2010 Marklin New Items

Here are the 2010 New Items from Marklin

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If you see something you like, email me: RJFtrains@aol.com

If you have an interest in any of the items listed below, let me know ASAP, even if they are scheduled for 3rd or 4th quarter delivery, and especially if the items are MHI , Limited , Export , or even car sets. These almost always sell out in the US and ordering early provides your best chance to get these.

Note: Prices indicated as "Pre-order Price" are valid only for orders placed before February 12, 2010. For orders after that date, the higher price (if shown) will prevail.
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(E)	Export	Items generally only available for one year -- limited availability
(EX)	MHI / Exclusive	Available only by subscription -- very limited availability
(L)	Limited production	One-year only runs; often sold out early in the year
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55035 - DB Class 80 Steam Locomotive Starter Set w/New Mobile Station

Pre-order price: $ 1,495.00

Digital Functions
6020 6021 Mobile Station Central Station

Headlight(s) X X X X
Steam locomotive operating sounds X X X
Locomotive whistle X X X
Direct control X X X
Sound of squealing brakes off X X
Sound of coal being shoveled X X
Bell X X
Generator Sounds X X

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 80 tank locomotive. Type Rlmms 56 stake car, type Omm 53 high-side gondola, and a tank car painted and lettered for the firm VTG.

Model: The locomotive has a metal frame. It also has an mfx digital decoder with extensive sound functions. The locomotive has high-performance electronic circuit for operation with DC power, AC power, or Märklin Digital and Märklin Systems. All axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The doors on the locomotive can be opened. Length over the buffers 30.5 cm / 12". The two-axle stake car has a standard frame with truss rods; the stake on this car can be removed. Length over the buffers 31.5 cm / 12-3/8". The two-axle high-side gondola has a standard frame with truss rods. Length over the buffers 31.5 cm / 12-3/8". The four-axle tank car is a self-supporting design. It has a brakeman's platform, a ladder, and a walkway. Length over the buffers 38.5 cm / 15-1/8". Minimum radius for operation of the train 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Contents: 7 no. 5903 straight track, 1 each no. 5916 and no. 5917 straight track. 17 no. 5935 curved track, 1 no. 5977 right turnout (without the additional adjustment section), and 1 track bumper. 230 volt / 60 VA power supply. 60653 Mobile Station digital controller. 60112 digital Connector Box. 5625 turnout mechanism and 60830 K83 decoder. Connection hardware and track clips are included. Space requirements for the track layout approximately 310 x 240 cm / 123" x 95".

Highlights:

Getting started with the large digital model railroad.
New Mobile Station controller.
More fun switching cars with a controllable turnout mechanism.
Locomotive with high-efficiency propulsion and sound effects.

55104 - DB TEE Class E03 Electric Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 3,014.00

Digital Functions
6020 6021 Mobile Station Central Station

Headlight(s) X X X X
Engineer's cab lighting X X X
Electric locomotive operating sounds X X X
Locomotive whistle X X X
Direct control X X X
Station announcement(s) X X
Pantograph 1 X X
Conductor's Whistle X X
Pantograph 2 X X
Sound of squealing brakes off X
Lights Cab 1 End X
Lights Cab 2 End X
Brake Compressor X
Letting off steam / air X

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class E 03 express locomotive. Pre-production version in the crimson red / beige TEE paint scheme with double-arm pantographs and a single row of side vents.

Model: The locomotive's frame and the side frames on the trucks are constructed of metal. The body is prototypically divided into parts and is constructed chiefly of metal. The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, and extensive sound functions. The locomotive can be operated with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, and DCC. The locomotive has a powerful motor, centrally mounted. All of the axles in both trucks are powered through cardan shafts. The white headlights and red marker lights are LED's; they will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has white LED's to light up the engineer's cab at the front of the locomotive (depending on the direction of travel) and the engine room. The engineer's cab doors can be opened, the locomotive has interior details, and there is a figure of an engineer in cab 1. The grab irons are metal and there are many other separately applied details: DB signs, windshield wipers, antenna, whistle, headlight bezels, and much more. The double-arm pantographs can be raised and lowered with motors in digital operation. The buffer beams have sprung buffers and separately applied brake lines. The Märklin couplers can be replaced by closed end skirting and prototype couplers. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 60.9 cm / 24".

