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<p>Streetcars are still going strong in most cities in Germany. After a period of neglect and closures in the 1970s, city planners have re-discovered the benefits of rail transport in the 1980s, which saw big investments flowing into the modernization of the remaining networks. Certainly one of the best networks worldwide can be found in and around the city of Karlsruhe, were streetcars have taken the role of interurbans, changing into streetcars once the city limits are reached, only to turn into a real railroad when leaving town again. A little further north, you can travel by streetcar through the entire Ruhr area, Germany´s most populated region with more than 17 million folks living in the metropolitan regio, with just one ticket! Sadly, my hometown Hamburg closed the last streetcar line in 1978, but has been making plans to revive it since the early 1990s. I don´t think I will that see in my lifetime!</p> <p>Inspite of the majority of people in my country being in daily touch with streetcars, traction modeling is a small niche. There are a few manstream manufacturers offering traction models, but the brunt is made by small business, running limited editions, some of them beyond belief when it comes to pricing!</p>
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