Does anyone know of good RR hobby shops in Berlin, Nuremburg or Dresden?

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"Tom Spence" wrote:

    > Does anyone know of good RR hobby shops in Berlin, Nuremburg or Dresden?

OT but if you are in Nuernberg, you *have* to go visit the Deutsche
BundesBahn museum.

    > Does anyone know of good RR hobby shops in Berlin, Nuremburg or Dresden?

Rolls Royce ???

Walter

"Tom Spence" wrote in
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    > Does anyone know of good RR hobby shops in Berlin, Nuremburg or Dresden?

What is RR?

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Wolfgang Schwanke schrieb:
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    > "Tom Spence" wrote in
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    > > Does anyone know of good RR hobby shops in Berlin, Nuremburg or Dresden?
    >
    > What is RR?

Railroad, American English?

Regards, ULF

Hi Tom,

"Tom Spence" schrieb:

    > Does anyone know of good RR hobby shops in Berlin,
    > Nuremburg or Dresden?

I don't know any myself but ask in:

news:de.rec.modelle.bahn

This is a German speaking NG, but I'm sure that they can help you.

HTH
Uli (Graz, Austria)

Ulf Kutzner wrote in
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    > Wolfgang Schwanke schrieb:
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    >> "Tom Spence" wrote in
    >> news:[email protected]:
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    >> > Does anyone know of good RR hobby shops in Berlin, Nuremburg or
    >> > Dresden?
    >>
    >> What is RR?
    >
    > Railroad, American English?

Ah. I know only about Berlin. Here are some hints:

Flügelrad, in Stresemannstraße near Potsdamer Platz. Transport oriented
books of all kinds. Incidentally, to get some overview on the Berlin
transport systems, I recommend these English language books:
Berlin S-Bahn http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1854141856/
Berlin U-Bahn http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1854141848/
Amazon UK seems out of stock, but with some luck Flügelrad has them. Read
those before you explore the city

The regular large book stores (e.g. Hugendubel on Tauentzienstr. and
Friedrichstr., Dussmann on Friedrichstr.) have some books on transport
topics too, but not as specialised.

Google finds this http://angermueller.bei.t-online.de/handel1.htm list of
model train shops in Berlin & Eastern Germany. Somehow the most well known
ones in my mind (due to ads I guess) are:

Modellbahn-Pietsch http://www.modellbahn-pietsch.de/, and
Modelleisenbahnen Pankow, near U-Bahn stop Pankow

And while you're at it you shouldn't miss these museums:

Technikmuseum http://www.dtmb.de/, has displays about rail as well as local
transport history. Amongst others a couple of real steam locomotives.

U-Bahn Museum http://www.u-bahn-museum.de/, unfortunately with very limited
opening times: http://www.ag-berliner-u-bahn.de/termine.htm

S-Bahn Museum http://www.s-bahn-museum.de/, likewhise with limited opening
hours: http://www.s-bahn-museum.de/seiten/mustermi.php4

But maybe you're lucky

Regards

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Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
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    > "Tom Spence" wrote in
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    > > Does anyone know of good RR hobby shops in Berlin, Nuremburg or Dresden?
    >
    > What is RR?

I assume "railroad" (at least that's what it means in the U.S.) - model
trains, in other words?

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Tom

When I was at the Nuremburg Toy Show last year, I found a couple of Toy
(Spiel) stores that had very large model train sections. I can't remember
their names or exact location, but they were within the town walls close to
the hauptbahnhof (main train station).

The German Railroad Museum is definately worth a visit and has a small gift
shop.

You will not find any north american items in most of the German stores, but
it is neat to see all the European stuff.

If you buy a European locomotive, make sure it is DC, Marklin and some of
the other companies use AC.

Tim Harrison

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    > Does anyone know of good RR hobby shops in Berlin, Nuremburg or Dresden?
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    > If you buy a European locomotive, make sure it is DC, Marklin and some
    > of the other companies use AC.

The other problem with Märklin is that they use a "third rail" system
(one contact in the middle of the rail, the other the two rails), whereas
most others use the two rails as opposite contacts.

Regards


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Hi there. I found this web site purely by accident. I am trying to find some R/C aircraft model shops in Germany. I am actually living in the UK but I want to compare prices to UK prices. I come to Germany every year to visit my girlfriends parents. They live in Verden so anywhere in that area would be ideal. I will travel as fra as Hannover too. Thanks for your help.