January 10 - 12, 2014    Karlsruhe , Germany

The world's largest indoor steam meeting takes you on a fascinating journey through the era of the steam engine. Here you can gain nostalgic insight into the technology of steam model engineering and marvel at over 1,000 steamships, steam engines, steam-powered road vehicles and steam locomotives in action. Over 500 international exhibitors, model owners and clubs transform the Karlsruhe exhibition halls into an inspiring experience for the whole family attracting around 20,000 visitors every year.

What you can look forward to:
The worldwide largest indoor 5 inch layout with a total track length of almost 6 kilometres (walkable)
A unique model landscape with stunting yard, traverser, switches, turntable and loading terminal
A combined 5 inch / 7¼ inch track layout for the 'really big' models
Numerous guest drivers with their models from Germany and abroad
Busy true-to-life loading and unloading activity
A ride on a steam train (for a fee)
Hours of railway action on tabletop layouts totalling over 700 metres of track for engines in the smaller gauges 0, H0, I, II and IIm

Venue

Location: Messe Karlsruhe
The KMK corporation shows its locations: Congress Centre and Concert Hall; Europahalle for sports and pop concerts; Trade Fair Center.
Contact Festplatz 9 76137 Karlsruhe , Germany
+49 721 3720-0