Highlights:

Prototypical pre-production version of the E 03.
Double-arm pantographs that can be raised and lowered with motors
mfx decoder for operation with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, and DCC.
Powerful all-wheel propulsion via a centrally mounted motor and cardan shafts

Comment: The Class 103 - the DB's Media Star! The German Federal Railroad ushered in a new era, when the class E 03 was presented in 1965 at the International Transportation Exhibition in Munich: regularly scheduled passenger service at 200 km/h / 125 mph. In addition, the class E 03, designated as the class 103 in the German Federal Railroad's roster from 1968 on, represented a milestone in locomotive development - it was the first express locomotive to surpass the class E 19, whose design dated back to the Thirties. Reason enough to be proud of this powerful, beautifully shaped locomotive and to put it accordingly in the limelight. Hardly any other locomotive like the class 103, known for an entire generation as the Intercity locomotive, was marketed so much in the media. In TV ad spots, posters, and brochures this locomotive became a symbol for the German Federal Railroad's dynamism, a guarantee for reliability, speed, and comfort. Extensive test runs, among them regular speeds of 200 km/h / 125 mph between Munich and Augsburg, were done with four prototypes, until the class 103 was purchased as a regular production unit starting in 1970. The 145 locomotives differed from the prototypes in leaving off the decorative striping and in double rows of vents. Single-arm pantographs were installed on the locomotives from 1976 on, and the last series of units delivered had longer engineer's cabs, because crews complained about the cramped work space. The aerodynamic, six-axle locomotive had a total continuous power rating of 7,440 kilowatts / 9,977 horsepower and was the most powerful DB locomotive until the use of three-phase current technology. The high startup tractive effort as well as the electric brakes, independent for the first time of the catenary and connected in series with air brakes, drew favorable comment worldwide. The performance strengths of the 103 were reflected in the enormous number of runs and even today it is still rated as the locomotive with the highest level of service life in Germany. Its uncommonly attractive looks remained essentially unchanged during its use on the DB. In later years, the skirting and the buffer cladding were removed and several locomotives were painted in the "Chinese red" color scheme; only one unit was painted in "traffic red". The German Federal Railroad's class 103 was very popular with crews and passengers right up to the end of its regularly scheduled use, and it is understandable that a considerable number of them have remained preserved as museum locomotives. Many people today remember back as if it were just yesterday when they were young and how the 103 flew past them on the station platform.

The contemporary car types for the TEE "Rheingold" in the sets, item nos. 58048 and 58049, are the right express train passenger cars to go with the E 03.

55175 - Historic "Adler" Train Set (for the DB Museum)

Pre-order price: $ 2,473.00
Historic Adler Train Set (for the DB Museum)

Digital Functions
6020 6021 Mobile Station Central Station

Headlight(s) X X X X
Direct control X X X

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) operational museum train built according to artwork of the Ludwig Railroad of 1835. The train looks as it did after being rebuilt from the museum fire of October 2005.

Model: The "Adler" locomotive has an mfx digital decoder. It can be operated with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, and Märklin Systems. There are 2 powerful, miniature can motors with bell-shaped armatures, mounted in the tender. 2 axles powered. The locomotive has 2 free-standing lanterns with maintenance-free LED's on the front. They will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The driving wheels do not have flanges, like the prototype. There is a special coupling between the locomotive and tender. The locomotive has a detailed platform for the engineer. The train has 3 open passenger cars, 3rd class, with an all-weather roof. The frames for the cars are partially open like the prototype. The cars have special couplings. The minimum radius for operation is 600 mm / 23-5/8". Train length 68.0 cm / 26-3/4".

Highlights:

The train looks as the real life train currently does after being rebuilt.
Prototypical detail changes to the locomotive and cars.

