Hand Sample of Bavarian Crane Set from Fine Models

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Bavarian state railroad cars are ideal for gauge 1 because they are short and often have unusual shapes. Fine Models has now received the hand samples of the crane wagon and other models. I have photographed them in detail.

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Telephone Stories

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Railroads fascinate most of us because of their technology. From the track system to the radio technologies for train movements and communication between train crews and operations centers and signal boxes, we find here a collection of mostly interlinked technologies that did not exist anywhere else in this form.

This is about telephones of the Deutsche Bundespost and the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

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New Hand Samples from Steiner Modellwerke

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Steiner Modellwerke have received two hand samples of the Moha milk tank wagons for gauge 1.

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Narrow-gauge Diorama: along the Wall (2)

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Detailed relief buildings, vehicles and figures provide the narrow-gauge diorama with a background that holds many a small discovery in store.

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