Every year, we honour the best products and services of the previous model year. You can read about this in our magazine shortly after the start of each year. Our awards for the last five years are as follows:

Category Locomotives

2024    Battery railcar ETA 150 / ESA 150 (Märklin 88250)

2023    Shinkansen Series 0 "Hikari No. 1" (Rokuhan T020-1)

2022    Class V 188 (Märklin 88150)

2021    Electric locomotive Ma 828 of the SJ (FR Freudenreich 46.136.01)

2020    DB class V 80 (Märklin 88803)

Category Wagons

2024    Corail-cars A10tu / B10tu (Azar Models V01-ORP1)

2023    Control car BDnf 738 "Bunny box" (Märklin 87189)

2022    DB Pwgs 41 Freight Train Escort Car (Märklin 86070)

2021    DB V 23 boxcar (ZetNa 220 B001)

2020    DB GGths 43 boxcar (Zmodell 96051)

Category Accessories

2024    Half-timbered building under renovation (Nordmodell LC-220-332)

2023    Small workshop (Vollmer 49590)

2022    Car ferry (Artitec 322.034)

2021    Medium wooden box with frame "Krupp" (Joswood 85028)

2020    Krupp-Dolberg excavator (Artitec 322.025)

Category Technology

2024    Dust fairy 3.0 (Franke WF)

2023    Mobile Station WLAN (Märklin 60667)

2022    Ardelt steam crane 57 to. (NoBa models 5318R)

2021    Painting stand (NoBa models 20100)

2020    Company car WGmh 824 (Märklin 87210)

Category Literature

2024    Die Geschichte der DSG - Band 1 (EHEH 978-3-00-077300-6)

2023    Die Mehrsystem-Elloks der Deutschen Bundesbahn (EK-Verlag 978-3-8446-6039-5)

2022    Baureihe 120 (Transpress 978-3-613-71616-2)

2021    Traumberuf Dampflokheizer (EK-Verlag 978-3-8446-6426-3)

2020    Straßenroller der DB - Band 1 (VG Bahn 978-3-8375-2239-6)

Category Exhibits

2024    Winter-Koffer (Peter Sturm)

2023    Hirschsprung (Jürgen Walther)

2022    Booischot Statie (Pieter Willems & Jan van Casteren)

2021    Obermurrhärle (Karl Sinn)

2020    Wiesenthal (Wilfried Pflugbeil)

Category Complete Works

2024    Trafofuchs for "customised figure models" (pioneering and individual performance)

2023    FR Freudenreich Feinwerktechnik for "comprehensive small series programme" (cross-national rolling stock & accessories)

2022    Märklin for "50 years of Z gauge" (invention & seamless operation)

2021    Dr. Andreas Scheibe for "Powered small locomotives" (revolution in small series production)

2020    Oliver Passmann for "Electronic Accessories" (model railway electronics)