Trainini, the electronic journal for railway and railroad enthusiasts of Z scale, is published monthly and is available to all friends of model trains. The Trainini Magazine was established in 2005 by Holger Späing in Dortmund, Germany. The first issues were published in German language only. But since 2018 an English version of this magazine is available. Enjoy reading reports, news and facts of miniature worlds in scale 1:220. Pilentum would like to support this great work of volunteers and has received permission to make all issues of this amazing magazine available for download. Below you will find a lot of .pdf documents, for free.
By the way, on Pilentum's website there is also another online magazine that you can download for free. It is the British Model Railway Express eMagazine. It's an online publication produced by a group of model railway enthusiasts in the United Kingdom. Inside the magazine, there are high-quality reports and even guidebooks for railway modelling. Don't forget to take a look at the free Brazilian Railway Magazines Central Ferreo and Revista Brasileira de Ferreomodelismo. They offer an insight into rail transport modeling in Brazil.
Trainini Magazine (August 2021)
Fokker 100 of the HLX
Flying for the Price of a Taxi
The IC precursors of the DB
70 Years of Blue F-trains
From long-distance express train to intercity
Helvetia – Switzerland in the Name
VT 04 501 with Velmo upgrade
Cutting Edge Digital
Guide to Model Railway Photography (Part 2)
Photo editing and optimising
Mercedes-Benz W 123
Verkaufswunder aus Sindelfingen
Baureihe 103 - stärkste Lok der DB
Paradepferd der Bundesbahn
Staying in the conversation (part 4)
Trafofuchs - News from the Fox’s Den
Trainini Magazine (July 2021)
The 141 series in green
Attention, Firecracker!
Vlmms 63 of ZetNa 220
Only a short Heyday
Self-built track ramps (Part 2)
Construction of the Ramps with Arcades
The first driving tests (Part 2)
Curved Tracks on a good Foundation
Trainini Magazine (June 2021)
The V 188 from NoBa-Modelle
The alternative “Bull”
A Gl 11 becomes a Gl 22
Upgrading made easy
Self-built track ramps (Part 1)
Planning and finding Materials
The first driving tests (Part 1)
Track Geometry and Basics
Trainini Magazine (May 2021)
Revised NOHAB from Märklin
A new Heavyweight
MAN 630 from Ratimo-Z
The perfect Complement
Guide to Model Railway Photography (Part 1)
Successfully photographing Model Railways
Staying in the conversation (part 3)
HOS Modellbahntechnik: To live for Model Making
Trainini Magazine (April 2021)
Märklin SSy 45 heavy goods wagon
Because all good things come in threes
Livestock car V 23 from ZetNa 220
Last Cattle Ride
Douglas DC-3 in Pan Am Colours
Candy Bomber from Herpa
New wooden crates from Joswood
Overseas Shipping Crates
Staying in the conversation (Part 2)
NoBa-Modelle unlimited
Trainini Magazine (March 2021)
Ommr 33 from FR Freudenreich Feinwerktechnik
A successful Wagon, both large and small
Douglas DC-9-30 as a new product from Herpa
One aircraft with many Names
Ideas from reader for readers
Ten Tips for Success
Staying in the conversation (Part 1)
JMC Scale Models: How it all began
Trainini Magazine (February 2021)
Model railway scenery construction (Part 1)
Marine emergency deployment as a model
Rescue from the Greatest Distress
Large series new products 2021 for Z gauge
New, even without a Show in Nuremberg
Small Series Manufacturers New Products 2021
The Salt in the Soup again
Trainini Magazine (January 2021)
Our Editor’s Choices for 2020
New Products of the Year
Reaching the goal by the simplest means
Do-it-yourself Half-luggage and Half-coach Wagon
Maintenance & Care (Part 9)
And Then Postponed for a Long Time
Our annual review of the year 2020
Losses and prospects
Trainini Magazine (December 2020)
Mercedes fire trucks
The Starry Sky
Märklin’s V 80 series
Trailblazer of Z Gauge?
Pioneer of the cardan shaft drive
Unimportant and Yet Significant
Drachenstein of Harald Hieber
The Neverending Story
Commentary from Dirk Kuhlmann
A Time to Forget
Trainini Magazine (November 2020)
Motorized Klv 20 from Märklin
Please do not swallow!
On track on rail and road in Z
The rolling Railway Siding
Culemeyer transports for more than fifty years
Transport Specialist Reichsbahn
On the way in Diemeltal (Part 4)
A green Finale with a Kick
Wiesenthal a century ago
The Man is himself!
