The new Releases of the Year
Our editorial award
Every year, we select the best products and services of the past model year. You can read about them in the January issues of our magazine. Our awards for the last five years are as follows:
Category Locomotives
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)
2019 DB class E 41 electric locomotive (Märklin 88353)
2018 Kittel Steam Railcar (Märklin 88145)
Category Wagons
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)
2019 Aral tank car of the exchange type (Märklin 82324)
2018 Rmms 33 stake car with wooden shelves (Märklin 82131)
Category Accessories
2022 Car ferry (Artitec 322.034)
2021 Medium wooden box with frame "Krupp" (Joswood 85028)
2020 Krupp-Dolberg excavator (Artitec 322.025)
2019 Hay wagon (Artitec 322.028)
2018 Port warehouse building plastered (Modellbau Laffont Z1701)
Category Technology
2022 Ardelt steam crane 57 to. (NoBa models 5318R)
2021 Painting stand (NoBa models 20100)
2020 Company car WGmh 824 (Märklin 87210)
2019 DCC sound decoder for NoHAB (Velmo / FR 00.125.00)
2018 Close coupling with guide mechanism (Sondermodelle Z)
Category Literature
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)
2019 Güterwagen Band 1.2 (VG Bahn 978-3-89610-653-7)
2018 Die Baureihe 403 (EK-Verlag 978-3-8446-6028-9)
Category Exhibits
2022 Booischot Statie (Pieter Willems & Jan van Casteren)
2021 Obermurrhärle (Karl Sinn)
2020 Wiesenthal (Wilfried Pflugbeil)
Category Complete Works
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)
2019 Josephine & Helmut Küpper for "Loads and spare parts" (accessories range)
2018 Creativ-Modellbau Klingenhöfer for animal figures (creative supplementary programme)