Hi every one, I just got informed by my Minitrains dealer here in Switzerland that Andrea's Schonfeld the owner of Minitrains has died most unexpectedly at the age of 65.
More information will be provided as to the future of inventory/stock as well as the company.
Robin.
This is sad news.
I hope this won't hurt the business.
Yes it is sad indeed.
He will be greatly missed and my thoughts have been with his family and frirends.
This news was anounced about three weeks ago now.
Andreas Schönfeld was Minitrains.
He was the owner and the designer, he did all the publicity and had all the manufacturing contacts in China and Europe.
I have no idea what will become of the Minitrains range, but what is almost certain is that it will not continue as before.
As could be guessed by the models he produced he was a big Egger-bahn fan.
Here is a link to a photo taken in 2003.
From left to right are:
Rudd Wittekoek (http://www.egger-bahn.nl/)
Wolfram Ziegler (Early 1960's Egger-bahn designer and artist.)
Andreas Schönfeld (at the back)
Theodor Egger (Who sadly passed away on 19th December 2007)
Roald Hofmann (Egger-bahn in Switzerland: http://www.egger-bahn.ch/_prev/shop.php )
https://lectron.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5EggerMen_resize.jpg
Quote from: B.Meldon on March 01, 2024, 12:12Here is a link to a photo taken in 2003.
From left to right are:
Rudd Wittekoek (http://www.egger-bahn.nl/)
Wolfram Ziegler (Early 1960's Egger-bahn designer and artist.)
Andreas Schönfeld (at the back)
Theodor Egger (Who sadly passed away on 19th December 2007)
Roald Hofmann (Egger-bahn in Switzerland: http://www.egger-bahn.ch/_prev/shop.php )
https://lectron.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5EggerMen_resize.jpg
The link doesn't work Brian - getting a 403 "Access forbidden" notice when clicking on the link.
Mick
Quote from: MickT on March 01, 2024, 12:23The link doesn't work Brian - getting a 403 "Access forbidden" notice when clicking on the link.
Mick
I have edited the post. You should see the photo now.