Comment: The first train in Germany ran on December 7, 1835 between the cities of Nürnberg and Fürth. This rail line was only 7.45 kilometers / 4.66 miles. It became famous as the Ludwig Railroad and had its roots in a railroad project developed a few years earlier that was quite revolutionary for the times. The "Privileged Ludwig Railroad Company" was founded in November of 1833 and was granted a concession from the Bavarian King Ludwig I on February 19, 1834 to build and operate the railroad. Horses and a steam car were planned to be available for operation. Originally, the steam car was supposed to be built in Germany, but a reliable builder could not be found. Therefore, an order for the first German "steam car" was quickly placed with the father of the steam locomotive - George Stephenson in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The order was not placed until May of 1835 and after an eight week, very arduous trip the new steam locomotive arrived in Nürnberg on October 26, 1835, but disassembled in over 100 pieces and packed in 19 large crates. The locomotive was immediately assembled under the expert direction of the English locomotive engineer William WiIson "delivered" with the locomotive. It was named after the "Adler" or "Eagle" as the heraldic animal of the Kaiser and the free imperial cities. The purchase of the cars was simpler. Two frames had been delivered from England, and the home "industry" built the car bodies as well as another seven passenger cars. The locomotive was built on a wood frame strengthened with sheet metal. Two inboard, vertical wet steam cylinders powered the driving axle located in the middle. The driving wheels had no flanges in order to enable the locomotive to negotiate sharp curves. The wheels were initially made of cast iron (later forged iron) and were surrounded with forged tires. The forged, hollow wheel spokes were given a wood core in order to cushion unevenness better. Braking was done with the help of a spindle brake, which only worked on the tender wheels on right side of the fireman. Initially, charcoal, then later hard coal was used as fuel. The approximately 6.5 metric ton "Adler" turned in excellent results right from the start. Its performance was around 40 horsepower and its speed when running by itself was 65 km/h / 40 mph. It could pull up to twelve cars. After 22 successful years of operation retirement caught up with it in 1857 and soon after that it was scrapped. Starting in 1933, the DRG had a reproduction built largely true to the original for the 100th anniversary of railroading in Germany in 1935. This was done at the maintenance facility in Kaiserslautern and included the cars to go with the locomotive. In addition to differences in technical data, the reproduction differed from the original chiefly in a thicker boiler wall for the sake of safety, additional transverse bracing, and spoke wheels made of steel. This was the steaming "Adler" reproduction at the one hundred year anniversary, 25 years later at the 125th anniversary, and, after being overhauled, the 150th anniversary of the first years of railroading in Germany. The operational reproduction of the Adler was heavily damaged, among other locomotives, in a fire at the museum depot in Nürnberg-Gostenhof on October 17, 2005. The DB's board of directors decided to restore it however. At least 80 percent of the original parts from 1935 could be used again for the restoration. In the process the new "Adler" became even closer to the prototype in details than the burned up locomotive. For example, the reconstruction of the smoke stack did not follow the reproduction of 1935 but was closer to the original. Only the two burned up cars built largely of wood had to be built completely from scratch. The new "Adler" as well as an old (1935) and two new (2007) passenger cars have been located since November 23, 2007 in a locomotive shed again close to the DB Museum in Nürnberg.

55332 - DB Class 332 "Kof III" Diesel Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 1,159.00
DB Class 332 Kof III Diesel Locomotive

Digital Functions
6020 6021 Mobile Station Central Station

Headlight(s) X X X X
TELEX coupler on the front X X X
Diesel locomotive operating sounds X X X
Warning Sound X X X
TELEX coupler on the rear X X X
Engineer's cab lighting X X
Lights Cab 1 End X X
Lights Cab 2 End X X
Direct control X X
Sound of squealing brakes off X X
Sound of Couplers Engaging X X

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 332 (Köf III) small locomotive.

Model: The locomotive is constructed of metal with separately applied plastic parts. 2 axles powered. The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder and extensive sound funcgtions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion. The locomotive can be operated with AC current, DC current, Märklin Digital, and Märklin Systems. It has a built-in sound effects generator. The headlights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Minimum radius for operation 600 mm / 23-5/8". Length over the buffers 24.5 cm / 9-5/8".

55581 - DB Class 58 (2-10-0) Steam Locomotive w/Tender

Pre-order price: $ 2,947.00

Digital Functions
6020 6021 Mobile Station Central Station

Headlight(s) X X X X
Smoke generator contact X X X
Steam locomotive operating sounds X X X
Locomotive whistle X X X
TELEX coupler on the rear X X X
Flickering Light in Fire Box X X
Engineer's cab lighting X X
Whistle for switching maneuver X X
Direct control X X
Sound of squealing brakes off X
Letting off steam / air X
Sound of coal being shoveled X
Sound of the grate being emptied X
Generator Sounds X
Injectors X
Water Pump Sound X

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 58 freight locomotive with a three-axle tender.

Model: The frame and the locomotive body are constructed mostly of metal. The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, and a sound generator with operating sounds synchronized to the wheels as well as extensive sound functions. There are speakers in the locomotive boiler and in the tender. The locomotive can be operated with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, and DCC. 5 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has a built-in smoke generator with smoke exhaust synchronized to the wheels. The dual headlights change over with the direction of travel. The headlights and the smoke generator will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The headlights are maintenance-free, warm white LEDs. The locomotive is a highly detailed model with many separately applied parts on the boiler, engineer's cab, and tender. The locomotive's frame is an open bar frame and has a working inboard cylinder layout. The locomotive has a prototype coupler on the front, and the tender has a digitally control Telex coupler. An accessory package with a prototype coupler and a claw coupler as well as figures of a locomotive engineer and a fireman come with the locomotive. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 57.8 cm / 22-3/4".

