgart's main station was a well-functioning terminus with interesting rolling stock in the 1970s. A look back to epoch IV. Later, Märklin also advertised model trains here.

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Virtually walk through the Anhalter Bahnhof of Berlin

by Friedhelm Weidelich

The Deutsches Technikmuseum (German Museum of Technology) and the Technical University of Darmstadt have digitally recreated the Anhalter Bahnhof. It can now be entered virtually.

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Internationale Spur 0+1 Tage: Rocks and more

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Two Austrian exhibitors displayed new material for landscaping, dioramas and buildings in Gießen.

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The Station has been Completed

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Horst Göhr has completed and photographed the Neuendorf-Karritz station. The attention to detail is visible - and this is what the 1 gauge is predestined for.

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Ochsenhausen - a Masterpiece in 1:32 Scale

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Not everyone has the space to document an entire station area in 1:32 scale. In narrow gauge, the stations are naturally smaller. Therefore, a masterpiece was created with the three structures of Ochsenhausen, which spur1info has the chance to show with 44 photos.

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Rural Station by Horst Göhr (2)

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Horst Göhr's rural station is nearing completion. Here are some snapshots of the building.

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11:00 a.m. from Kluetz

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Klütz is known for its compact station with turntable, whose buildings also were available for gauge 1. The light railroad with 600 mm gauge of the Foundation deutsche Kleinbahnen offers interesting perspectives and some nostalgia. 60 photos.

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Rural Station by Horst Göhr

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Brick and half-timbering, a small footprint and a touch of romance: Horst Göhr builds a small train station in the Altmark region of northern Saxony-Anhalt that unfortunately lost its function 21 years ago.

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Bavarian Station Monheim

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Monheim was the terminus of the Bavarian local railway Fünfstetten - Monheim. Now there are the station building and the coaling station as gauge 1 models.

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Wuerttemberg station Kupferzell by Spur1-igArtig

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Spur1-igARTig has again completed 1/32 scale models of two structures that once stood on the Kocher Valley Railway Waldenburg - Forchtenberg and which were moved to the Hohenlohe Open Air Museum in Schwäbisch-Hall, Germany.

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