Trainini Magazine (October 2020)
Four-axle freight wagon GGths 43
A popular Exotic in the West
Along the Ruhr, Hoppecke and Diemel
History of the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway
On the way in Diemeltal (Part 3)
Up and down – shaping the Landscape
Germany's wine valleys
Along the River Rhosel
Long distance travel in times of crisis
Who is leading the Game?
Trainini Magazine (September 2020)
The special trains “German Wine Route”
Rolling Wine Cellars in Service
The concept of NoBa-Modelle
Standard Work for Mobility
The Scottish Princess
An aircraft gone astray?
Station Diorama “Himmelreich” (Part 4)
Working behind the Scenes
Special exhibition in the DB Museum
100 Years of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Trainini Magazine (August 2020)
Series 120 of DR from Zmodell
A Taigatrommel for Z Gauge
Inspired by Bernhard Stein
Alpine Idyll in the Baden Area
Station Diorama “Himmelreich” (Part 3)
Creating the Landscape
Line telephones in prototype
Relics of Telecommunications
Trainini Magazine (July 2020)
Schi-Stra-Bus by 1zu220-Shop
The Impetus for new Mobility
The forefather of two-way vehicles
An unusual Pioneer
Cherry blossoms in Shizuoka
A bonsai-sized diorama
Station Diorama “Himmelreich” (Part 2)
Creating a two-levelled terrain understructure
Trainini Magazine (June 2020)
The Prototype for Entertainment Cars
The Douglas DC-4 of the KLM
Zero Hour for a War Baby
Station Diorama “Himmelreich” (Part 1)
Brick by Brick – Building a Train Station
Laser cut kits from Noch
New and yet familiar
Trainini Magazine (May 2020)
A railway curiosity
The Gallopping Goose
Southwest of the Holstentor
Lübeck district Buntekuh
On the way in Diemeltal (Part 2)
Railway before scenery?
Trainini Magazine (April 2020)
The Linz type model from Freudenreich
A Quick-change Artist
New cargo ideas for more variety
For industry and agriculture
Karl-Heinz Wobschall’s Bergheim layout
Busy Times at the Alpine Foothills
On the way in Diemeltal (Part 1)
From an idea to a plan
Trainini Magazine (March 2020)
Handicraft work for a gap closure
An Amtrak ALCO PA1
Greetings from Old Lübeck
Back then at the Holstentor
The perspectives of 3D printing
Opening new horizons
10 years Rainer-Tielke-Modellbau
Tenth Anniversary in the North of Germany
With fear breathing down my neck
Lahnstein in the year 2020
Trainini Magazine (February 2020)
New releases for the year 2019
Double win for Märklin
A review of the 2019 modelling year
Ups, downs and some surprises
The 71st International Toy Fair 2020
The newest items from Nuremberg
News and announcements in advance about Altenbeken
Small series new products at the beginning of the year
Trainini Magazine (January 2020)
The Class 0310 from Märklin
Surprise succeeded?
The 0310 class at the Bundesbahn
Swan song on the Ruhrtalbahn
Z gauge Advent meeting in Zell (Mosel)
Every (two) years again
Trainini Magazine (December 2019)
Tank cars, filling stations and mineral oil logistics
A small step with a big effect
Fuel supply in retrospect
In the beginning there was coal
Like a small theatre
Setting the stage for small layouts
Shinkansen E6 Komachi
Outside wow, inside too!
Trainini Magazine (November 2019)
From house to house on new paths
Many compromises and gaps
Significant development spurt from 1946
Large container traffic at the DB
Winter scenery for a Christmas story
Exciting adventures on a scale of 1:220
25 Years of Faszination Modellbau
Anniversary in Friedrichshafen
Trainini Magazine (October 2019)
UIC standard wagon
Hard to take
Convair CV-340 of KLM
Historic boarder crosser
Queen of the rails in the spotlight
A catwalk for beauties
That was Märklintage 2019
Exhibition in Göppingen
Trainini Magazine (September 2019)
Small steep ramp in the Alps
Museum steam in Z-gauge
Ghost wagon with Rokuhan
A journey over the Gotthard Pass
Trainini Magazine (August 2019)
Upgrading work on Märklin‘s V 36
Optimization potential detected
The legendary “VW Bulli”
Retired transporter
Journeyman's piece for a masterpiece
On the North Sea coast
The Herpa Summer Festival 2019
The sun smiles for the anniversary
Trainini Magazine (July 2019)
New Fish Belly Bridge from Märklin
With a curve over the Lennesand
Märklin's new advertising locomotive 101 064-4
Well dressed
The four seasons of Z gauge (part 2)
A sequel with pitfalls
Excursion to the DB Museum Nuremberg
Trainini Magazine (June 2019)
Landscape & Track (Part 1)
Somewhere in nowhere
Competition work by Ralf Junius
Forgotten places in decay
Useful tools from Microrama
Specialists for precision works
Maintenance & Care (Part 8)
Lying patients
Joint meeting in Sindelfingen
South German large fan meeting
Trainini Magazine (May 2019)
New FR models under test
Round noses from Sanitz
Märklin on new paths
Increasing instead of losing weight
Intermodellbau Dortmund
Visiting the construction site
Trainini Magazine (April 2019)
Shape variant of the series 236
From the roof cockpit down
Axel Pieke’s small layout
Test track on a square metre (Mark II)
Successful premiere in Mannheim
When model railways fascinate
Through the vastness of America
A meeting of US Model Railroaders
Trainini Magazine (March 2019)
Archistories’ neo-Gothic church
For whom the hour strikes
Series E 41 from Märklin
In complete new ways
First standard locomotive series E 41
A firecrakcer at the DB
Mechanical signal box
Home made pulley holders
Trainini Magazine (February 2019)
The Hello Kitty Shinkansen
Kitty on board!