Highlights:

Completely new tooling, TELEX coupling, dual speakers, etc.
Operating sounds synchronized to the wheels.
Working inboard cylinder layout.
Smoke exhaust synchronized to the wheels.

mfx decoder for operation with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, and DCC.

The 55581 steam locomotive is being produced in 2010 in a one-time series only for Insider members.

55641 - DB Class 64 (2-6-2) Steam Locomotive

Pre-order price: $ 2,473.00

Digital Functions
6020 6021 Mobile Station Central Station

Headlight(s) X X X X
Smoke generator contact X X X
Steam locomotive operating sounds X X X
Locomotive whistle X X X
Direct control X X X
Engineer's cab lighting X X
Water Pump Sound X X
Bell X X
Whistle for switching maneuver X X
Sound of squealing brakes off X
Letting off steam / air X
Brake Compressor X
Sound of coal being shoveled X
Generator Sounds X
Injectors X
Sound of the grate being emptied X

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 064 general-purpose steam locomotive. Version with welded water tanks.

Model: The body and frame are constructed mostly of metal. The engineer's cab and separately applied parts are made of plastic. The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, and a sound effects generator with extensive sound functions. The locomotive can be operated with AC current, DC current, Märklin Digital, and Märklin Systems. 3 axles powered. The locomotive has a built-in smoke generator. The triple headlights change over with the direction of travel. The headlights and the smoke generator will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The regular 1 Gauge couplers can be replaced with reproduction prototype couplers included with the locomotive. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 38.5 cm / 15-1/8".

58048 - DB TEE 3-Car "Rheingold" Passenger Car Set

Pre-order price: $ 1,855.00
DB TEE 3-Car Rheingold Passenger Car Set

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) express train passenger cars painted and lettered for the TEE. 1 type Avüm 111 compartment car with a rounded roof, 1 type Avüm 111 compartment car with a perpendicular roof, 1 type ADüm vista dome car with 8 dome windows.

Model: These TEE "Rheingold" cars look as they did around 1967. The roof shapes, side walls, underbodies, and skirting are specific to the type of car. The trucks are Minden-Deutz designs with brake shoes, magnetic rail brakes, and separately applied generators. The vista dome car (type ADüm) has 8 roof windows. The car roofs can be removed from the cars. These four-axle express train passenger cars are not available separately. All of the cars have detailed interiors and built-in interior lighting. The cars have guide mechanisms for the couplers in order to provide close-coupled car spacing. The cars are ready for installation of reproduction prototype couplers. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Total length over the buffers 225.0 cm / 88-9/16".

Highlights:

Highly detailed construction.
Prototypical train composition.
Class E 03 locomotive goes well with these cars.
Other cars available to add to these cars.

Comment: The TEE "Rheingold". After the Rheingold long distance express was upgraded to the Trans Europe Express, the comfortable, 26.4 meter / 86 foot 7-3/8 inch long cars developed by the DB on the basis of the UIC-X cars starting in 1962 were repainted in the TEE colors. They continued in use on the classic Rheingold route. This deluxe train still consisted exclusively of cars with 1st class seating. The additional cars delivered from 1965 on also had air conditioning and could be identified externally by their perpendicular roof ends. The generous seating offered passengers almost unlimited comfort. In addition to the exquisite culinary delights offered in the dining car, the vista dome car was of course also very popular with passengers. This car with the higher position of its seats offered a panorama view of the scenic beauty on the middle Rhine Valley and made the long travel time seem shorter. The train attracted attention in many places and was pulled by class 112 (E 10.12) locomotives. Starting in 1972, the German Federal Railroad made use of its flagship as motive power for the TEE Rheingold: the class 103. On the SBB lines in Switzerland, where the train's routing went to Geneva for a time, an Re 4/4 I in TEE colors pulled this deluxe train. A lounge car and a club car purchased for the side train running between Munich and Mannheim starting in 1983 added to the repertoire of TEE cars. However, the demand for a purely 1st class train sank increasingly. In 1987, the TEE Rheingold finally bowed out from the German Federal Railroad for good with the introduction of the EuroCity trains.

The class E 03 electric locomotive, item no. 55104, is an excellent complement to the Rheingold cars. Two additional Rheingold cars are available under item no. 58049.

