More European Night Trains to come in 2022

by Friedhelm Weidelich

The Czech transport company RegioJet, together with the new Dutch night train operator European Sleeper, will add new routes and destinations to European night train services next year. 67 photos show what was going in Prague's Central Station in 2012.

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A little Bridge might be an Idea for a Diorama

by Friedhelm Weidelich

There are settings that you can't invent. Eventually you will find a believable accumulation of details that inspire a modeler to a diorama. Here comes a bridge scene for gauge 1 that has it all and could be realized on a compact footprint for epochs I to VI.

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Nine Years spur1info

by Friedhelm Weidelich

On April 3, 2012, the first articles went online. After nine years, spur1info is still the only online magazine in the world with the topic of Gauge 1: German and English, free from the constraints of printed magazines, faster, more critical and with around 3,000 photos per year, a unique source of information for readers on all continents. It is a small, fine community that has not only moved together here as "homo ludens" (the playing man), but also pursues its hobby to a high standard.

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A Märklin Novelty 2022 Uncovered

by Friedhelm Weidelich

The Hungarian subsidiary of Märklin has developed a gauge 1 model that makes the long waits for production models obsolete. Individual initiative is called for.

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