Unusual track layouts and sophisticated shunting options in a confined space are particularly appealing to model railroaders, especially in gauge 1. This article, with 38 photos and a plan, describes and shows in detail how switches, crossings and a narrow track curve are combined in a prototype.

Weinert supplies a brass model of a hand scraper, also known as a power shovel, for gauge 1.

In these gloomy November days, it is good to relive the last days of October in sunshine. I took the 40 pictures along the overgrown freight bypass near Hannover.

The International Gauge 1 Meeting will take place at the Technik Museum in Speyer on November 16 and 17, 2024. What will be on display?