Press section of the International Model Railway Exhibition
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1 September 2026
Press Release dated September 1, 2026: Introducing the model railroad layouts for the 2026 Friedrichshafen International Model Railroad Exhibition!
2-meter gauge (G): RhB trains The model layout is built to a scale of 1:22.5; the 45-mm model track gauge corresponds to a 1,000-mm gauge on the…
8 November 2024
Final report on Faszination Modellbau – Echtdampf – IMA from 08.11.2024: Unique worldwide
FASZINATION MODELLBAU Friedrichshafen with Echtdampf-Hallentreffen & Internationale Modellbahn-Ausstellung (IMA) From 1 to 3 November 2024,…
24 October 2024
Press release from 24.10.2024: Event of superlatives
FASZINATION MODELLBAU Friedrichshafen with Echtdampf-Hallentreffen & Internationale Modellbahn-Ausstellung (IMA) Only a few days to go until the…
27 September 2024
Press release from 27.09.2024: 3 – 2 – 1 – Start!
FASZINATION MODELLBAU Friedrichshafen with Echtdampf-Hallentreffen & Internationale Modellbahn-Ausstellung (IMA), November 1 to 3, 2024 The event…
5 September 2024
Press release from 05.09.2024: The model railroad layouts for the Int. Modellbahn-Ausstellung Friedrichshafen 2024 introduce themselves!
Gauge 2m (G): Amarillo Mountain Rail Road – USA Layout The newest addition to the LGB Friends from the Lower Rhine is the Amarillo Mountain…
18 July 2024
Press release from 18.07.2024: Great things are in store for us!
FASZINATION MODELLBAU Friedrichshafen with Echtdampf-Hallentreffen & Internationale Modellbahn-Ausstellung (IMA), 1 to 3 November 2024 It is the…
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