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 Dave,the Germans have a tendency to over-organize things quite a bit. This goes also for model railroading. The different eras are classified as follows:<ul><li>Epoch I: Early steam era until 1920 (Foundation of Deutsche Reichsbahn) </li><li>Epoch II: The heydays of railroading - 1920 - 1949( Foundation of Deutsche Bundesbahn) </li><li>Epoch III: 1949 - 1968 (Introduction of computerized numbering scheme)</li><li>Epoch IV: 1968 - 1990/1994 (Merging of Deutsche Bundesbahn/Deutsche Reichsbahn into Deutsche Bahn)</li><li>Epoch V: 1990 - today</li></ul>Classification for Austria and Switzerland is very similar! It seems to me, that epoch III and IV are the most modeled eras, as you can enjoy steam as well as oldimer and newer electrics, as well as contemp. diesels. The end of the steam era took place in 1977 (West Germany) and 1982 (East Germany).
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