Apologies if this has already been covered in the 009 News in which case I must have missed it, but in case it hasn't - last year Ferro Train sold off their H0e range to Joachim Haselmayer of the Mostviertler Modellbahnhof who is moving up from a retailer to a manufacturer. Plans are to reinstate the entire range, offering a wide range of coach liveries and improvements to some models.
The models/ranges covered as far as I'm aware are:
- Ferro Train non-brass H0e range such as Austrian Krimmler coaches and class 2091 1-Bo-1 diesel loco
- Halling H0e range i.e. class 5090 railcar, Mariazellerbahn Himmelstreppe EMU
- Entire Stängl range - class 2095 Bo-Bo diesel, class 4090 EMU (new correct bogies to be constructed), bogie coaches including the rare and sought after special variants such as restaurant/bar coaches.
What is not yet clear is whether this deal also includes the relatively recent StLB centrecab Bo-Bo diesel, and the former Tippelt Ti-H0 range of mostly 2 and 3 axle goods wagons (used to be sold under the Narobahn brand by Winco in the UK) - Ferro Train bought this when Herr Tippelt retired and produced some of the wagons for a short time, so presumably they still had the tooling.
At a show last year it was announced (and displayed) that the Mariazellerbahn Restaurant coaches will be one of the first releases.
Also announced was the typical Austrian 2-axle narrow gauge coach in 0e.