Märklin H0 29852: "Dad, Let's Play!" Double Starter Set.

Prototype: Class 081 tank locomotive and class 258 diesel locomotive painted and lettered for Era IV. 8 German Federal Railroad (DB) freight cars.

Model: Both locomotives come with a digital decoder and headlights that can be turned on and off. All axles on each locomotive are powered, and the acceleration and braking delay can be controlled digitally with Märklin Systems. The steam locomotive has a metal body and Relex couplers. The diesel locomotive has a warning light and coupler hooks. 2 stake cars, 2 low side cars, 2 gondolas. 1 boxcar and 1 tank car. All of the cars come with Relex couplers. A model of a bulldozer and a load insert are included as freight. The total length of the trains depending on the mix of cars in each, example: 60 cm / 23-5/8" + 53 cm / 20-7/8".

Contents: 12 no. 24230 curved track, 7 no. 24188 straight track, 4 no. 24172 straight track, and 1 no. 24088 feeder track. Plug-in transformer and digital controller included.

Highlights:
Complete basic set with 2 freight trains, a large C Track oval, and digital control.

The computer designation 081 had been planned for the class 81 tank locomotives in the numbering scheme after 1968. The end of steam operation was already foreseeable at this time. In the Eighties, the DB used several industrial diesel locomotives as part of a test program for purchasing new motive power. These locomotives were given the class designation 258. Changes in the freight service market led to regular production of these locomotives, but chiefly for privately owned railroads.

This set can be expanded with the C Track extension sets and with the entire C Track program.

Price: $225.00
Anticipated delivery: November 2006

Märklin H0 37141: Tank Locomotive

Prototype: Prussian Railroad Administration (KPEV) class T 3 branch line locomotive. Second main design built starting in 1897.

Model: The locomotive comes with a digital decoder and controlled propulsion. It has a miniature can motor in the boiler. 3 axles powered. 1 traction tire. The locomotive has detailed running gear with a representation of Allan valve gear. The headlights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The acceleration and braking delay can be controlled digitally with a 6021 Control Unit or with Märklin Systems. You can see through the engineer's cab. Many separately applied details. Length over the buffers 9.9 cm / 3-7/8".

Highlights:
Marvelous Prussian paint scheme.
Older design buffers.
Provincial railroad lanterns.
One-time series for the Märklin Exclusiv program.

Widely Known Small Locomotive - One of the most popular German steam locomotives is without a doubt the different versions of the Prussian class T3. Henschel delivered the first unit of an 0-6-0T wet steam locomotive for branch line service to the Prussian State Railways (KPEV). The T 3 impressed people with its maintenance-friendly qualities, sturdiness, and multifaceted uses. For these reasons the KPEV purchased the immense number of 1,345 units from 1881 to 1910, which resulted in a broad distribution of these lovely tank locomotives to cover all of the railroad’s needs for this type of motive power. During the provincial railroad period the T3 locomotives were often used for branch line service. Later they were mainly concentrated in switching and transfer work due to the constantly increasing train loads. After the merger of the provincial railroads the T 3 tank locomotives were taken over by the German State Railroad (DRG) and run as the class 89.3. Even the two state railroads in the former divided Germany still had large numbers of these unpretentious, durable units on their motive power rosters. In addition, various units went to industrial and privately owned railroads.

The 37141 branch line locomotive is one of the typical motive power units for the Langenschwalbach commuter cars in the 43048 and 43049 sets.

Price: $244.00
Anticipated delivery: 4th quarter 2006



Märklin H0 43048: Set with 2 passenger cars

Prototype: Royal Prussian Railroad Administration (KPEV) Langenschwalbach design branch line cars. 3rd production run starting in 1907. Type C4itr Pr14 passenger car, 4th class with a baggage compartment. Type PwPost4iPr14 baggage car, with a mail compartment.

Model: The day coach has open end platforms, and the baggage car has enclosed vestibules. The trucks are specific to these cars. The grab irons and walkover plates are separately applied. Total length over the buffers 29.0 cm / 11-7/16".

Highlights:
Classic Prussian paint scheme.
Older design buffers.
Representation of the gas lighting with tanks and vents.
One-time series for the Märklin Exclusiv program.

Comfort on Sharp Curves - In 1889, a rail line was built to the elegant spa of Langenschwalbach, now known as Bad Schwalbach. The line ran to Wiesbaden and had grades of about 3.3% as well as curves with a minimum radius of 200 meters / 656 feet 2 inches. The Prussian State Railroad had a new type of passenger car built especially for the many curves on this right-of-way. Although commuter cars at that time almost always had two or three rigid axles, the Langenschwalbach cars were equipped with 2-axle trucks. This design became known as the Langenschwalbach car, and it proved so effective that it was built for almost 35 years from 1892 on with no changes.