58049 - DB TEE 2-Car "Rheingold" Passenger Car Set

Pre-order price: $ 1,159.00
DB TEE 2-Car Rheingold Passenger Car Set

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) express train passenger cars painted and lettered for the TEE. 1 type WRüm 131

Model: These TEE "Rheingold" cars look as they did around 1967. The roof shapes, side walls, underbodies, and skirting are specific to the type of car. The trucks are Minden-Deutz designs with brake shoes, magnetic rail brakes, and separately applied generators. The vista dome car (type ADüm) has 8 roof windows. The car roofs can be removed from the cars. These four-axle express train passenger cars are not available separately. All of the cars have detailed interiors and built-in interior lighting. The dining car is also equipped with working table lamps. The cars have guide mechanisms for the couplers in order to provide close-coupled car spacing. The cars are ready for installation of reproduction prototype couplers. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Total length over the buffers 150.0 cm / 59".

Highlights:

Highly detailed construction.
Prototypical train composition.
Class E 03 locomotive goes well with these cars.
Other cars available to add to these cars.

The class E 03 electric locomotive, item no. 55104, is an excellent complement to the Rheingold cars. Three additional Rheingold cars are available under item no. 58048.

58117 - DB Baggage Car Type Pwg Pr 142

Pre-order price: $ 572.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Pwg Pr 14 freight train baggage car.

Model: The frame and car body are made of high quality plastic with many separately applied details. The car has a highly detail interior. It also has built-in interior lighting with a factory-installed digital decoder; the lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The doors can be opened. Minimum radius for operation 600 mm / 23-5/8". Length over the buffers 26.5 cm / 10-7/16".

58168 - Type Byg 514 Passenger Car

Pre-order price: $ 433.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Byg 514 "Umbauwagen" / "Rebuild Car". 2nd class.

Model: The car body is finely constructed of plastic, has a complete interior, and many separately applied details. The car has a detailed underbody. It also has built-in interior lighting and marker lights with a factory-installed digital decoder; the lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 61.0 cm / 24".

Highlights:

Digital decoder for controlling the interior lighting and the marker lights.

58207 - 5-Car Freight Car Set

Pre-order price: $ 688.00

Prototype: 4 different German Federal Railroad (DB) freight cars. Type Om 12 gondola, type X 05 low side car with a brakeman's platform, type V "Hamburg" (V 23) stake car with a brakeman's platform, and type Gr "Kassel" boxcar (Gr 20) with a brakeman's cab.

Model: The main frames are constructed of metal. The car bodies and numerous separately applied parts (brake system, steps, grab irons, etc.) are made of high quality plastic. The doors on the boxcar can be opened. Minimum radius for operation 600 mm / 23-5/8". Total Length over the buffers 125.2 cm / 49-5/16".

58512 - Type Ommi 51 Tilting Dump Car

Pre-order price: $ 332.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Ommi 51 dump car.

Model: The main frame and the upper side sills with supports are made of metal. The rest of the parts are made of high quality plastic. The car has a realistic reproduction of the grating. The minimum radius for operation is 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 28.5 cm / 11-1/4".

Reissue.

58555 - Type Blms 584 Flat Car w/Loads

Pre-order price: $ 340.00

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) type Blms 584 container transport car, loaded with 4 type Dzkr "pa" design double containers for cement.

Model: The car is a 2-axle container car with a crossover bridge, without a hand brake. The frame is constructed of die-cast zinc. The car has many separately applied parts made of high quality plastic. It comes loaded with 4 removable double containers. The double containers have separately applied details and different registration numbers. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 34.4 cm / 13-1/2".

58682 - Marklin "1-Scale" 2010 Museum Car

Pre-order price: $ TBA
Marklin 1-Scale 2010 Museum Car

Prototype: type Gl 11 high-capacity boxcar, used on the German Federal Railroad (DB), privately owned car painted and lettered for the firm WMF Inc., Geislingen, Germany.

Model: The car has a long body with a barrel-shaped roof and a reproduction of walls constructed with boards. The doors can be opened. The car has many separately applied details. Minimum radius for operation 1,020 mm / 40-3/16". Length over the buffers 37.5 cm / 14-3/4".

One-time series. Available only at the Märklin World of Adventure in Göppingen.

Digital Functions	6020	6021	Mobile Station	Central Station

Headlight(s)	X	X	X	X
Steam locomotive operating sounds		X	X	X
Locomotive whistle		X	X	X
Direct control		X	X	X
Sound of squealing brakes off			X	X
Sound of coal being shoveled			X	X
Bell			X	X
Generator Sounds			X	X