The other Swiss G gauge

FINE INDEED! Absolutely beautiful and typical Swiss high quality! May I ask the going price in USD? I once had a complete set of the LGB Alpine Classic passenger cars plus the LGB RhB Krok with digital sound. One drawback to the LGB coaches was the difficulty in removing the roofs of the cars!

Are these coaches available in retail model shops in Switzerland?

Some excellent products were and still are being produced for G scale over there.  Since Marklin has taken over LGB, prices have gone through the roof.   I do miss the original LGB company and it's support system.

Tinplate Art posted:

FINE INDEED! Absolutely beautiful and typical Swiss high quality! May I ask the going price in USD? I once had a complete set of the LGB Alpine Classic passenger cars plus the LGB RhB Krok with digital sound. One drawback to the LGB coaches was the difficulty in removing the roofs of the cars!

Are these coaches available in retail model shops in Switzerland?

These cars were one time productions from the mid 70s. I know a few German or Swiss dealers advertise used lebu cars for sale.  Prices are usually 500 plus, although I did not pay as much for this used car. Lgb cars run over 300 these days, so I guess 500 for a metal car is somewhat reasonable. We also have the alpine krokodil set. The sound is excellent and quality top notch, as it dates from before lgb quality started to suffer as the company had increasing financial woes.  

Dan Padova posted:

Some excellent products were and still are being produced for G scale over there.  Since Marklin has taken over LGB, prices have gone through the roof.   I do miss the original LGB company and it's support system.

True. Still plenty of product available for German and Swiss narrow gauge. Mostly focused on the Harz, Saxon region, or rhb railroads.  Lgb, kiss, esu (Pullman) , train li and trainline 45 all still release new products with new tooling, unlike the us g Gauge market which has seen little new products lately.  Prices  are high for all German or Swiss g gauge thesee days.  Lgb under marklin doesn't have the quality or family feel of the original lgb, but some of their new products are impressive and exceed original lgb in realism while remaining fairly hardy.  

I am also the proud owner of a LEBU passenger car and they are exquisite! There were some really fine products made by small run producers in Germany and Switzerland in the 1970s.

Miketg

Glenn Fresch posted:

Since 1968 the name LGB has been synonymous with European G gauge and since 1978 also with Swiss narrow gauge following the introduction of their famous model of the rhb crocodile. However, in the mid 70s, before LGB started making models of larger prototypes, a small workshop in Switzerland was already making fine metal models of rhb passenger cars. I never thought I would have the opportunity to own one of these rare pieces of equipment, bit here it is. 

LGB would make a plastic model of this car in 1988, which was their first model of a large passenger car with metal wheels and lighting and is impressive in its own right, however the LEBU cars are still more faithful to the real thing. 

Is this car O scale or G scale?

It's g gauge.