Märklin 2008 New Items: H0 Rail Cars

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Märklin H0: 37253 Steam Powered Rail Car

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class Kittel DT8 steam powered rail car. Built starting in 1915, originally for the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways. Version in crimson red paint scheme for Era III.

Model: The car has an mfx digital decoder and a controlled miniature can motor. The car's frame is die-cast metal. 2 axles powered. The dual headlights change over with the direction of travel. The headlights are maintenance-free, warm white LED's. The car has an NEM coupler pocket. It also has many separately applied details. There is a completely free view through the engineer's cab and a representation of the boiler. The headlights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The acceleration and braking delay can be controlled with a 6021 Control Unit or Märklin Systems. Length over the buffers 13.0 cm / 5-1/8".

Highlights:
Completely new tooling.

The Kittel – A Durable Steam Powered Rail Car. As early as the end of the 19th century, procurement was begun of a first series of seven steam powered rail cars that were chiefly run on branch lines in the southwest part of Germany. Eugen Kittel, chief mechanical engineer for the Royal Württemberg State Railways (KWStE) designed a more efficient boiler, which led in 1905 to the order for another 10 steam powered rail cars in Württemberg. The first series was rebuilt accordingly. At the time of the German State Railroad, the remaining steam powered rail cars were designated under the road numbers 9 Stuttgart to 14 Stuttgart. Another series of steam powered rail cars under the class 121a was delivered in 1914/15 for the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways, and they were later designated on the DRG under the road numbers CidT 1 to 8. Two steam powered rail cars from this Baden series were acquired by the German Federal Railroad after 1945, and they were painted in the crimson color scheme customary for powered rail cars. In 1951 and 1953, these two steam powered rail cars from the provincial railroad period were retired from service on the German Federal Railroad.

This model can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item no. 22033.

Price: $255.00

 

 

Märklin H0: 37421 Electric Rail Car Train

Prototype: Dutch State Railways (NS) four-part electric rail car train. Class ELD4, "Koploper" as Intercity powered rail car train ICM-4 in the current paint and lettering. 1 type mBDk end car, 2nd class, 1 type mB intermediate car, 2nd class, 1 type A intermediate car, 1st class, 1 type sBFk end car, 2nd class.

Model: The train is the four-part version. The powered end car has a die-cast frame. The train has an mfx decoder. The train has a 5-pole can motor with a skewed armature and a flywheel, and a sound effects generator. The engineer's cabs in both end cars have interior details. 2 axles in one truck powered. Traction tires. The train has power pickup in the end car at the front of the train; the power pickup changes with the direction of the train. The train has special close couplers with a guide mechanism. The train has factory-installed interior lighting. Prototypical light yellow LED's are used for the headlights. Warm white LED's are used for the interior lighting. The interior details vary with the type of car. The headlights, dual red marker lights, and the interior lighting can be controlled digitally. Station announcements and a horn sound as well as the acceleration and braking delay can be controlled with a 6021 Control Unit or with Märklin Systems. The construction of the running gear and the bodies is detailed. There is a representation of the "Scharffenberg" coupler with a cover on the end cars. A rigid drawbar coupling is included for multiple unit operation. The end cars come from the factory with closed crossover doors. A plug-in part included with the train makes it possible to represent swinging doors with a diaphragm pushed to the side on one end car. Total train length 114.8 cm / 45-3/16".

Highlights:
Completely new tooling.
Factory-installed interior lighting.

The "Koploper" In the mid-Seventies, the Dutch State Railways needed new material to modernize its express passenger service. Trains with flexible utilization are required in this densely populated country in order to manage service into the urban areas. From 1977 to 1994, a total of 144 powered rail cars, the "Koploper" family, were placed into service. These powered rail cars could be quickly and easily separated and coupled at stops. It also became important that passengers be able to change from one unit to the other, when the train was in operation. The engineer's cabs were thus quickly raised up one level and these powered rail cars were equipped with crossovers at the ends. This feature gives the "Koplopers" a brawny, unusual look. The "Koplopers" were built by the firm s Talbot, CEM Oerlikon, and Holec, and were designated by the Dutch State Railways as the classes 4000 and 4200, which differed from one another in their motors. A short while ago the "Koplopers" underwent modernization and were equipped with air conditioning and facilities for handicapped people. These powered rail cars can reach 160 km/h / 100 mph and are run in the classic NS paint scheme, but they have also been used as advertising surfaces such as is currently being done for the Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing. The "Koplopers" are certainly a successful development in rail vehicle technology and with their unusual looks they are clearly leaving their stamp on passenger service in the Netherlands.

This model can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item no. 22355.

Price: $480.00

 

 

Märklin H0: 37730 Diesel Powered Commuter Rail Car

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 648.2 (LINT 41) diesel powered commuter rail car. Current version with low platform steps. Used in the service area of Braunschweig – Harz – Göttingen.

