Piko

Piko was a former GDR manufacturer of model railway items in HO and N. Following German reunification in 1991 it was privatised and is now a succesful independent manufacturer of items in the scales G, H0, TT and N. This section will deal with the GDR-era company, VEB Piko Sonneberg and predecessors.

Links

• PIKO-N, eine Sammlerseite mit allen wichtigen Informationen zur N-Spur von PIKO
  (German) overview of most GDR-era N-gauge products
  
• Piko-Material und das Leben nach der Wende (Spurweite-N.de)
  (German) commentary from ca. 2007 on GDR-era N-gauge stock and compatibility with current systems
  
• Gleissysteme für Spur N (Spurweite-N.de)
  (German) Overview of N-gauge track systems, including Piko
• Piko DDR Ersatzteile N gesamt
  (German) source of replacement parts for GDR-era N-gauge stock
• Piko-N-Bahn: Sammlung von DDR-Modellen der Spur N
  (German) quite detailed and up-to-date site
  

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