Boeing 737-200 from Herpa
From baby to successful aircraft
New model railway appearance in Hall 7A
Anniversary in Nuremberg
New and news of the small series
Far away from the International Toy Fair
Trainini Magazine (January 2019)
Märklin’s new Rmms 3
Of times and miracles
Fine detailing of the series 945-17
Noble Prussians from Blomberg
The year in review 2018
Colourful and varied
Editorial award for special models
New products of the year 2018
Trainini Magazine (December 2018)
The ex-Minden 18 505 of the DB
Queen of the steam locomotives
90 years of the German Luxury Train
The legend of the Rheingold
Digital model railway control (part 6)
Practical beginner experiences
International Model Railway Exhibition
A biennial highlight
Trainini Magazine (November 2018)
UIC standard car of the FS
Large capacity Italian
Warehouse by Märklin
Rural trading centre
Magitree by Microrama
Magically grown trees
Once upon a time in 1974
Late summer on the mousepath
Faszination Modellbau 2018
Excursion to Lake Constance
Trainini Magazine (October 2018)
The class V 200 of Märklin
The same but different
Making spruce trees from wire
Realistic looking conifers
Digital model railway control (part 5)
Commissioning of a digital locomotive
Maintenance and care of small trains (part 7)
A puzzle game with many pieces
Trainini Magazine (September 2018)
Modelling vegetation with Microrama
A new lease on life for a railway embankment
Digital model railway control (part 4)
Introduction to digital practice
Open house at Märklin
A train through the whole city
Trainini Magazine (August 2018)
Märklin development 1973 to 2018
Evolution of the rail bus
Combine harvester model on a scale of 1:220
A revolution in agriculture
Rock design with Styrofoam
An alternative to plaster
Trainini Magazine (July 2018)
Doornkaat Wagon of the MKO e.V.
At home on the coast
Inspired by a small layout
An excursion to Tiny Village
Comparison of electric motor versions
Sequencew of generations in motor technology
Digital model railway control (part 3)
The puzzle fits together
Trainini Magazine (June 2018)
The VW Beetle turns eighty years old
Everyday car of bygone times
Boeing 707-400 from Herpa
Time for jet aircrafts
Dörpeder Hof from 1zu220-Shop
North German half-timbered art
Digital model railway control (Part 2)
Assembling a digital puzzle
Trainini Magazine (May 2018)
Märklin’s model of the DB’s CidT 8
Special local train relic
7th Meeting in Altenbeken
The benchmark of all things
Not just a continuation
Fair in Dortmund
Trainini Magazine (April 2018)
Same goal - different way
The transformation to a bar car
Alternative plant models
Shrubs from the Grasmaster
Digital model railway control (Part 1)
High Voltage or higly exciting?
Trainini Magazine (March 2018)
Machine with weaknesses and strengths
Mother of the standard steam locomotive
Nursery with a difference
Sapling, change!
An extraordinary exhibition
Great hustle and bustle in Lahnstein
Trainini Magazine (February 2018)
Impressionen from the North Sea
Welcome at Kniephaven
The trade fair news for our gauge Z
Shrinkage at the Toy Fair
Waiting for Altenbeken
Small series news 2018
Trainini Magazine (January 2018)
A top model of SMZ
Der Rote Pfeil (Red Arrow) RAe 2/4
Bavarian van from Zcustomizer
Local Train Capacities
Advent meeting in small group
Under adverse circumstances
2017 new releases
Excellent top products