Model: The powered rail car has an mfx digital decoder, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, light and sound functions. It also has a powerful can motor with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel, mounted in a Jacobs truck. 2 axles powered. Traction tires. The powered rail car has factory-installed interior lighting. The headlights and interior lights are maintenance-free, warm white LED's. The destination signs are prototypically correct with yellow LED's. The headlights, interior lights, destination signs, and 2 red marker lights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The interior lighting, diesel motor sounds, a horn sound, and the acceleration and braking delay can be controlled with a 6021 Control Unit or with Märklin Systems. Additional operating sounds and surrounding sounds can be controlled with Märklin Systems. The running gear and the body are well detailed and there is a clear view through the windows. The powered rail car has interior details, and a closed diaphragm and a guide mechanism on the Jakobs truck between the two halves of the unit. Center buffer couplers are represented at the ends of the powered rail car. A coupler drawbar for multiple unit operation is included. Total length 48.1 cm / 18-15/16". For the same unit without sound and a different road number please see 37735.

Highlights:
Completely new tooling.
Factory-installed interior lighting included.
Sound included.
Lighted train destination signs.
Road number different from 37735.

The Class 648. The German Railroad, Inc.'s extensive procurement program encompasses several classes of modern diesel powered rail car trains. The DB AG's class 648 (LINT 41 / LINT 41H) is intended to replace the 628 in many places and make commuter routes more attractive for railroad passengers. The abbreviation LINT stands for "Lightweight Innovative Commuter Service Cars" in German. There are 2 versions of these streamlined, two-unit trains, with low platform and high platform steps. They offer seating for 16 in first class, 98 in second class, 15 fold-down seats, and 103 places for standing. The trains are well equipped with restrooms, ticket machines, and they offer entry ramps for handicapped people. The floor of these trains is lowered by 58 cm / 22-13/16" in the depressed floor area (78 cm / 30-11/16" on the LINT 41/H). The class 648 reaches a maximum speed of 120 km/h / 75 mph and can be coupled easily to other powered rail car trains by means of Scharfenberg couplers and used in multiple unit operation.

Price: $439.00

 

 

Märklin H0: 37735 Diesel Powered Commuter Rail Car

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 648.2 (LINT 41) diesel powered commuter rail car. Current version with low platform steps. Used in the service area of Braunschweig – Harz – Göttingen.

Model: The powered rail car has an mfx digital decoder and controlled high-efficiency propulsion. It also has a powerful can motor with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel, mounted in a Jacobs truck. 2 axles powered. Traction tires. The powered rail car has factory-installed interior lighting. The headlights and interior lights are maintenance-free, warm white LED's. The destination signs are prototypically correct with yellow LED's. The headlights, interior lights, destination signs, and 2 red marker lights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The interior lighting and the acceleration and braking delay can be controlled with a 6021 Control Unit or with Märklin Systems. The running gear and the body are well detailed and there is a clear view through the windows. The powered rail car has interior details, and a closed diaphragm and a guide mechanism on the Jakobs truck between the two halves of the unit. Center buffer couplers are represented at the ends of the powered rail car. A coupler drawbar for multiple unit operation is included. Total length 48.1 cm / 18-15/16". For the same unit with sound and a different road number please see 37730.

Highlights:
Completely new tooling.
Factory-installed interior lighting included.
Lighted train destination signs.
Road number different from 37730.

The Class 648. The German Railroad, Inc.'s extensive procurement program encompasses several classes of modern diesel powered rail car trains. The DB AG's class 648 (LINT 41 / LINT 41H) is intended to replace the 628 in many places and make commuter routes more attractive for railroad passengers. The abbreviation LINT stands for "Lightweight Innovative Commuter Service Cars" in German. There are 2 versions of these streamlined, two-unit trains, with low platform and high platform steps. They offer seating for 16 in first class, 98 in second class, 15 fold-down seats, and 103 places for standing. The trains are well equipped with restrooms, ticket machines, and they offer entry ramps for handicapped people. The floor of these trains is lowered by 58 cm / 22-13/16" in the depressed floor area (78 cm / 30-11/16" on the LINT 41/H). The class 648 reaches a maximum speed of 120 km/h / 75 mph and can be coupled easily to other powered rail car trains by means of Scharfenberg couplers and used in multiple unit operation.

Price: $379.00

 

 

Märklin H0: 37763 Diesel Powered Rail Car Train

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 628.2 with a type 928.2 cab control car.

Model: The powered rail car train has an mfx digital decoder and controlled high-efficiency propulsion. 2 axles powered. 4 traction tires. The headlights and interior lights are will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. There are lighted destination boards on the ends of the powered rail car train. The acceleration and braking delay can be controlled with a 6021 Control Unit. There is a close-coupled, special connection between the power car and the cab control car. The powered rail car train has a reproduction of the original couplers and brake hoses. Length over the buffers 52.5 cm / 20-11/16".

Regional express passenger service has been made very attractive with the use of the class 628 diesel powered rail cars in the new paint scheme. A 12-cylinder diesel motor with 560 horsepower gives this train a maximum speed of 120 km/h / 75 mph.

