We have a new photo diorama!
As you can easily see, the great Rainer Imb from Artbeeren has built a wonderful photo diorama for us. We will be presenting it in more detail over the next few weeks. This week, we dare to take a furtive, almost intimate look into the backyard.
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Spielplatz
Because we're so excited about our new toy and want to share this joy with you, this week we're offering
-20% on all miniatures pictured!
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Üstra's first underground train! Hanover is currently celebrating one anniversary after another. Construction of the Hanover underground began 60 years ago – a project of the century and the largest construction site Hanover has ever seen. Just ten years after construction began, the first train rolled through the underground of the state capital in 1975!
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The first Hoobl! The Freiburg im Breisgau tramway, formerly known colloquially as Hoobl (wood plane), has been in existence since 1901, was electrified from the very beginning and is now operated by five lines in regular service as well as the vintage line 7. The current model replicates a railcar from the very first series of electric vehicles in Freiburg!
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The first „Salzburger Lokalbahn“! In July 1907, the ‘Rote Elektrische’ (Red Electric) connection from Salzburg Local Railway Station to Drachenloch station was opened, and shortly afterwards the section of the line from the German border was electrified. As early as its first year of operation, 15 passenger cars were in service. However, the city and local railway also always transported goods, especially marble, sand and cement. In the interwar period, a buffet car was even added to increase the attractiveness of the railway.
more News 2025.08 - The first red electric Salzburger Lokalbahn
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Back to a new century! The Graz tramway was electrically powered from 1898. The already uniformly green set dates from the years 1900 to 1912 before the open railcars were modernised, windscreens were installed and the lyre bars gradually gave way to the more reliable scissor bars. First individually, later as a set, the Grazer Tramway brought the people of Graz into the city.
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Buy three, pay two! Everything has an end, only the model railway layout often has quite a few track ends! In order to do justice to the variety and without claiming to be complete, we present around 20 (!) different, mainly H0e buffer stops!
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Back to the past! In February 2025, the narrow-gauge railway returned to HALLING in the form of two blue Mixnitz electric locomotive models. Today, history takes a step back into the past. The narrow-gauge Mixnitz-St. Erhard line, which is only 11 kilometres long, was built in 1913 as part of the development of the magnesite deposits in Breitenau am Hochlantsch. The two electric locomotives ‘Breitenau’ and ‘Hochlantsch’ with the Bo axle arrangement were delivered by AEG in the same year and used for mixed operation of passenger and goods trains.
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