My first contact with model railways was in the fall of 1959, I was four and a nereby shop had a Fleischmann railway in their window. There was two loops, on one there was a Fl-1336 DB E44 with goods waggons and on the other a Fl-1333 SJ Da with passengercoaches 1414 and 1415 (Fl). I fell in love with Fleischmann and could spend hours looking at the trains in the shops window. Of course I wanted a model railway for Christmas that year. My parents noted that and i got a train - not Fleischmann, but at wooden toy train - at Christmas. I was so dissappointed, I have been told that I cried all Christmas eve that year.
On Christmas eve 1961 I eventually got a Fleischmann train, a diesel loco 1306 a hopper 1205 and two passenger cars 1200.
Today I don't have any layout, but I have a collection of about 70 locos and motorwaggons and about 360 waggons.
I collect mainly DB ep 3b/4. SJ ep 3b, DR Städteschnellverkehr, Städteexpress and Interzonenzüge, "Alfred Nobel" and SJ/NSB 1988-2012.
My favorite locos are Fleischmann 74103, DB 03 090, and Jeco F702-A160, SJ F 702. The Jeco loco is shown in my avatar.
I have locos from Fleischmann, Lima, Märklin, Liliput, Roco, Jeco, Trix, Piko, Piko-DDR, Heljan and NMJ. I think that Fleischmann-locos are the best, on bad track they just roll on - where locos from other manufacturers stops and derails - Fleischmann-locos stays on the track.
On Christmas eve 1961 I eventually got a Fleischmann train, a diesel loco 1306 a hopper 1205 and two passenger cars 1200.
Today I don't have any layout, but I have a collection of about 70 locos and motorwaggons and about 360 waggons.
I collect mainly DB ep 3b/4. SJ ep 3b, DR Städteschnellverkehr, Städteexpress and Interzonenzüge, "Alfred Nobel" and SJ/NSB 1988-2012.
My favorite locos are Fleischmann 74103, DB 03 090, and Jeco F702-A160, SJ F 702. The Jeco loco is shown in my avatar.
I have locos from Fleischmann, Lima, Märklin, Liliput, Roco, Jeco, Trix, Piko, Piko-DDR, Heljan and NMJ. I think that Fleischmann-locos are the best, on bad track they just roll on - where locos from other manufacturers stops and derails - Fleischmann-locos stays on the track.