Price: $339.00

 

 

Märklin H0: 37786 Powered Rail Car Train

Prototype: ICE 3 MF high speed powered rail car train. German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 406, version for service to France. 1 type 406.0 end car, 1st class. 1 type 406.1 transformer car, 1st class. 1 type 406.3 "BordBistro" dining car. 1 type 406.6 transformer car, 2nd class. 1 type 406.5 end car, 2nd class. The train is named "Forbach-Lorraine" and runs between Frankfurt/Main and Paris.

Model: The train comes in a 5-car version. It has an mfx digital decoder, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, and long-distance headlights. The train has a built-in sound effects module. 2 axles powered. Traction tires. The engineer’s cabs in the end cars have interior details. The train has a power pickup changeover feature with power picked up in the end car at the front of the train. The train has special close couplings with a guide mechanism. The interior lighting is supplied with power by means of a continuous electrical connection through the entire train. The pantographs are only mechanically functional; they do not pick up power from catenary. The headlights / marker lights together with the interior lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The direction-dependent long-distance headlights change over with the direction of travel, and they along with sound functions for an air horn, station announcements, and a warning tone for the doors being closed can be controlled digitally with the 6021 Control Unit or with Märklin Systems. Train length 142.2 cm / 56".

Highlights:
New tooling for the air conditioning equipment in the roof area.

ICE 3 MF - Au Revoir Frankfurt - Guten Tag Paris. Europe appears to be coming closer together on the transportation technical level as well as the political level. The keen competition from air lines is prompting the DB AG and to attempt to overcome their borders and open the route network in each country to high speed passenger service. After a very long (6 years) and costly authorization phase, everything was finally ready on June 10: The ICE 3 MF ("MF" stands for Multiple System France) is running between Frankfurt/Main and Paris. It runs at a maximum speed of 320 km/h / 200 mph on the new French high speed route LGV Est, and the train arrives in just 4 hours at the Gare de l’Est station in the French capital. Due to the different technical systems used for the the ICE and the TGV respectively, 120,000 kilometers / 75,000 miles of test runs and several conversions on the trains were necessary so that the German trains could run with no problems on the 25 kilovolt routes in France. Most importantly, the train had to be adapted to the French train control system and safety equipment such as fog signals, warning lights, red flags, and flares for stopping trains coming from the other direction are now on board. The train also underwent a change in the control of the eddy current brakes that had already caused problems in the authorization process in Belgium, as well as changes to the doors, and the high tension layout. The trains were improved aerodynamically in the areas of the car diaphragms and trucks in order to prevent damage from flying roadbed ballast. A select locomotive engineer team also had to obtain permission to run the train on the French routes so that the ICE could run between the countries without time-consuming crew changes. The authorization process cost the two state railroads 28 million Euros, which signifies for many business travelers a considerable improvement in the transportation services offered and that brings Europe one more step closer together.

This ICE can be extended with the 43716, 43736 and 43746 intermediate cars.

Price: $699.00

 

 

Märklin H0: 43716 Intermediate Car for the Model of the ICE 3 MF

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type 406.2 power converter car, 2nd class.

Model: This car is an intermediate car for adding to the model of the ICE 3 train, item no. 37786. The car has special close couplings with a guide mechanism. The interior lighting is powered by the continuous electrical connections through the entire train. Length 27.9 cm / 11".

Price: $90.00

 

 

Märklin H0: 43736 Intermediate Car for the Model of the ICE 3 MF

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type 406.7 power converter car, 2nd class.

Model: This car is an intermediate car for adding to the model of the ICE 3 train, item no. 37786. The car has special close couplings with a guide mechanism. The interior lighting is powered by the continuous electrical connections through the entire train. Length 27.9 cm / 11".

Price: $90.00

 

 

Märklin H0: 43746 Intermediate Car for the Model of the ICE 3 MF

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) type 406.8 intermediate car, 2nd class.

Model: This car is an intermediate car for adding to the model of the ICE 3 train, item no. 37786. The car has special close couplings with a guide mechanism. The interior lighting is powered by the continuous electrical connections through the entire train. Length 27.9 cm / 11".

Price: $90.00

 

 

Märklin H0: 39982 Rail Bus with a Control Car

Prototype: Elmshorn-Barmstedt-Oldesloer Railroad (EBOE) class VT 27 motor car and class VS 21 control car. This rail bus set looks as it did in Era III with advertising for "Doornkaat".

Model: The rail bus has an mfx digital decoder, controlled Softdrive Sine high-efficiency propulsion, and a compact design, maintenance-free motor. 2 axles powered. 1 traction tire. The rail bus and control car come with factory-installed interior lighting. There is a current-conducting coupling drawbar with a guide mechanism between the two cars. There is an open view through both cars. Maintenance-free, warm white LED's are used for the lighting. The headlights and the interior lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Diesel motor sounds, a horn sound, and the acceleration and braking delay can be controlled digitally with the 6021 Control Unit or with Märklin Systems. Additional operating sounds can be controlled with Märklin Systems. Length of the two-part set 32.2 cm / 12-11/16".

One-time series for the Märklin "Exclusiv" program.

Price: $465.00