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

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)

2019    DB class E 41 electric locomotive (Märklin 88353)

Category Wagons

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)

2019    Aral tank car of the exchange type (Märklin 82324)

Category Accessories

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)

2019    Hay wagon (Artitec 322.028)

Category Technology

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)

2019    DCC sound decoder for NoHAB (Velmo / FR 00.125.00)

Category Literature

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)

2019    Güterwagen Band 1.2 (VG Bahn 978-3-89610-653-7)

Category Exhibits

2023    Hirschsprung (Jürgen Walther)

2022    Booischot Statie (Pieter Willems & Jan van Casteren)

2021    Obermurrhärle (Karl Sinn)

2020    Wiesenthal (Wilfried Pflugbeil)

Category Complete Works

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)

2019    Josephine & Helmut Küpper for "Loads and spare parts" (accessories range)