Kiss Modellbahnen Deutschland to announce Donnerbüchsen and more

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Blunderbusses characterized commuter trains in Germany until the end of the 1950s. Kiss Modellbahnen is now issuing them as brass models for gauge 1 - and some more.

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30 Years ICE

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Thirty years ago, on June 2, 1991, the ICE train service of the Deutsche Bundesbahn or Deutsche Bahn AG started with high-speed trains of class 401. Information and a large picture gallery with views from outside and inside.

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A Narrow Gauge Maintenance of Way Car from Saxony

by Friedhelm Weidelich

A refined 3D print was the basis for the Reichsbahn maintenance car from Oberdittmansdorf in Saxony.

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Whit Monday at the Heritage Railway

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Since Whitsun, the first German museum railroad of the German Railway Association (DEV) is allowed to operate again. Although under the Corona-related conditions, but with success to justify the effort. Not only is the train simply operated, but the background of the meter-gauge narrow-gauge railroad and the railroad operations are explained to the passengers. A living museum with ambition.

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