Gratitude

I want to express my sincerest gratitude to all my friends, who inspired me and made it possible to realize this homepage.

They advised me with their respected view and vision. A particular gratitude comes to...

Rogier Donker, Indiana (USA)

Excellent translator, teacher and friend.

In 2008 Rogier wrote a fine story after he visited the Cochemer Bahn.

Bart van der Vlugt, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Excellent webmaster, host and friend.

Gisbert & WSUM (Holland) for their kind admittance to freely shoot so many models of their extended collections (2006~2008).

Chris Manvell (United Kingdom) for letting me use all his fine N- and Z-Scale pictures and who frequently checks my website for broken URL's...

Jens Braun, Aristoteles Held, Peer Donner, Jörg Straube, Derya Ferendeci, Michael Biaesch, Volker Spieth and so many others all around,

who were kind enough for giving me permission to use so many of their fine pictures for my Gallery.

A special gratitude ~ unseen in the world of manufacturers ~ goes to Frau Karin Wirtz-Bachmann from Westmodel,

for sending me all the remaining and original Westmodel pictures she could find in the Westmodel Files (March 2007, February 2008).