DC wheel set 4 x 70 05 80. Interior lighting for the set: 2 x 73400, 2 x 73405.

The 43048 and 43049 car sets together with the 37141 tank locomotive form a special yet typical Era I branch line train.

Price: $82.50
Anticipated delivery: 4th quarter 2006

Märklin H0 43049: Set with 2 passenger cars

Prototype: Royal Prussian Railroad Administration (KPEV) Langenschwalbach design branch line cars. 3rd production run starting in 1907. Type BC4iPr14 day coach, 2nd and 3rd class. Type C4iPr15 day coach, 3rd class.

Model: One car has an open end platform; otherwise both cars have enclosed vestibules. The trucks are specific to these cars. The grab irons and walkover plates are separately applied. Total length over the buffers 31.5 cm / 12-3/8".

Highlights:
Classic Prussian paint scheme.
Older design buffers.
Representation of the gas lighting with tanks and vents.
One-time series for the Märklin Exclusiv program.

DC wheel set 4 x 70 05 80. Interior lighting for the set: 2 x 73400, 2 x 73405.

The 43048 and 43049 car sets together with the 37141 tank locomotive form a special yet typical Era I branch line train.

Price: $82.50
Anticipated delivery: 4th quarter 2006

Märklin Z 82585: Railroad fire department car vehicle set

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) four-axle tank car for fire extinguishing water and a type Res 687 four-axle flat car. Maintenance cars for emergency services.

Model: The tank car has a separately applied brakeman's platform and steps at the end of the car. The load surface and the side walls on the flat car are marked and loaded with a railroad fire department truck model with a removable water tank. Total length over the buffers 150 mm / 5-7/8".

One-time series for the Märklin Exclusiv program.

Price: $79.00
Anticipated delivery: 4th quarter 2006



Märklin Z 87105: "Berlin - Hamburg" Set with 5 Express Train Passenger Cars

Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRG) "Schürzenwagen" / skirted streamlined passenger cars. 3 coaches: type AB4ü-39, 1st and 2nd class, type ABC4ü-39, 2nd and 3rd class, and type C4ü-38, 3rd class, as well as 1 type WR4ü-39 dining car, and 1 type Post4ü/21,6 mail car.

Model: These cars come in a special edition and are not available separately. Total length over the buffers 520 mm / 20-1/2".

One-time series for the Märklin Exclusiv program.
Goes Well with the Streamlined "Schürzenwagen".

The streamlined "Schürzenwagen" make up the right train to go with the 88105 streamlined locomotive.

Price: $170.00
Anticipated delivery: 4th quarter 2006




Märklin Z 88105: Streamlined steam locomotive

Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRG) class 05 express locomotive. High-speed version with streamlined fairing.

Model: The locomotive comes with a 5-pole motor. All 3 driving axles powered. Length over the buffers 116 mm / 4-9/16".

Highlights:
New tooling.
Locomotive with a metal body.
One-time series for the Märklin Exclusiv program.

The World Record Steam Locomotive ... The DRG covered only a small, exclusive market segment for long distance passenger service with the express passenger service provided by the diesel powered rail car trains. Locomotive-hauled trains continued to form the backbone of the passenger service. They offered far more capacity, more room, comfort, and service, for example: dining and sleeping cars. And yet more speed was required for these trains too. The locomotive builders developed suggestions for a steam locomotive that was planned for a speed of 175 km/h or 109 mph. The DRG decided on a coal-fired three-cylinder locomotive with a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement. Its dimensions were immense: The driving wheels had a diameter of 2.30 meters or 90-9/16 inches, the boiler tubes were 7 meters or 275-9/16 inches long, and the power output reached 2,360 pounds per square inch. Road number 05 002 surpassed the world speed record for steam locomotives between Hamburg and Berlin with a speed of 200.4 km/h or 125.25 mph in a test run on May 11, 1936, a record that still stands today. The fact that this value was never surpassed proves the limits of this technology. The immense moving masses of cylinders, drive rods and side rods did not permit higher speeds. The fireman was hard pressed to keep the boiler steamed up. The two units built in 1935 have a very futuristic look with their red streamlining. As a status symbol of the DRG, they were used in express passenger service and bore the Olympic rings for a while.

The 87105 set has the right Era II express train passenger cars for this locomotive.

Price: $229.00